i just put up a 40x70x14 pole barn and my problem is across the width of the barn the the ground drops off about 15 inches so the bottom of the barn siding is 3 inches above the ground on one side and 15 inches on the other side can i just backfill with sand inside to get up to grade and then top it with gravel the skirt boards are to the ground all the way around the perimeter so i think that will contain the sand
bringing barn floor up to grade
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bones1
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Welcome Gunyo.If your skirtboards are framed all the way up to the siding go for it.There's really no other way to do it.Mine was a foot out side to side as well, worked fine for me.
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SPIKER
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I had same problem one corner was nearly 30" of fill required for my 50x50
so Used a compactable fill material sand gravel clay mix. make sure to compact the LIFTs no more than 6" of fill b4 compacting. water down & re-compact & add more fill after a setteling time is best but if using vib compactor then you can add lifts right on top but setting time is best if crete is going to be used...
mark M
so Used a compactable fill material sand gravel clay mix. make sure to compact the LIFTs no more than 6" of fill b4 compacting. water down & re-compact & add more fill after a setteling time is best but if using vib compactor then you can add lifts right on top but setting time is best if crete is going to be used...
mark M
