emptying the barn

Since we started renovating an tigin, we have used the barn as storage space. Now that we need to work on the barn, it needs to be emptied.

 We think that the original barn floor was simply built on a few boards that were laid directly onto the ground. The boards have been soaked in oil. We assume that it was done intentionally as a way to slow down the boards from rotting.

Once the original floor became rotten enough to need to be replaced, the owners simply built a new floor on the old floor.  This left the old floor in place.