There's a really simple answer to this issue: Buy an ax and hatchet at a garage or estate sale for a few bucks. Chop down some trees on your property and hack out some beams, poles and siding. Pin it together with help from some neighbors or family and stand back to admire your work. Should only take a few months. Besides saving your gold coins, a lard filled body will be replaced by steel, muscle and a few calluses.
Barn sticker shock. WOW!
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I still love to watch the PBS special on Richard Proenneke and how he built a cabin and lived in Alaska.
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I have to agree. His story is one of my favorites.
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I am starting to lean toward steel. I will probably build it myself. Doesn't look that hard to me. I'm gonna have to buy an extra camera to capture more than one angle . I think I will try to video it from beginning to end and edit together something that answers other people's questions.
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw3nLHwmDFcldYwroZ3XsLH2&cshid=1555117266631
Stoneburner in harrisonburg built my FIL barn.
Stoneburner in harrisonburg built my FIL barn.
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I remember someone in VA had an amish crew come from ohio to build their pole barn.
My 30 x 48 x 12 barn kit cost around $10k in material, from apm in PA.
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My 30 x 48 x 12 barn kit cost around $10k in material, from apm in PA.
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If i hadn't built my own, PPB pioneer gave me the best price to get one built. They build all over my area in MD.
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These discussions only confuse the seeker of information. No one, absolutely no one tells the full story.
To get a cost comparison the inquirer needs to offer a detailed des ription of their intended building. Including number of lights, plug ins etc. Then someone with that buildings responds with their true cost. Then the seeker of information has a true comparison to go forward with. All other offerings of "I paid this, I paid that" for my building then are realized as meaningless discussion.
Course then all those guys start getting defensive and offer the "correct" course of action. Which is meaningless because they are talking about a "different" building.
So maybe a more detailed description of what building we are talking about?
To get a cost comparison the inquirer needs to offer a detailed des ription of their intended building. Including number of lights, plug ins etc. Then someone with that buildings responds with their true cost. Then the seeker of information has a true comparison to go forward with. All other offerings of "I paid this, I paid that" for my building then are realized as meaningless discussion.
Course then all those guys start getting defensive and offer the "correct" course of action. Which is meaningless because they are talking about a "different" building.
So maybe a more detailed description of what building we are talking about?
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I saw a fantastic barn that Stoneburner built. I talked to someone from there more than a week ago. They were supposed to call me back. I still have not heard. Maybe this coming week.
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Go back read post 1. WCD gave a description of what the price covered.These discussions only confuse the seeker of information. No one, absolutely no one tells the full story.
To get a cost comparison the inquirer needs to offer a detailed des ription of their intended building. Including number of lights, plug ins etc. Then someone with that buildings responds with their true cost. Then the seeker of information has a true comparison to go forward with. All other offerings of "I paid this, I paid that" for my building then are realized as meaningless discussion.
Course then all those guys start getting defensive and offer the "correct" course of action. Which is meaningless because they are talking about a "different" building.
So maybe a more detailed description of what building we are talking about?
Wasnt much more than 10 yrs ago a friend had a 40 x 100 x 16 built, concrete floor, electric in the $20 -$30k range. Then his wife fooled around, and she now has it... It was built by PPB listed in a response above. Course he was also the mining engineer at the local portland cement factory, maybe he got a really good deal on concrete.
I kind of know the area where WCD is, his area will command a higher price, too close to yuppieville.