againI've been out and dug a hole (inside the barn) to try and establishhow deep the footings run. I have put a photo and description on myweb site (at the bottom) - I reckon they are 2' in total - I reckonthis isn't enough? My structural engineer (who I haven't spoken totoday) told me that underpinning (if that is what is required) is notsuch a bad job if you know who to ask - and needn't cost more than £3kfor a project this size. Any thoughts/comments....?Thanks in advance....SiRegards, Simon

Simon Hawthorne wroteHi Simon - what a nice project and well done on the pictures so far. Keep themcoming please :)The barn looks mid Victorian, with its King-post truss, secondary rafters andbrick footings. There has been a little rafter spread by the look of it, andthe tie bar was probably put in to arrest bulging walls, but again quite minor.There doesn't appear to be much structural damage due to foundation movement asfar as I could see.Why are you so concerned about the foundations? If you're not going to increasethe loading on them at all I would say there's probably no need to do anythingabout them from what I can see from the pictures. But nobody here on thisnewsgroup can tell you whether they are adequate or not - this depends on thesite conditions, e.g. soil type, its compressive and shear strength, moisturecontent, any trees close by, ground water level etc etc. Also, we have no ideawhether you intend to increase the loading - even knocking openings can increasethe...

Barn conversion - how deep should the footings be.....?

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