New Pole Barn project getting started.

Darrenone · Mar 15, 2012

Hey BeezFun, just the roof material and the siding. All steel panels. All framing is wood. I did look into a steel building( framed with steel) but they were quite a bit more money. I don't remember right now how much more but it was significant.

Gittyup · Mar 15, 2012

Just recently read on here and elsewhere about heating with a passive solar wall. Guys building was like in wisconsin and he claimed it heated to 60 or so. Was real simple and interesting design. Easy DIY. If you have a good south face might want to consider.

Darrenone · Mar 15, 2012

Thanks Gittyup, never heard of this but I will definitely have to look into it. Of corse here in NY, we don't see the sun very often. Getting it to 60 would be perfect.

amstaff · Mar 15, 2012

I look forward to following your build (barn and eventually house)!!! Best of luck. Looks like you're off to a good (and early) start. Keep the posts and pics coming our way.

Darrenone · Mar 15, 2012

Thanks amstaff, I think I am ready for crusher run. Going to be about 4500.00 just for the stone. Nothing's cheap. A few more picks of the site.

scoutcub · Mar 16, 2012

Great thread...looking forward to progress and pics!

Did you rent or own the dozer?

Darrenone · Mar 16, 2012

Hey Scoutcub and thanks. The dozer is my fathers. He is retired and lives on 350a of wooded property. He uses the dozer for maintaining the many trails he has through the woods and also to haul out fire wood. So I just have to pay to have somebody transport it to my property which is about 15 miles from his. Hopefully I will be getting crushed gravel on Monday or Tuesday depending on the rain

Darren

MacLawn · Mar 16, 2012

Looking good! Wow, you can save $15k by doing the work yourself?? Man, labor is expensive. And, 40x60 - will be barely big enough:laughing: A man can never have too many roofs on his place!

srs · Mar 16, 2012

Darren, since your future home and barn will be at the bottom of the driveway I would make sure the barn is high enough out of the ground to prevent water runoff from entering the barn. When I had my Morton building built I wish I would have raised it about 6 inches higher as water comes down the blacktop driveway and comes close to entering the building. The guy who put the driveway in made a small swale in the blacktop to allow water to divert to the side of the building. This works but I should have made the building a little higher. You'll probably also have to make swales around the house and barn to "divert" water away from both buildings. Thanks for the photos and updates.

Gittyup · Mar 16, 2012

Darrenone said:
Thanks Gittyup, never heard of this but I will definitely have to look into it. Of corse here in NY, we don't see the sun very often. Getting it to 60 would be perfect.

That's what I would have thought about Wisconsin too. But, he swears to it. And there are others that do too. Might not meet all your needs but is free heat that would certainly help on sunny days (I know, upstate is always cloudy in the winter). Need a nice south face with an good overhang (for summer). Beautiful up that way, but too many clouds (especially the snowy kind) for me.