Finally started pole barn - 40x50

[em14]

Eddie, I'm sure that the long pcs went up faster than, say, two shorter pcs, it just looked more differicult to handle ... Thanks!

[cowpen]

There were a couple of reasons I wanted to go with single sheets, including quicker install, one less seam to leak or catch wind in a storm, and it was a little cheaper since there were no overlaps.

Of course I didn't want to make the job impossible for the crew, so I was prepared to go either way. When Tommy and I talked about the order and the job, he said long sheets would definitely be harder to handle, but since my eaves are fairly low the job shouldn't be too hard.

One possible downside that occurred to me was exaggerated expansion & contraction of one long sheet compared to two shorter ones. I have no idea, but I guess if the thing starts leaking at the end screws I'll know it was a bad move!

[cowpen]

The metal install went pretty smoothly despite the fact that we were short on screw guns. We started off at 6:30 AM with a crew of 6 which grew to 7, and dwindled to 4 by the end of the day. It was hot, humid, & still, and I got cussed more than once for waiting until summer to put the roof on. We took a lot of water breaks and still managed to get all 2500 square feet covered in a day.

The way we handled the long sheets worked out fine. We had one man on a ladder at the eave, and one on the roof. Me and two other guys made up the ground crew. We passed the end of the sheet to the guy on the roof who walked it up the purlins to the peak while I stood near the eave and "walked" the panel over my head with my hands. It worked out pretty slick, but I have to say I'm glad I wasn't the one walking it up!

I had left the fly rafter and fascia off of the back end of the barn so that we had some room to trim things up square if we needed to. We knew we would have to rip the last roof panel, and this let us decide exactly where. Tommy normally uses a metal cutting blade in his circular saw for this task, but I had recently picked up cheap pneumatic shear at Harbor Freight, so we used that instead. It worked really well... quiet, no burn marks, and the edges were perfectly smooth. We were all impressed considering the thing only cost $15 on sale.



So this is basically where I am now. It's great to be "dried in" and I'm really pleased with how it's turned out so far.

I'm looking forward to getting the floor poured, but that's going to cost almost $5K. The pond and fill work put me over budget, so I need to save up for another month or two. In the meantime, I have one rule - nothing stored in the barn that doesn't have wheels!

[em14]

That looks great ... Congrads!
Leo

[EddieWalker]

Looks great!!!!!

I like the rule about everything having wheels too.

How long until you get some walls on it? With all the damage that was caused by Huricane Dolly, I'd be very worried if you get hit by one before the walls are on. Looks like a giant umbrela just waiting to take off!!!!!

Eddie

[Defective]

Originally Posted by cowpen

In the meantime, I have one rule - nothing stored in the barn that doesn't have wheels!

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Sorry, won't happen again.