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My home is a 24' by 32'pole barn converted garage. I bought it 3 years ago. I believe the age of this structure is about 10 years old. The poles are every 8 feet apart. The back fill that was once in place against the bottom backer boards has long since washed away and all backer boards rotted away.Causing the gravel and sand that was under the poured concrete floor to wash out from under the edges. Hence....severely cracked concrete running through the interior because of lack of support. Believe it or not, that is not my biggest problem at hand. I am concerned about the poles lasting as long as I plan on living here...which hopefully will be 20+ years.(retired). I had a mason over to look at the structure and asked what I could do to correct my problems. He said he would put a block foundation around perimeter and that should keep the rest of the gravel under the poured slab in place..but offered no advice for the poles or what to do with the uneven and cracked floors. Any suggestions about poles would be appreciated. I was thinking of cutting them at ground level and removing old concrete in holes and replacing with new concrete up to a level above ground and then using brackets to connect poles to concrete. Would this work?? Or should I have mason do this as he lays a block foundation?? Or should I think about just selling the place??? I had hoped to make this my final home(sits on 7 wooded acres of privacy) and was going to start working on remodeling....but am not sure if I should invest if I cannot fix floor and secure poles. PS...I am no Rockefellar...money is tight.

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