pole barn help

doxhog · Mar 20, 2004

i'm getting ready to build a 30'x50' pole barn with 12' side walls, anybody have any tips, little ideas, or anything to help me build a good quality building, anything on setting the posts, sliding doors, walk in doors, truss bracing, any help will be much appreciated, Troy

DUMBDOG · Mar 20, 2004

There are lots of tips, pointers, and more information than you ever wanted to know, just scroll down in this forum and read any and all the discussions that were started by mopower440. They start in November and continue to the current date.

The information is good, the only thing is I do not recall them getting to the doors yet. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Junkman · Mar 20, 2004

You have to have it anchored down, the siding on, and the roof covered, before you need to worry about doors.... Doors are about 285 postings away and another six months.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

jmc · Mar 20, 2004

Our library has several books on the subject and I noticed several for sale at Lowes in their doityourself book section.

mopower440 · Mar 20, 2004

( You have to have it anchored down, the siding on, and the roof covered, before you need to worry about doors.... Doors are about 285 postings away and another six months.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )
hahahaha Junkman, thats ok, your is coming!! You should be ashamed picking on someone just because they are unshure of how things should be done and asking questions, good thing i know cars cause maybe someday you will be asking me questions about your vehicle being broke down and i can pick on you..lol..like i said, yours is coming /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As for tips, all i can tell you is to get a book and look it over several times like i did and still do, it brought many things to my attention that i would have never thought about..the book i got was at this website http://www.easybuildings.com/
Its by mathew Logan, its all illustrated pics of how he does it, pretty much like plans. things it doesnt cover though are what to do if you hit rock and cant get the post in the ground because of it, but thats where my friends here helped me out, even though my posts were 2000 pages long and i irritated people, they helped me and i appreciate it a lot!

Inspector507 · Mar 20, 2004

mopower,
Something tells me Junkman knows a little something about cars too........ /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

EddieWalker · Mar 20, 2004

Just for fun, I bought the book Mopar is talkin about. It is really bad. Way too much information missing and the drawings are confusing and poorly done.

Do not buy this book!

GerardC · Mar 20, 2004

( You have to have it anchored down, the siding on, and the roof covered, before you need to worry about doors.... Doors are about 285 postings away and another six months.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

Junkman: Always there for a good laugh! Keep 'em comin'! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

doxhog · Mar 20, 2004

thanks for the advice Mopower, i'll have to check out that book.
The "junkman" is just toooo smart for the rest of us, i guess we need to take the JUNK out, HAHA!! any questions the junkman has on this forum must be a prank, cause he already knows it all.

BXMMCC · Mar 21, 2004

Hey mopo-
"hahahaha Junkman, thats ok, your is coming!! You should be ashamed picking on someone just because"
You posted this after your barn blew up post, yet you didn't mention it in this post. I would have problems being as calm as you are after so much work, then getting totalled! Or are you having problems staying dry from laughing so hard?