Building a Pole Barn: Step 1

gregfender · Apr 9, 2014

Broke ground today...finally. I couldn't believe how rocky the place is where I'm putting it. On the plus side, I have about 15 tons of landscaping stone now.

I'll keep posting on the progress in case y'all are interested.

gregfender · Apr 9, 2014

Broke ground today...finally. Never realized how rocky the place was. But on the plus side, I now have about 15 tons of stone for landscaping.

I'll post progress updates...in case y'all are interested.

hunterridgefarm · Apr 10, 2014

My place is the same, I can't drive a piece of re-bar anywhere without hitting rock. Keep posting pics.

I am taking the week of Easter off to get my field ready and have a day scheduled to cut trees for my pole building. Hope to start a thread soon after.

Are you by any chance going to the Herb Fest at Painter Greenhouse near Old Forte this weekend? Nice place, large greenhouse, good crafters and worth a trip.

gregfender · Apr 10, 2014

hunterridgefarm said:
My place is the same, I can't drive a piece of re-bar anywhere without hitting rock. Keep posting pics. I am taking the week of Easter off to get my field ready and have a day scheduled to cut trees for my pole building. Hope to start a thread soon after. Are you by any chance going to the Herb Fest at Painter Greenhouse near Old Forte this weekend? Nice place, large greenhouse, good crafters and worth a trip.

My wife is planning on taking her Mom to Painters this weekend. I've got to head to Greenville, NC to pick up a temporary power pole from my brother-in-law. It's convenient to have an electrician in the family!

hunterridgefarm · Apr 10, 2014

gregfender said:
I've got to head to Greenville, NC to pick up a temporary power pole from my brother-in-law. It's convenient to have an electrician in the family!

Dang, that's a long drive, ECU country. I'd buy a 14-16' 4x6

gregfender · Apr 10, 2014

hunterridgefarm said:
Dang, that's a long drive, ECU country. I'd buy a 14-16' 4x6

His already has the meter and breaker box...plus it gives me a chance to stop by Smithfields BBQ and bring some good eastern style back. Plus our 17 year old German exchange student is riding down with me to to visit my pretty 16 year old niece who asked him to her prom. ;-). Lol!

SPIKER · Apr 12, 2014

gregfender said:
Broke ground today...finally. I couldn't believe how rocky the place is where I'm putting it. On the plus side, I have about 15 tons of landscaping stone now.

I'll keep posting on the progress in case y'all are interested.

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Seems your footer is not very deep, while NC is not a lot of frost I would try for a bit deeper.

Sure does look pretty rock tho

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gregfender · Apr 13, 2014

SPIKER said:
Seems your footer is not very deep, while NC is not a lot of frost I would try for a bit deeper. Sure does look pretty rock tho M

Minimum depth here in NC is 12" but code for our county is 18". These are actually closer to 20" but the pics make them look a bit more shallow. You welcome to come haul off all rock you want!

gregfender · Apr 13, 2014

Footers poured, temp power pole set...just waiting for the power company to run the line over. Foundation block is being delivered Monday, should be set by Wednesday. If everything goes as planned, slab will be poured by Friday. I love some progress.