Just checked behind the barn. Still wet. Even with the work Rob and I did on the side shed and the driveway apron.
Rob looking at the new floor jacks we put in.
The side shed, with the newly leveled roof. Center still not down yet.
Which means, some of the water affecting the barn foundation comes from a layer of earth 10-12′ below the barn’s driveway apron. (It is a 3 story barn – 2nd story is level with the driveway.) I would need drainage tiles down there in front of the barn foundation – or more practically, inside the barn, just behind the front wall. Here’s what it looked like last winter …
water, frozen, pooring out the barn door
some boxes, frozen hard
Will it ever work again?
I used it this last week, by the way. After some TLC and some starter spray.