Inside walls on pole barn

[debo1683]

Guys ... Does anyone have any good ideas on how to do the inside walls on a pole barn? I have seen OSB, t-11 siding, and drywall. Just curious about your thoughts ... Also, on the insulation ... would it be feasible to rent one of those blower machines and blow the insulation in as you put the inside walls up? After the electric is ran, of course ...

Just looking for some thoughts and ideas.

 

[peter_vii]

Guys ... Does anyone have any good ideas on how to do the inside walls on a pole barn? I have seen OSB, t-11 siding, and drywall. Just curious about your thoughts ... Also, on the insulation ... would it be feasible to rent one of those blower machines and blow the insulation in as you put the inside walls up? After the electric is ran, of course ...

Just looking for some thoughts and ideas.

I'd put green insulation batts, vinyl or aluminum siding on the inside to about 4 ft from the bottom, half walls, the rest dressed up with 1/2" plywood.

 

[rswyan]

Guys ... Does anyone have any good ideas on how to do the inside walls on a pole barn? I have seen OSB, t-11 siding, and drywall. Just curious about your thoughts ...

We went with OSB - it was about the cheapest when we doing it, other than drywall .... and it doesn't have to be mudded and finished, aside from painting it if you wish.

Also more durable than drywall I would think.

Also, on the insulation ... would it be feasible to rent one of those blower machines and blow the insulation in as you put the inside walls up? After the electric is ran, of course ...

I wouldn't know why not .... if the walls are open at the top, you could just shoot it down inside ......

If they're not open (enclosed, capped, or ceiling in the way), then drill holes with a holesaw at the top to blow it in and then plug them with with removable plugs - this would allow you to revisit it later and blow in more insulation after it has had a chance to settle - because it definitely will.

You also might want to check on having someone do it - you may find that it's not much more (if any) having a contractor do it compared to doing it yourself.

When we did ours, we found that to be the case - we had a contractor (Dave Ritsko) out of Elyria, OH come down and blow it into the wall cavities after we had wired, but before we put the OSB on the inside walls.

They used the Nu-Wool system - sprayed-in cellulose which is dampened at the gun with a water/glue binder to hold it together - worked slicker than snot:

Nu-Wool

There's some pics of them doing it here (starting with post no. 206):

New Driveway and Polebarn

They spray it on and then trim off the excess with a power skimmer and then suck up the trimmings and send it back thru the machine again. The skimmer they had was only a little over 2' wide - so ideally you would have studs at least every 2' OC ..... otherwise they are freehanding it.

 

[SARG]

They also now spray the new foam insulation directly onto the metal that doesn't expand so radically ..... they create an even coat that doesn't require the trimming.

 

[eepete]

Starting about post #12 you can see what I did.


http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/170259-my-30-x-40-tractor.html

Pete

 

[rswyan]

They also now spray the new foam insulation directly onto the metal that doesn't expand so radically ..... they create an even coat that doesn't require the trimming.

Sarge,

Dunno if the trimming comment was in reference to my comments about them trimming our insulation or not, but for what it's worth, we didn't have expanding spray-foam insulation installed - it was spray cellulose.

The trimming process was done constantly - as the insulation was being sprayed in - one guy on the gun shooting it in the wall cavities, another guy running the trimmer (which looked kinda like a 28" wide spinning paint roller - but with a stiff brush instead of a nap roller) and a 3rd guy (gal actually) using a vacuum hose that was connected to the machine, vacuuming up the trimmings and sending it back thru the machine to the guy spraying.

When the 2nd person wasn't trimming, he'd go throw a new fresh bale of cellulose into machine to supplement the trimmings that were being recycled thru the vacuuming process.

It was actually a pretty fast process - these guys started mid-morning and were done by early afternoon - took 'em maybe 4 or 5 hours start to finish, including the initial set-up and final clean-up.

 

[srs]

Guys ... Does anyone have any good ideas on how to do the inside walls on a pole barn? I have seen OSB, t-11 siding, and drywall. Just curious about your thoughts ... Also, on the insulation ... would it be feasible to rent one of those blower machines and blow the insulation in as you put the inside walls up? After the electric is ran, of course ...

Just looking for some thoughts and ideas.

Debo, I used OSB on my walls. The photos show I was in the process of installing a metal ceiling. Here are a couple of photos. As far as insulation I purchased the insulation from Morton Buildings as it is made to fit exactly between the posts. I then installed 6 mil plastic to act as a vapor barrier, then finally the OSB.

 

[DJ54]

I did the ceiling and walls like srs did using white cover sheet metal. A little less per ft. than regular siding. I figured by the time I painted the walls white, to brighten it up in there, it would be easier with the white metal all over. I used 1 1/2" insulation board in between the perlins, and overhead. Made the shop pretty tight, and easy to heat. Did this in '94, and still looks like new, sans a little dust.

Building a new shop where I'm now moving to. Going to cover the walls the same way, but this time going to insulate with a roll type 1/4" bubble type insulation with an R-19 factor.

The contractor erecting the 30'X32 shop said he would finish the inside with this material for an additional $700.00 labor. He got the job..!!