Long road to home.

[Dr Dave]

Thanks Lee, great pics! I like the concrete post, how deep are they set?

Dave

 

[ENG18LT]

Thanks Lee, great pics! I like the concrete post, how deep are they set?

Dave

The posts are down 40" with 10" thick footers below them. The total depth of the holes is around 50" below grade. By code I only needed a depth of 42", but wanted to get as much of the pole in the ground as I could, therefore the 50" hole depth. They are a good product, just expensive. In the long run they are worth it to me as I will never have to worry about one rotting off at grade level like wood will.

 

[ENG18LT]

Dave,

I just went back through and found a close up picture of the lower portion of the poles on POST#135 if it helps.

 

[ENG18LT]

Metal has arrived, thanks to my wife for the pictures.

 

[dave1949]

Lee, I think you are making great progress, although the videos showed some guy walking back and forth, back and forth, with often empty hands. :laughing: Putting the metal on will really make it look different.

 

[ENG18LT]

Lee, I think you are making great progress, although the videos showed some guy walking back and forth, back and forth, with often empty hands. :laughing: Putting the metal on will really make it look different.

That's funny. All the walking back and forth to get materials and put them together I wound up losing some extra pounds. Yay!

 

[ENG18LT]

Ok, I promised some pictures of the stairs being built. My buddy didn't want his picture taken so I don't have any of the router jig he used. However I can tell you that it is a Porter-Cable STAIRS-EASE. They don't make them anymore from what he has told me. I did take some pictures of the assembly process today.

Here is what the stringers look like after we ran the router and jig. They are 2x12 Fir. This is a scrap piece that he wanted to test the jig's riser height on, as it is adjustable. That is why the risers and treads don't appear to meet, on the actual stringers they do.


The treads are 2x12 ripped down to 10 1/4" then slid into the appropriate slot. The next three pictures are of the back side of the stairs, as they are assembled face down.




The risers are made from 3/4" B/C plywood, again slid into appropriate slot.


Finished stair case.


The risers and treads are glued into place and screwed from the sides, three each end of the treads. The risers have two screws in each end and four along bottom edge to secure them to the tread below.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

 

[Dr Dave]

Nice job on your stairs, that should make for much stronger stairs, than cutting triangles out for the treds to set on.

Dave

 

[ENG18LT]

Thanks Dave. They are the strongest stairs I have ever made/seen. We have been doing them this way for 20yrs. Have yet to find a better set of utility stairs out there.

 

[ENG18LT]

I got out here on Wednesday, checked the metal. Half the roof was shipped red, not white. All the J-channel is white, not red. All added up about 1/3 the metal is wrong.

And then I got sick. Some nasty cold. Ashamed to say it laid me up for Wednesday and Thursday. I managed to crawl out of bed long enough to cut enough purlins for the trusses I have up. Got a few rows nailed down before I was spent. Jeez, I sound like an old man. Well anyway here's a picture.

Ok, no picture. I keep getting a "just crashed" message. Will try later.

 

[amstaff]

Lee, I have been enjoying your thread! Keep up the great work, and keep the pics coming!

Amstaff

 

[dhagood]

And then I got sick. Some nasty cold. Ashamed to say it laid me up for Wednesday and Thursday. I managed to crawl out of bed long enough to cut enough purlins for the trusses I have up. Got a few rows nailed down before I was spent. Jeez, I sound like an old man.

why be ashamed? if you're sick, you're sick.

 

[ENG18LT]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I am taking it slow today. There are some little things that I can work on, nothing exciting or picture worthy. Although I did snap a picture of my "helper".

 

[ben2go]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I am taking it slow today. There are some little things that I can work on, nothing exciting or picture worthy. Although I did snap a picture of my "helper".

It appears he is lay down on the job,literally.

 

[ENG18LT]

She certainly has made herself comfortable.

 

[ENG18LT]

Feeling much better, thanks to the wonder of modern pharmacology. Spent the afternoon putting purlins on the west roof. Wasn't bad at all. I did hand nail them. I didn't want to try and balance the air nailer up there and have to drag the hose back and forth. I would say it took about 2 1/2 hours by myself.

 

[ultrarunner]

Interesting to follow... I have done some stick framing start to finish... never a pole barn.

 

[GLyford]

I've found that when you're feeling low and need someone to make sure you get your rest so you can recover, a retriever parked on your chest does a pretty good job.

 

[ENG18LT]

I've found that when you're feeling low and need someone to make sure you get your rest so you can recover, a retriever parked on your chest does a pretty good job.
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That's usually how ours wakes us up!

 

[ENG18LT]

With some help from a couple cousins the east roof trusses are up and we managed to get the purlins on that side as well. Once again the tractor and boom proved invaluable.

I have not installed the stairs yet. I think I am going to wait until we have it dried in. I don't want the plywood risers to delaminate.

Tomorrow I'll probably be by myself again. It may be a good day to get the landing built foe the stairs, or layout the headers for second floor roof.

Well anyway here's today's progress picture.





It is starting to look like a barn.