I keep my tractor in my pole barn. I have sliding doors on the pole barn. Normally they do not touch the bottom, but the area below the doors filled with some dirt and water and froze. Both doors were frozen in place. So when I went to get out my tractor to clear off the mess of snow we still have on the drive it was harder to get the door open than to clear the snow.
So, I'm thinking I'll dig out the area under the doors and fill it with gravel. This should allow the water and sediment that flows under the doors to go down through the rocks so that the doors should not freeze shut next winter. But then I got to wondering if there is a better way to fix this issue, other than concreting the whole area (the pole barn floor is covered with crush and run ...hard like concrete but you can see the dirt mixed in with it).
Any ideas?
So, I'm thinking I'll dig out the area under the doors and fill it with gravel. This should allow the water and sediment that flows under the doors to go down through the rocks so that the doors should not freeze shut next winter. But then I got to wondering if there is a better way to fix this issue, other than concreting the whole area (the pole barn floor is covered with crush and run ...hard like concrete but you can see the dirt mixed in with it).
Any ideas?