jambx
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- Joined
- May 14, 2007
- Messages
- 282
- Location
- Southern CT
- Tractor
- B2920 TLB, ZD21-60P, 1949 US Baird Beaver
Nice photos. What also is nice is the barn that is usually in the background of your photos! How about a few specifics...dimensions, pole or block foundation, siding? Are those Hattaras Certainteed shingles?
TP
Thanks for asking about my Barn and YES!, you know your shingles! Those are indeed the Hatteras from Certainteed.
I have always wanted a place to put the toys?r?tools and was going to do a simple Pole Barn (heard for the money that is a easy way to go however the more and more I got into it I felt I needed a solid floor surface) With the help from a architect friend we came up with a nice New England type structure (36 feet x 30 feet). Built in 2003. Funny but I just did a large addition to the house this year and in my estimation the building cost tripled since then.
I initially wanted to go with post and bean (solicited proposals etc) but it was recommended that if I had any interest in finishing it off then conventional construction would be easier to work with. I also found out after getting a number of quotes that the cost of the Post and Bean was even a little more expensive. So I decided to go with standard 2x4 walls and 2x12 joists / rafters. The sheathing is ス inch plywood and the siding is 6 inch cedar tongue & groove.
My excavator (yes - for a fleeting minute I thought I could possible dig it out with my BX22!!!) talked me into putting in radiant heating in the floor (although I have not yet had the time or ambition to hook it up to a furnace). When I do get around to finishing the barn off I will be putting in 12 inch wide Pine Flooring on the second floor and also acquired a number of antique beams (rough sawn) that I will use in various areas to emulate the Post and Beam look.
My father and I built the entrance doors from scratch and if you look at the middle one you will see that above it the transom window is actually hinged so I can take full advantage of the entire 13 foot high floor space (i.e. my center console boat with a T-Top).
Another fun father and son project was the 6 foot high Cupola with a copper roof completes with lamp.
Things I would have done differently gone with Post and Bean, never - NEVER use lolley columns again and of course MAKE IT BIGGER!!!
Here are a few pictures (sorry if there are a lot but I am proud of this build).