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Old Outbuilding - Knock or Repair!?

  • 30-09-2014 7:01pm
    #1
    TheClubMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭


    Well folks, There's an old outbuilding in the yard. It used to have a loft but it collapsed a few years ago. It has slates on one side of the roof and galvanise on the other side but it is starting to collapse. The walls are solid bar the inside of a door that caved in. Is it worth repairing? It has heritage attached to it and would provide storage and maybe housing too.


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  • #2
    dazed+confused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭dazed+confused


    Always repair, shame to lose these old buildings.

    Having said that I'm not the one paying to restore it.


  • #3
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    TheClubMan wrote: »
    Well folks, There's an old outbuilding in the yard. It used to have a loft but it collapsed a few years ago. It has slates on one side of the roof and galvanise on the other side but it is starting to collapse. The walls are solid bar the inside of a door that caved in. Is it worth repairing? It has heritage attached to it and would provide storage and maybe housing too.



    Repair ,Ireland will go down the UK route and become draconian about rural development, old farmhouse like what you described are a handy loophole


  • #4
    Miname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Miname


    fix it fasyour going to keep it. old stone buildings will fall apart very quickly if water starts getting into the walls. if it was mine i wouldnt knock it unless it was causing a serious location issue.


  • #5
    caseman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭caseman


    TheClubMan wrote: »
    Well folks, There's an old outbuilding in the yard. It used to have a loft but it collapsed a few years ago. It has slates on one side of the roof and galvanise on the other side but it is starting to collapse. The walls are solid bar the inside of a door that caved in. Is it worth repairing? It has heritage attached to it and would provide storage and maybe housing too.

    Knock and build something you can get a tractor into.
    Then again if you have lots of money to spare you could fix up the old building they look very good around the yard when well maintained.


  • #6
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭mf240


    Flatten it.


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  • #7
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Seems to me that in comparison to England, Ireland has very few lasting ordinary buildings from by-gone times.
    Stone farm buildings are some of those that have a sense of history to them and I like to see them and how they were built in different local stones in different parts of the country.
    Nice to see, hard to keep.

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  • #8
    TheClubMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭TheClubMan


    I'd like to keep it but money is tight and I can't afford to repair it this year. I missed out on that outbuilding restoration grant a few years ago but heard it might be brought in again with the new grants. Does anybody know about this?


  • #9
    Miname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Miname


    TheClubMan wrote: »
    I'd like to keep it but money is tight and I can't afford to repair it this year. I missed out on that outbuilding restoration grant a few years ago but heard it might be brought in again with the new grants. Does anybody know about this?
    By the time an architect, one of the bucks from heritage is paid, a stonemason and roofer approved by whichever numpty that feels hes in charge on whatever day is paid, you would have the job done and money leftover.


  • #10
    TheClubMan
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    Miname wrote: »
    By the time an architect, one of the bucks from heritage is paid, a stonemason and roofer approved by whichever numpty that feels hes in charge on whatever day is paid, you would have the job done and money leftover.

    When you put it like that I may forget about that grant. If I could get someone in to do roof and build the wall that partially fell in I'd be flying. I don't think I could afford to rebuild the loft though let alone the rest. By the time I have money to do the job it might have already collapsed.


  • #11
    eric prydz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭eric prydz


    I wouldn't think twice about flattening it myself,going by your descripton it could become a money pit very quick:eek:


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  • #12
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Could you buy a few ACRO jacks, and prop up the existing roof? ACRO's come up for sale on DD etc. from time to time and aren't too expensive. About 30 euro each.
    Having slates on one side and tin on the other, the slated side will cause the other side to slip off the wall plate, as the load is not balanced. If you prop it, and get it water tight, perhaps next year you will have a few pound to throw at the project.


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