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Identify and Plan Structural Improvements

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TURNING a staircase 4K

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The builder identifies several structural problems with the existing barn. He points out a severely sagging floor joist above the staircase landing, indicating a need for additional support. He also highlights a problematic purple wall that restricts head clearance above the new stairs, explaining it will need to be removed. The overall condition of the 1896-era barn's foundation is discussed, noting cracking and separation in the concrete block walls due to water infiltration and freeze-thaw cycles.

Goal: Address existing structural issues in the barn's floor and foundation.

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so with this configuration what we've got to do is move the wall that wall the purple wall oh you just got a duck like I did I suppose well I'm gonna have that out probably tonight I don't know if we'll get that wall up to this week no probably tomorrow but I'll get that so it's actually easier to get once because once I put them beams up yeah my my permanent ones and that beam can come out then I can cut that floor joist out so you get a box what are you gonna do you're gonna box this header it off right yeah well I'm just going to run a beam yep right here under these three floor joists catch these three floor joists to support God look how much that floor is sinking right where Nikki is you can just see the whole thing just goes like that yeah and you know I jacked it up what how many winners that go with these you know I think we got to Jack them up again right yeah anything no nothing no this is due time and just it's everything's just way back down to the Earth like gravity goes to all of us yeah yeah I wonder how old this Barn is oh no I like to know because well I'm black that's right see that's why I put that the triple pulse like that I couldn't conquer I couldn't uh tap condoms um green treat into the yeah it was like 1896. so we're talking about over 100 years old yeah yeah I mean it's in good shape the corners are busting out but we're gonna try to fix that though but I mean for for us all I mean we've seen a lot of Barnes yeah we've seen a lot of barns that are on the ground with this all this area right oh yeah even way before yep they've got concrete I'm gonna concrete them Corners through all the cracks in my concrete because what you make them work getting worse is water's going in there in the wintertime and it's freezing and it keeps pushing it farther yep free saw cycle tears it apart so we got a divert the water away from the car no we're going to fill them in this is what's happening right here see how that's separating that's not a little separation that's a pretty big separation so you can that's the problem and that's got to get filled in here I'll show you I'll show you if we look great see that yeah yeah see that's how much it separated wow and that is every time you know in the spring the water gets in there freezes pops it apart and then it thaws then it freezes pops it apart it's just gonna legitimately pop that foundation wall right off so it must be something's probably living in there well something could be living in…

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