Recent content by Super77Guy

I wanted to get some thoughts on how I was planning to construct the headers and roof rafters... Here is what I currently have for the header construction, but I wanted to get some opinions on whether or not it would be adequate for the rafter support. I'm only placing the rafters every 4...

Let me start out by wishing everyone a Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Well, it's been a while since my last update on the building, but the month of December was pretty much consumed with the 2 week Whitetail gun season here in PA (i'll post pics later of the...

Here are pics of the two hunting stands I built on my place. The brown stand is about 12' off the ground and is 6'x8'. I sided it with Hemlock and put steps on since my father in-law who doesn't get around well was going to be the main tennant. The green stand is about 10' high (it's sits on...

As some of you may have read in another thread of mine, i am planning on building a "smallish" size pole building (3 sided) for my tractors and other equipment. Anyway, I have access to numerous Amish owned lumber mills, so I was planning to use Hemlock as my primary wood source, other than...

I am planning to build this pole building, but I would like to get input on how I should do the roof, without the use of trusses (too expensive). Here are the specifics about the building. I am in Western PA where I believe the snow load is 30lb?? Building size: 18'x24'x8' and it will be open...