cny
New member
I am in the process of building an attached garage and a small addition to my house and I will be tearing down an old garage/shop (grey) behind the house and converting the lower portion of my barn (red) into a shop.
I am told that the new attached garage will be used for cars and motorcycles only!
The old grey garage is not only an eyesore, but is directly between my deck/patio and a 1/2 acre pond I dug a few years ago ...so it has to go.
The front section of the exisitng barn is 16' deep x 40' wide. 1/2 concrete and 1/2 dirt floor. It sits on a 8" block wall.
I would like to increase the depth to make it more usable ...probably 26-32' deep
I think I will use a mono truss spaced every 6-7 feet with a metal roof.
Not sure what I should do with the existing foundation/floor and walls. I have to at least remove the front wall, extend the side block walls and pour the 2nd half of the concrete floor.
I was thinking the easiset thing may be to remove everything - walls, roof, foundation, windows, doors, & concrete floor and rebuilding it as a pole barn wihout a foundation.
I would have to set my posts at approximately 48" deep to get below the frost line - alot easier than building a poured footing and laying eight+/- rows of block as I did for the addition.
What do you folks think? traditional stick built or pole barn style?
I am told that the new attached garage will be used for cars and motorcycles only!
The old grey garage is not only an eyesore, but is directly between my deck/patio and a 1/2 acre pond I dug a few years ago ...so it has to go.
The front section of the exisitng barn is 16' deep x 40' wide. 1/2 concrete and 1/2 dirt floor. It sits on a 8" block wall.
I would like to increase the depth to make it more usable ...probably 26-32' deep
I think I will use a mono truss spaced every 6-7 feet with a metal roof.
Not sure what I should do with the existing foundation/floor and walls. I have to at least remove the front wall, extend the side block walls and pour the 2nd half of the concrete floor.
I was thinking the easiset thing may be to remove everything - walls, roof, foundation, windows, doors, & concrete floor and rebuilding it as a pole barn wihout a foundation.
I would have to set my posts at approximately 48" deep to get below the frost line - alot easier than building a poured footing and laying eight+/- rows of block as I did for the addition.
What do you folks think? traditional stick built or pole barn style?