plans for a barn/garage are coming together!

pajoube · May 8, 2003

Gary,
Very nice, what are the dimensions?
PJ

GaryG · May 9, 2003

The barn is 20'x30'. The plans are from a guy in Hawaii at www.barnplans.com very well done and the city I am in here are very picky. They have approved them...

Anonymous Poster · May 9, 2003

Gary, I'm about to build a barn from barnplans.com, too. I have the plans for the 32 x 40 barn/shop, and would like to extend it to 32 x 48 if the budget allows. The plans are excellent, but believe it or not considering the plans are from Hawaii, they won't pass wind load requirements here in Florida. The plans are rated at 80 MPH; I need at least 110 MPH. Since I was planning to have a local truss plant buld my trusses anyway, I'll have their engineer re-design them to 120 MPH. Dano agrees.

Attached is a barn from his gallery that is similar to what I will build, except that I'm going to have a shed roof down one long side.

GaryG · May 10, 2003

You do get some big winds down there in Florida. I was more concerned with earthquakes. I have not talked to the truss people yet. I have to get them to sign off on the plans also. I'll post pictures when I get going on it. Not a high priority project. Good luck with your barn...

g42guy · May 19, 2003

Re: \"Don & Gary\" your plans for a barn

I would like to build a barn (24' x 30'). I have looked at the web site you guys went with. Are the plans a complete "how to build it yourself" thing with instructions, or are they just plans/blue prints of the shell??

If you read some of the testimonials on the site it seems like they spell everything out pretty well, but I would like to hear from someone not on the site.

Any feed back you can give would be helpful!

Thanks
Guy

Anonymous Poster · May 19, 2003

Re: \"Don & Gary\" your plans for a barn

The plans are typical blueprints with detail drawings. You should have some experience in reading a blueprint, I suppose, but if you have any questions, just Email Dano (the designer) and he will answer almost instantly. He takes a lot of interest in seeing the barns actually get built instead of just selling plans.

I haven't started mine, yet, but the plans are at the truss company, now, for a quote. The trusses in the plan are good for 80 mph wind load, which is probably OK anywhere but South Florida (I need minimum of 110 mph to get a permit). So, I'm having the truss company re-engineer the trusses for the increased load. In South Florida, it's probably cheaper to have the trusses made than to buy the materials yourself, because there are so many truss companies, and every house uses them. They're also going to bid on engineered joists for the loft, which I'll use of they are anywhere close to the price of the 2x12's specified in the plans.

We cleared the area where the barn is going to go yesterday. Next, we're having a pond excavated and will use the spoil to raise the pads for the house and barn. I need to get the Health Department out to tell me exactly how much fill is needed for the septic system. When all that's done (a couple of weeks or so), I'll be starting on the barn.

jrlichina · May 20, 2003

My building is 23' x 40', it has 9' walls and ceilings except where the lift is placed. The actual roof height is about 21' high so where the lift is the ceiling goes pretty much to the top. I'm just finally finishing the drywall over the lift. I use it pretty often as I have 2 '69 GTOs, finishing a ground up restore on the Judge. I also use it for my other cars and truck('99F350 power stroke). The transmission jacks aren't too expensive(around $400.00). I haven't had any real problems with the cable cover so far. Sometimes you just have to be carefull when rolling stuff over it. But they do make a special plate you can use so it's flush with the ground, I think they show it on their site. If you haven't poured the floor yet you can make the location for the hoist inset so you then don't have the problem or you can just get the clear floor model if you have enough ceiling height.