Pole barn construction

[wmc1000]

Woodworking shop, lawn equipment, out of season storage, potting/gardening bench for DW, general maintenance area for cars, etc.

We moved here last August for the acreage but we had a Ranch with a basement and 3 car garage which this house doesn't have.

Can only get 1 car in existing 2 car 500 SQ ft garage and 1 of the 4 bedrooms is being used for storage even though we got rid of a ton of stuff before moving.

 

[eytonxav]

Nice! After downsizing I am left with 20x19 garage. Would love something like that pole barn, but can't even accommodate a storage shed in my zero lot line HOA community. We also have a bedroom that looks more like a storage closet/pantry.

 

[wmc1000]

Nice! After downsizing I am left with 20x19 garage. Would love something like that pole barn, but can't even accommodate a storage shed in my zero lot line HOA community. We also have a bedroom that looks more like a storage closet/pantry.

Once the 4th BR is able to be emptied we have plans to turn it into a 2nd MBR walk-in closet, (10'x13' size), as it has a common wall to the MBR and then also have access to another closet space within the MBR. Since we are considering this our forever home we aren't concerned about the 3BR vs 4BR resale issues. Although, I guess after we remove a portion of the wall it could always be rebuilt!!

 

[Bamaman]

Congratulations on getting your barn up. You'll certainly enjoy it.

I have a 24' x 36' metal frame garage assembled and ready to put up as soon as I can get the footers poured.

Unfortunately my wife's had health issues that prohibits me spending time to get the barn up. And thankfully minimal wood is going into our barn--with a metal roof. It's still going to be expensive to put OSB on the sidewalls and siding. Just a metal exterior door is expensive--not including two big overhead doors.

 

[wmc1000]

Surprise! The crew showed up after the rain was finished instead of waiting until tomorrow as previously thought and got the roof and quite a bit of the insulation/siding, windows and man door in. Also did the relief cuts in the concrete.


Might get the exterior buttoned up on Friday at this rate.

 

[street]

WOW! Very nice.

 

[wmc1000]

They did the whole roof membrane and metal in under 2 hours.

 

[Breedlove]

Nice building , I just put a slab down for a 24x36 lean too . Surprised or did I miss it no rebar or no beam ?

 

[street]

How many guys they got working on the project??

 

[Breedlove]

My lean too will be red iron , funny different way they do things across the country . Materials are so expensive.

 

[wmc1000]

How many guys they got working on the project??

5 total, crew leader and 4 other workers

 

[wmc1000]

Nice building , I just put a slab down for a 24x36 lean too . Surprised or did I miss it no rebar or no beam ?

Visqueen 6mil and wire mesh

 

[PaunchyPirate]

It's amazing how fast something like this can go up. It helps that it's VERY rectangular. There aren't many odd angles or curves or cuts that need to be figured out. Pop it in place and move on to the next one. Repeat.

 

[skyking1]

it is a must to make corners for the stuff that goes in corners.
looking great OP. That must be so uplifting to see this clean dry space for you, so quickly.

 

[Breedlove]

We used 1/2 inch rebar and a 10” beam all the way around . Didn’t use the plastic because my building is a lean too . My building will be red iron weld up . Termites down here get to even the treated wood eventually. My lean too is attaching to an all metal building . My house is a metal building . Everything looks industrial. For my 36 x 20 lean too the steel is 3200.00 materials are high .

 

[Fermion]

In our pole barn we had built last year right before COVID really hit, they put 7/16" OSB on the roof, then felt, then the metal. I notice now they are just doing metal...do you think it is because OSB is stupid expensive or was OSB never really needed. I actually don't know why they used it in our build but I have been eyeing it like it is gold sitting up there.

 

[Breedlove]

There is so much construction going on around here the Concrete trucks start at midnight.
When the guys poured my slab the cement truck driver said he had been running since
2:00 AM . I asked my guys doing my slab if that was right ,they said yes . My slab was second of the day for them . They showed up at 9:30Am and the started pouring at noon.
They were like machines , unload tools level off , lay down forms , lay down steel tie all the rebar together then came the cement truck. Four guys pulled that concrete across almost like a dance then the machine on top . Two guys left to the earlier job to pull those forms
By 5:00 PM they pulled my forms and were gone.
It is something how productive these guys are.

 

[skyking1]

@Fermion,
Different designs require different shear structure. Sheeting provides a bunch of shear strength to a roof system.
Note the diagonal 2x4s across the bottom of the top chords of the trusses. They are indeed probably a bit cheaper than continuous sheeting, and provide that shear strength. The sheet metal roofing does not do much for shear. You'd have to put a ton of fasteners it it, and the narrow pieces defeat the purpose.

 

[Breedlove]

We don’t have any OSB on our workshop building . Lots of people out here spray the barns with foam . My metal home has no OSB I have 4” closed cell foam

 

[wmc1000]

Todays update, Exterior is complete except for 10x10 overhead door. Got rest of siding finished including the wainscoting. Installed seamless guttering.

They were a bit slowed down by the gusting winds which were blowing up to 30mph. Had to be extra careful with those sheets of insulation and siding.

Monday they will install overhead door, the metal ceiling and blow in 15" of insulation in the attic for an R45+ value

BTW - the underside of the roof in the interior shot shows the 1/8" condensation "blanket" that was placed over the purlins before the metal was laid down to prevent condensation in the attic.

 

[eytonxav]

Did they use 8"x8" poles?

 

[Music Lover]

There is so much construction going on around here the Concrete trucks start at midnight.
When the guys poured my slab the cement truck driver said he had been running since
2:00 AM . I asked my guys doing my slab if that was right ,they said yes . My slab was second of the day for them . They showed up at 9:30Am and the started pouring at noon.
They were like machines , unload tools level off , lay down forms , lay down steel tie all the rebar together then came the cement truck. Four guys pulled that concrete across almost like a dance then the machine on top . Two guys left to the earlier job to pull those forms
By 5:00 PM they pulled my forms and were gone.
It is something how productive these guys are.

New construction can be very fast and when you do it for a living you get very efficient and have the right number of people and the right tools to get it done quickly.

Last summer my brother and I (we're competent DIYers) built a 24' x 24' garage with the help of 2 others. In two 6 hour days we framed the walls, put up the roof trusses, and applied all the wall and roof sheathing. All hand nailing as we didn't have a power nailer.

I bet an experienced crew of 4 people could have done it in a day.

 

[Sunset]

OP - why is there plastic under the cement floor ?

Roughly how much did this cost, maybe I missed seeing it.

 

[Breedlove]

Plastic is used around here if you are going to heat or cool a building the plastic prevents the slab from sweating . Say on a house if you don’t put plastic you will have a hard time laying
Laminate , wood or tile. On garages or buildings not temperature controlled it doesn’t matter so much . I have heard concrete people say like on a driveway you don’t want the plastic so the concrete can get harder.

 

[Breedlove]

Plastic is cheap , maybe 100.00 a roll at Home Depot.