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corn crib conversion?

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cheap shop

10-24-2006 14:46:54




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We have an old corn crib on my farm and would like to move it onto a good solid concrete slab and convert the downstairs to a shop. i would also like to lower the Ceiling to make a nice loft/game room/ bar area up above for me to hide out in. Has anyone done this and is it feasable it measures approx. 32x40 overall. I would like to remove the 2 interior walls an make it a clearspan type building.

i want to save the old building because it has alot of good wood in it and like the fact that it looks like a barn. I would put red steel on it to make it colored like a barn also.

Any one done this?? Any one got any pics??

Thanks

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cheap shop

10-26-2006 06:14:24




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
Ya Im not really worried about the shop space, I already have a very nice heated and insulated shop. This is actually more for the loft space for a game room since we dont have room in our house for one.

My kids are 10 and 12 and I would like to have a nice place for their friends to come over and hang out. It will also ease our minds some if they hang out close to home instead of running all over the country.

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buickanddeere

10-24-2006 19:41:09




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
Concrete the floor where it stands or it will be too much $$$ to be worth it. Anybody have a picture of these cribs? Rare to see around here.



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paul

10-24-2006 19:00:23




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
This is the first time I heard a ceiling was too high for a shop. :) :) Be sure on that. My crib - which I just filled with corn - has a 10 foot high ceiling, and the upper floor has about 9 feet to the peak as well. Yours must be lower.

Anyhow, as mentioned, corncribs are difficult to convert to useable space, as they use the inner walls to hold up the roof almost all the time. Getting rid of the inner walls means a whole new roof support system, and that is $$$$$.

--->Paul

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Secret Squirrel

10-24-2006 18:31:10




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
I reworked my grandfathers barn, because he always loved it. It had a rear crib, a feed aisle to one side between mule stalls, and a drive through entry on an outside wall. I gutted most of the interior. I left the crib,and 3 stall dividers. We poured concrete, added posts to the outer walls, covered the whole show in painted tin. When I started the inner structure was sound, and the roof was fair to good. Counting everthing, wiring concrete, and all, I could not have built this much space for what I spent. We have a tractor shop in it. We use the crib, and hayloft for parts storage. The lower sheds we use for workbenches etc. We use almost all of it. Most of all we really enjoy it, and kept a barn standing that most big wheels would have dozed down.

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Nebraska Cowman

10-24-2006 17:34:40




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
Kinda depends how it's built. The center walls probably support the roof. How heavy are the rafters? If they are heavy enough (like 2X6s or 2X8s) you could support the 2nd floor with the roof. Otherwise you are going to need posts. At any rate you are probably going to have to engeneer some kind of truss system. And bear in mind that the roof load pushes out on the side walls. It will have to be tied together well or the whole works will lie down on you.

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John S-B

10-24-2006 16:59:30




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
Do you need to move it to a new location or can you just raise it and pour a slab under it? I did a garage once, I lag screwed 4x4's to the walls about 16" off the floor to tie the studs together and to have something to lift with. With a building that big, you may need to attach trusses to the walls and supports. you may need 4-6 jacks, 8 ton ought to work. You'll need lots off 4x4's or 6x6's for cribbing. raise a little at a time until you have enough space under the sill plate to work. Lots of friends make the job easier, good luck!

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massey333

10-24-2006 16:45:15




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
Like Rusty said,$$$$$$ will do anything.Most if not all Corn Cribs depend on the inside walls to hold the Roof up(not the outside ones)so The bracing or new trusses will hurt you or you will have to put some posts in the center.I did it but I wouldn't(didn't) have any room upstairs Left.Anything is possible with money.



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RustyFarmall

10-24-2006 15:07:39




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 Re: corn crib conversion? in reply to cheap shop, 10-24-2006 14:46:54  
Lots of barns and corcribs have been ressurected and given new life. The big thing to pay attention to is whether or not the building is still standing square and true, most of them are not. converting and modernizing an older structure can be very rewarding, but the final cost will be near or even greater than starting from scratch with an all new building.



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