Main Barn - Old East Side
                                               This side was Wasp and Hornet Hell !

  If I didnt pull down 100 old wasp and hornet nests, I didnt pull down one! As much as I sprayed and tried to keep up I could never get rid of them and now I know why. For some reason there was a double wall built surrounding the entire room and there were wasp nests all between them. I could have understood the inner wall if there were some insulation but there was not a piece to be seen.
As the outer wall deteriorated the wasps would go into the tiniest cracks and build enormous nests that I couldnt see, nor could I hit with wasp spray...now I got 'em beat though!
Demolition time ! In this photo you can see the vines that were growing up between the 2 walls where all the hornets nested. The stone foundation was cramping my style since I am planning on just leaving an overhang for parking equiptment. All the beautiful flat stones from this foundation will also be put to good use in the future. The new Deere backhoe made this an easy day of stripping and stone removal !
I installed a new pressure treated 6x6 sill and then added new 4x4 uprights for roof support and also to use as nailers for the new siding.
With the outer wall removed you can see just how bad the lower beam was in this back area. It literally crumbled when struck with the sledge hammer. The inner wall was in great shape but still had to go. The main carrier beam through the center was hard as a rock as was the corner post so all was not lost... 
This is the left front corner wall. The outer wall was in very poor condition from all the years of brush up against it. Inside this room are steel swivel ground rings cemented in which leads me to believe that this was a small milking room for the cows at one time. There is also a smooth cemented pad against the back wall that runs the entire length that is shaped just like a loading dock. I cant quite figure out the reasoning behind this but it is a cool feature none the less.
The East Side
Primed and ready for the red paint.
Here you can see the stone foundation of that outer wall and in the bottom right corner you can see a part of the cemented  "loading dock" structure I made mention of earlier. Once I am done with this area I am going to load the floor with peastone for a smoother floor instead of ripping out the old stone and cement.