New 40x64' Pole Barn (sort of)

[ultrarunner]

The nicest shop I've ever seen measured 40 x 96 with 4 doors and a man door on one side and a large door in the gable end... basically, it was 4 ea 24 x 40 dp garages...

If I ever get to build, I hope to go 40' depth...

 

[GManBart]

The nicest shop I've ever seen measured 40 x 96 with 4 doors and a man door on one side and a large door in the gable end... basically, it was 4 ea 24 x 40 dp garages...

If I ever get to build, I hope to go 40' depth...

That's a really nice size! If we didn't have to spend $65K buying the property, then doing the demo on the house that was there, I would have likely gone bigger, but I think this will work out well. The way it's set on the property it would be easy to lengthen it if we decide it needs to be bigger, and can afford it. Pretty much just pull the metal off the far end, lengthen in 8ft increments, and put the metal back on the new end.

The 40ft depth seems to work well...glad I didn't go with less. I went a little crazy with overhead doors, and man doors, but it's nice to not have to shuffle things around to get something out, or have to walk all the way around to get to a man door.

The only thing I would rethink is where I put the main man door. It's on the front of the building, and when it rains you get wet from water off the eaves while you're unlocking the door (went with Schlage keypad locks). When it's cold enough, that can also cause a frozen sheet of ice in front of the door. So, I'm either going to have to add gutters to the front, or put a covered entrance over that door.

 

[MacLawn]

Now that's the ticket, GMan!! Wha' a great job! I love that you improved your area so much. A man can never have too many roofs on his place to cover all his junque.

 

[wmonroe]

That looks great! Do you have any pictures of the lean to? I'm thinking of having one added to my 40x60 to store implements and my trailer.

 

[GManBart]

That looks great! Do you have any pictures of the lean to? I'm thinking of having one added to my 40x60 to store implements and my trailer.

These aren't great, but you can get the general idea:

 

[wmonroe]

Looks good. Did they just run rafters for the lean to or did the trusses extend over?

 

[GManBart]

Looks good. Did they just run rafters for the lean to or did the trusses extend over?

They used rafters....the lean to went up first, and the trusses connected to them.

 

[GManBart]

This is from the other side...you can sort of see where the trusses end, and the lean-to starts:

 

[wmonroe]

Thanks

 

[drg1]

Any chance of getting a picture of the bracket and pole combination?

 

[GManBart]

Any chance of getting a picture of the bracket and pole combination?

Sure thing! The first two pics are of the standard bracket (one-piece)...they come in two heights, and various widths for the different size poles or 2x boards. The third pic is of a corner where you can't use the one-piece bracket, because the flange would stick out the side of the building. So, you use two separate pieces, and turn the outer one so that the flange faces inwards, and the pole sits on top of it....we did a bit of a countersink for the head of the tapcon bolt. It was hard to get a picture of it, but you can somewhat see both sides.

An important note for anybody considering this is that the bolts and screws (two of each) that go through the bracket and the poles need to be galvanized, or coated....new pressure treated lumber will eat through normal metal in a very short time period. Finding 4x6 and 6x6 poles this size that aren't treated is possible, but can be a real pain, so I didn't bother trying (lumber yard supplying everything else couldn't get them).

 

[GManBart]

Looks good. Did they just run rafters for the lean to or did the trusses extend over?

I took a couple of pictures that show how they tied the lean-to into the trusses....pretty simple. You can ignore the horizontal 2x4....I added them to support the wire mesh (keep the birds out).

Inside view:



Outside view:

 

[wmonroe]

Thanks for those pictures. It looks like they notched 2x10's to sit on the buildings headers. What is the width of your lean to? I was thinking of doing 14-16'.

 

[GManBart]

Thanks for those pictures. It looks like they notched 2x10's to sit on the buildings headers. What is the width of your lean to? I was thinking of doing 14-16'.

It's only 12ft, but I would have like 14-16'. I couldn't go deeper because the septic field is directly behind the building.

 

[GManBart]

Got the vapor barrier up, and half of the ceiling metal hung....

 

[George2615]

Nice barn. I'm jealous.

 

[ishiboo]

Great built and one of the best TBN photo captions... "This is how you keep your LS and Massey from having a Lassey!"

 

[GManBart]

Nice barn. I'm jealous.

Thanks, it's getting there!

 

[GManBart]

Great built and one of the best TBN photo captions... "This is how you keep your LS and Massey from having a Lassey!"

LOL...yeah, that sort of cracked me up. At least I can make myself laugh

 

[GManBart]

Here's the last ceiling panel going up:



Finished ceiling...now it's time to frame the bathroom, and start on the walls!