My Barn..... Finally !!!

[Thomas]

Kicking back just inside the open doors from days heat or when mother nature decides valley needs showering,ahhhh yes home away from home.

 

[Shakibods]

Scotty,

I will definitely be following your project as I have almost the identical one planned for upstate NY in the next year or so (right now the project is for a 32 x 48', however, like you said, cost is the driving factor).

Good luck with the project and enjoy the process.

 

[nwngunner]

Sounds like your going to have an amazing shop once your finished. Will be far worth the time, effort, money. I love your paying attention to all those little details.

My one question how are you planning on heating your shop? Currently been working on my 40x64 and if i could redo the floor "afford it" i would put in floor heat from my wood burner. I didn't see where you had said anything about heat. Any nice project love the mts in the back ground.

 

[JonKioti]

Your new shop sounds excellent.

I agree with nwngunner - even if you just put heat pex piping in your slabs now for a couple of dollars, you don't have to hook it up for some time yet.

I did that with my original shop and really appreciate the warm floors I got when I could afford to put in the heating system ten years later.

Enjoy your project!

Jon

 

[johnamon]

When we had our barn built a couple years ago, we had 2-inches of rigid foam added around the perimeter of the floor and 2-feet under the floor. This should help if we later add heat. Did not cost much to do but I do not remember a number.

Sounds like a great barn. I have been told that if your barn is smaller than your land you will want more. :laughing: I do understand the cost constraints almost all of us deal with.

 

[dodge man]

Sounds very nice. I built a 28'x30' building, and I wish it was the size of yours. I also wish I had storage above, but I went with flatter trusses and I don't have the head room. I thought about a lot of this stuff, but like you, money becomes a limiting factor at some point.

I heat mine with a forced air unit that hangs in the corner. Heats the place up in about 10 minutes from 40 degrees to 65 degrees. We are on LP so the company just came out and put in another tank for me. This is the cheap route and I'm sure in floor heat would be nice.

 

[Highbeam]

Maybe a nice big Hearthstone equinox in the corner to heat that place up?

I am super jealous. Don't think about the limitations of money causing you to get less shop than you want, think about the luck of having enough money to get the shop you are getting. I mean, we would all have an ideal shop that most of us don't actually buy.

Some of us don't even get a shop at all.

 

[jinman]

Permission denied!:thumbdown: Scotty, you're not allowed to start your shop before I start mine. Dang it! I think you are gonna beat me to the punch.:smiley_aafz: I have to add a bathroom to my walkout basement first and the shop is the next project after that. Oh well, I guess I get to watch you build yours and steal all your good ideas. Congratulations! I hope you start soon and all goes well.:thumbsup:

 

[escavader]

Sounds like a great project .My barn originally was 24 by 36 and it has 10 ft to the bottom of the trusses.Ioriginally had 2 9 ft wide by 10 ft high barn doors in it for years.Inever really needed the high door height,so after years of opening the barn doors driving out the vehicles then closing them,i was pressured by the better halfto install regular garage doors and openers.I went with 7 ft high and made some transom windows for the top.Istill have one large swinging barn door 10 ft high in the rear for the tractor.
About 10 years after the original build i added another bay ,which is heated,and i use as my mechanic garage and welding area,i call it my man cave Building it tall like you aregives you lots of opportunities for adding on..good choice
With tall walls keep your studs close togeather [mine are 16oc] and i reccomend a row of blocking between the studs mid way to stiffin things up.A poorly built building with high walls ,has alot of shake and rock and roll to it.Good choice on 2 by 6 mine are all hemlock,i obtained at a mill i worked at years ago.
thought id shoot a COUPLE pics of mine,yours will be about the same height i think ,but the footprint of my "original BARN is much smaller than yours.
I also spent a whole winter in my spare time ,building my own trusses,crazy huh:confused2:
Cant wait to follow this project ..good luck SCOTTY

ALAN

 

[3RRL]

Hi Scotty,
Wow, how excited you must be to finally start your barn.
From reading about everything you are going to do, it sounds like yours will be super well built with a 6" slab, large doors, an "upstairs", and fully insulated. You might want to do the insulation at the same time rather than waiting. I know mine sure made a difference in working temperatures. Anyway, I'm looking forward to read about your barn.
Good luck as always!
Rob-