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To access a pole barn I need to construct a gravel pathway down a pretty steep slope. It's 17 feet long, at about a 20% slope (maybe a little more), about 4 feet wide. My plan is to have a 3.5 inch total thickness gravel path as follows: - Nonwoven geotextile under the gravel - First two...

I have a 110 circuit that is open between a wall outlet and the breaker. Breaker does not trip, but outlet is dead so to me this says it is an open circuit somewhere in that wire. Initially thought it was the breaker, but replaced it with no joy. This wire run is pretty much inaccessible...

Ended up going with 2X6 PT tongue/groove inside and outside of posts (which are 5 feet deep on concrete base). Gravel compacted inside the box and between the inner/outer walls. Slab poured on top of that. Have a neighbor with similar construction (he was building on a slope as well, just...

Haven't seen the "Mafia blocks" before at least around here in the Midwest. Looks like those are concrete with a natural stone face on one surface? Agree that would look a lot better than large rip-rap boulders, but they have to be more expensive. Just out of curiosity, why are they called...

Yes that's probably the leading candidate at this point. Finding a good contractor who will handle both concrete and the construction isn't easy though.

Yeah the Amish barn builder gave me a tour of a huge pole building they erected near me, no doubt their work is exceptional. But they aren't cheap, about the same as the concrete slab approach.

Yes I went out to the site again this morning and that's my conclusion too. So now it's off to get some quotes on the monolithic slab like "3ts" showed in his photo. Hopefully I can find someone to do this whole project, concrete + barn/garage construction.

That is a heavy duty barn! Thanks for the photo, yes that's exactly what the contractor was proposing a couple of years ago when I had some other slabs poured. Should have had it done back then I am certain the cost will be up 50% today. Your lot is less steep (mine goes from 0' to 6' over...

No that makes perfect sense. I guess what you are saying is that once you have built a costly foundation there is no particular magic in a pole barn structure, might just as well be a stick built garage. Since this building is somewhat visible and near the house (its not out in the back 40) a...

Appreciate s219 taking the time to post those photos and all of these suggestions it gives me a lot to think about. Unfortunately my site is steep with a 25% grade. Attached is a photo I took with some dimensions. Tomorrow will talk to a couple of other contractors about this - one is a...

No worries Egon. Good to hear any and all ideas.

Gotcha - the underside of this building won't be useful for us, even if I had storage space under there. This is because there is a 25% grade leading down to a "lower floor". Maybe I could build some sort of access road to get down there... but it would not be trivial. One thing you said was...

Lou, that's one reason why I don't like the boulder retaining wall proposal, proximity to the property line. I might be able to situate it to give a little more margin. But even if I did that it does not get around the fact that this would be one huge pile of ugly rip-rap which will look more...

Thanks DGZRT, didn't see this thread I have searched out similar all over the Internet. I will check it out. Seems like everyone has a slightly different purpose or situation so it's hard to find an exact match. Really envious of my neighbors who have nice flat lots and plenty of area to...

When you say your comfort level, what's your concern about the 6' downslope height? Is it the pole length? These have to go 4' in the ground, so it would be a really long pole for sure. 10' just to get up to floor level, then another 15' or so above that. Can they even get a 6X6 25' post? I...

David - yes you are right we will need to build up some steps to reach the side door. Main entry would be the 16' garage door to the left in these sketches, which will be ~on grade. I am in Ohio, so subject to frost/freeze. Have to get down 36" or more with any sort of footer. Wood in dirt...

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about this method, and I guess you could excavate into the hill,and use some of that material to "pad up" the rearward downslope area. Seems like the main advantage of that method is reducing the amount of fill - although the concrete pad still needs to be...

Going to do this one time so the $$$ are not really an issue. It's a good suggestion, had thought of this but I wasn't sure about the post construction on top of a standard foundation with footers. I had read somewhere about "wet anchors" for posts to be placed in the concrete slab, but you'd...

Hello to the forum - thanks in advance for any input. I read a number of other threads on the forums here about how to approach placing a pole barn on sloping ground, but not sure any of them really addressed my particular situation. Essentially the entry to the barn is at grade level (20' wide)...