30x50 Pole Barn

[EddieWalker]

I went with wire based on recommendations from other professionals in the area. And the wire was much cheaper than the rebar.

They pulled it up as they went. I spent the whole day watching them prep, pour, and finish the floor.

Sorry to hear this. As a contractor, one of the biggest red flags that I encounter is a concrete guy saying that they can pull up the wire, or rebar as they go. As you can see in your pics, it doesn't happen. Wire is 100% impossible to pull up and then walk on and keep inside the concrete. Rebar has a chance, but in every slab that I have cut open, it's laying on the dirt or plastic, not doing anything.

Wire is OK for walkways where you can keep it in the middle of the concrete and not walk on it. Rebar on chairs is the only way to do a big pad.

What's done is done. Cracking is mostly from too much water and the rebar, or wire is mostly there to hold the cracks together so you don't see them. When it's in the middle of the pad, it does a great job. When it's at the bottom, it doesn't accomplish this. If your pad was poured with as little water as possible, you shouldn't have any issues. You will know for sure in about a month. If there isn't any cracking by then, you're fine.

 

[audsp98]

That would do it, I wondered if the post holes were filled too I couldn稚 tell from the pics. Looks good thought.

The post holes were partially filled with 2 80lb bags of concrete then topped off when the floor was poured.

 

[audsp98]

Sorry to hear this. As a contractor, one of the biggest red flags that I encounter is a concrete guy saying that they can pull up the wire, or rebar as they go. As you can see in your pics, it doesn't happen. Wire is 100% impossible to pull up and then walk on and keep inside the concrete. Rebar has a chance, but in every slab that I have cut open, it's laying on the dirt or plastic, not doing anything.

Wire is OK for walkways where you can keep it in the middle of the concrete and not walk on it. Rebar on chairs is the only way to do a big pad.

What's done is done. Cracking is mostly from too much water and the rebar, or wire is mostly there to hold the cracks together so you don't see them. When it's in the middle of the pad, it does a great job. When it's at the bottom, it doesn't accomplish this. If your pad was poured with as little water as possible, you shouldn't have any issues. You will know for sure in about a month. If there isn't any cracking by then, you're fine.

While I'm sure it's not perfect they did get some of it pulled up.

The floor was poured on Feb 5th and there's been no cracking so far.

 

[WRG1]

Great looking barn. I poured my pad last November and still haven't gotten he building up. The wire will be fine and even if you get a crack it happens sometimes. I poured a 42x50 (30x50 barn and a 12 leanto) and i used no wire nor rebar but mixed in the fiber at the plant. I have a 5" pad on 3-6" of stone and we did put three keyways across it and two saw cuts down the length. Two buckets of $150 sealer and I haven't had a crack anywhere. BUT, still no building. Anyways, great looking building... where did you order it from? Everything I have been pricing is well over $30k...

 

[audsp98]

Great looking barn. I poured my pad last November and still haven't gotten he building up. The wire will be fine and even if you get a crack it happens sometimes. I poured a 42x50 (30x50 barn and a 12 leanto) and i used no wire nor rebar but mixed in the fiber at the plant. I have a 5" pad on 3-6" of stone and we did put three keyways across it and two saw cuts down the length. Two buckets of $150 sealer and I haven't had a crack anywhere. BUT, still no building. Anyways, great looking building... where did you order it from? Everything I have been pricing is well over $30k...

It was a local metal roofing place. They sell the "kits" minus doors and windows. They order the trusses from somewhere, supply the metal for siding/roofing themselves, and get the wood from a local lumber mill.

I'd priced the internet places as well. One of those roadside storage building places quoted me about $22k installed for the same barn without concrete. I'll have about $20k in mine when all is said and done, including concrete.

 

[jkflatt]

Getting ready to pour my floor in the next few days weather permitting. Contractor has bid to put plastic and wire in floor. The fiber mix was mentioned and is is a recommended option even with the wire and does fiber add much cost?

 

[tjkubota93]

Getting ready to pour my floor in the next few days weather permitting. Contractor has bid to put plastic and wire in floor. The fiber mix was mentioned and is is a recommended option even with the wire and does fiber add much cost?

When I used the 1 yard pre mixed trailer, the fiber cost 3 or 5 dollars.

 

[prichard]

It was a local metal roofing place. They sell the "kits" minus doors and windows. They order the trusses from somewhere, supply the metal for siding/roofing themselves, and get the wood from a local lumber mill.

I'd priced the internet places as well. One of those roadside storage building places quoted me about $22k installed for the same barn without concrete. I'll have about $20k in mine when all is said and done, including concrete.

Nice looking building.

$20k installed and including concrete? Sounds like a great price.

 

[majorwager]

Truss tails are supporting eve overhangs? Sealing the floor with a high solids product pays dividends. Not a fan of silicone or water based sealers, High VOC's, solvent based will always be superior in performance. Could not tell if you cut control joints in slab?

 

[audsp98]

Truss tails are supporting eve overhangs? Sealing the floor with a high solids product pays dividends. Not a fan of silicone or water based sealers, High VOC's, solvent based will always be superior in performance. Could not tell if you cut control joints in slab?

The truss tails are the eve overhangs. I'll look into the floor coating. Only having my tractor in there right now I can already see that keeping the dirt out is going to be an issue until I get water run to the barn.

I did not have control joints cut into the slab. I thought about it but never really made a decision so I guess I'm still undecided.