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Originally Posted by EddieWalker
With all the detailed pictures that you are taking, this might just be "THE" thread for others to learn how to build a barn.
I love the plan and think Steel Dust is doing a great job on his barn. There is one thing that you might think about. On your open section for storing implements. you also have one side as being open. I did the exact same thing on my open storage area and have come to consider it a mistake. It wont take a second to walk around the wall to get to the storage area, so that's not much of an argument. Having that extra wall there will be very, very handy for storing stuff like yard tools. I'm desperate to find a place to hang my weed eater and hand sprayers. I'm maxed out on storage in my open area and having another wall will really increase my ability to organize more things better. You can always change it later, so it's not an issue either way, just something that I'm going to change on mine.
What program did you use for your design and what was the learning curve like?
I learned something new in your pictures. I lift posts all the time into holes with my FEL, but never thought of a blocking board. I just lay the post next to the hole and lift. It would sure make things allot easier doing it your way. Thanks!!!!
Eddie
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Eddie,
Glad I could be of help with the tip on using the blocking board while lifting the post into the hole. However, I'd be amiss if I didn't say that all the credit should go to SteelDust for the tip on the technique. I just followed his advice that he posted on his thread. Really works well though when lifting the larger timbers.
I'd thought about adding that extra wall to the open area when I was working up the drawings mainly to make the barn symmetrical. I decided not to include it for now since my plans are to park a trailer under the shed roof and I will need to be able to back the trailer in from where the wall would be. It's certainly something I could add later if it turns out the trailer gets parked somewhere else in the future. Thanks for the idea about the extra hanging storage and I'll keep it in mind.
I do a lot of drawing in AutoCad in my paying job and so creating the working drawings in 3D was something that I did real quick for fun. It's actually been beneficial because it's allowed me to "build" the barn on paper first and I've discovered some details and spacial conflicts that would have been expensive to fix in real time if I hadn't thought them through and discovered them on paper. As I'm sure you can imagine...it's always much cheaper to utilize the erase button than to have to waste good lumber.
Jim H.