Building a Pole Barn: Step 1

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McDowell is a beautiful county. My college roommate is from there and still lives on the west side, Wilson Farm Road.
 
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Have you started demolition of the old barn? Winter is a good time, no snakes or bees.

And don't you teachers get about 2 months off for Christmas:D
 
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I took it down today. I was amazed at how fast it went. I'll post some pics as soon as I get them downloaded.
 
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I started the demo on the old barn today. Pretty thrilled with how the old exterior boards held up. With the exception of some rot where there was ground contact (which can be easily cut off), the boards look really good. Beautiful weathered look. I plan on using them to panel the interior of my new shop.



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The original barn. Built in either the 1930's or 40's. Got a bit of a lean to it nowadays.



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One exterior side removed.

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The other side done.

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Hemlock exterior. I am figuring the lumber was milled on site considering all the hemlock around here. Some of the exterior boards are 15"-18" wide. I pulled a 24" wide board out of the loft earlier.


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Once three exterior sides were off, just a little nudge on the corner was all it took.

Next week I am going to salvage what tin I can and see if any of the loft flooring is worth saving. I will probably scrounge a few hinges and interior lumber and use it for some "rustic" cabinets and such for the new shop. All that I can't reuse or haul off, I will most likely burn in place and bury.

I'll keep y'all posted!
 

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Very Cool!!!! Are you saving the old lumber? I something think that having a bunch of old wood would come in handy, but then I also think that having it around would just be a PIA and not worth the hassle of storing it.

Eddie
 
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Very Cool!!!! Are you saving the old lumber? I something think that having a bunch of old wood would come in handy, but then I also think that having it around would just be a PIA and not worth the hassle of storing it. Eddie

I'm saving as much of the exterior boards as I can. A lot of them are 15"-18" hemlock. Once I take the tin off, I can get to what's under there and save what I can. I am hoping to use as much as I can on the interior of the shop I am going to build. Interestingly enough, all of the exterior boards fit on a 5'x6' two tiered rack I put together with scrap 2x4s I had laying around. I hope to get started on my new shop in the early spring so I shouldn't have to hang on to all my "vintage" lumber for too long.
 
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Throwing my 2 cents in on the posts, if I were you, look at how Morton does their posts. I had them put up a building a couple of years ago and was amazed on how easy it was for them to set the posts. The actual post that went in the ground was only about 8 ft long and easy for one person to handle, since only about 4 ft of post stuck out of the hole it was easy to position and brace with a piece of angle iron that they screwed to the post across the hole and a couple of spikes to hold the angle in place in the dirt. With a crew of 3 they had 24 posts set, braced and waiting for concrete in under 3 hours.

If you do use the 2x6's make sure you get the ones that are treated for "ground contact". I don't think any of the big box stores carry the grade material you really need to use. The new "environmentally friendly" treated lumber is just treated for exposure and not ground contact for long life.

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Started taking off the tin today. It was pretty slow going...mainly because of my inexperienced assistants. I would ask for the hammer, they would bring me a stick. I would ask for the wrecking bar, they would bring me a stick. I would ask for the saws-all...you guessed it, another stick. And to top it off, every time is at down, they tried to climb in my lap. You just can't get good help these days.


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Started taking off the tin today. It was pretty slow going...mainly because of my inexperienced assistants. I would ask for the hammer, they would bring me a stick. I would ask for the wrecking bar, they would bring me a stick. I would ask for the saws-all...you guessed it, another stick. And to top it off, every time is at down, they tried to climb in my lap. You just can't get good help these days.

:laughing:
 

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