Pole building construction pictures

[smfcpacfp]

I have the joy of building another pole barn in the U.P. this year also.

Mine is 56' x 74' x 12' including a couple of 13' x 56' lean to shed roofs.

I had to go with an 8' column spacing.

I used a local firm - they are taking longer, but with minimal problems as I had encountered with Cleary's Escanaba office.

My price was in the $32,000 range. I did supply 1 overhead door, and 3 windows though.

Yooper Dave

Did this cost include concrete? Your building has 279% of the square footage of mine, so I assume not.

 

[Lt CHEG]

This is on our local Craigs List
MUST SELL 4750.00 or BEST OFFER
24'x32'x12' Pole Barn Package
Orignal design and material list to be an attached garage but can be built to be a stand alone building
6x6X16 post
18 bags concrete
(16 ) 24' 4/12 trusses w/ 1' overhang could go to 4' oc and could build up to 56ft long
2x4 perlins
7/16 osb for wall sheeting
2x12 carriers
2x6 fascia
Beige vinyl siding with all accessories aluminum solid and vented soffit/fascia 1ft overhang eves & gable
Max Rib green roofing w/screws and accessories
3/0x6/8 six panel service door w/ gallon white exterior paint
Pole barn nails , 25# 16d / 25#8d / 1#16 casing 6 tubes white caulk.
Paid over $ 6,000.00 for package make a reasonable offer.
For more info please call 517-726-0473 after 6:00 or leave message and number

Well that's good to know, especially considering that this has OSB sheeting and vinyl siding. It seems that unless property taxes really kill me with one building style versus the other that the one story, two stall pole barn is the only way to go. I'll have to start making phone calls to the tax assessor for some answers to help in our planning. Thanks for the help.

 

[smfcpacfp]

I rented a trenching tool to dig the 55 foot, 26" deep trench for the power to my building and one word would describe my experience - #$#&* . Roots and soft soil made the job unfun to say the least, about as much as having to clear 3 feet of hard packed snow off of my 12 by 12 pitched house roof.

 

[Steve C]

Well that's good to know, especially considering that this has OSB sheeting and vinyl siding. It seems that unless property taxes really kill me with one building style versus the other that the one story, two stall pole barn is the only way to go. I'll have to start making phone calls to the tax assessor for some answers to help in our planning. Thanks for the help.

I just bought 40 sheets of 7/16 OSB to replace what I lost in my fire. I am going to re-roof my house next year and plan on putting this on top of the existing 80 year old wide board sheeting.

It was on sale for $4.49 cents a sheet at Home Depot. I used a lowes 10% off coupon so I ended up paying $4.05 a sheet for it. They must be selling it near the cost of production just to keep the mills running. I have never seen it this inexpensive in the last 20 years.

 

[jcaron2]

I rented a trenching tool to dig the 55 foot, 26" deep trench for the power to my building and one word would describe my experience - #$#&* . Roots and soft soil made the job unfun to say the least, about as much as having to clear 3 feet of hard packed snow of my 12 by 12 pitched house roof.

I don't know if you saw my post about running water and power to my barn, but I had to do 700 feet of trench. Not fun, to say the least. I ended up making a bunch of passes with a subsoiler connected to my tractor, then I dug it out by hand. I have a bunch more water and drainage lines to run, so I'll probably rent a mini-excavator. I wish I had a backhoe on my tractor.

 

[Diamondpilot]

They toe nailed them and then nailed them straight thru. It looks a little unstable to me, but they build a lot of buildings up here. I just hope the company knows what they are doing.

Here in Northern Indiana we put the purlins on end also to handle the load. I built my barn in 2003. Its 32x52. Did it that way to handle 4x8 sheets since I used vinyl siding and dimensional shingles. I did a 16x20 shop that is heated by electric along with a bath room and a on demand water heater. The only thing I kick myself over is not going 14' tall. I only went 12' and there are tons fo things that will not fit through the 20'x12' slider.

By the way you guys have Very Nice buildings!

Chris

 

[chipsndust]

smfcpacfp:

That's a very nice building and great pictures, thanks for posting. First time I've seen the purlins on end like that.

I thought this was interesting: According to R. Bruce Hoadley, "Understanding Wood", load bearing capacity of a beam will vary directly as the square of the depth. In other words, if you double the depth, it will carry four times as much weight.

You can tell the guys who live in snow country, it amazes me how many buildings I see with the doors under the eaves, instead of in the gable ends like yours.

 

[Steve C]

Here in Northern Indiana we put the purlins on end also to handle the load. I built my barn in 2003. Its 32x52. Did it that way to handle 4x8 sheets since I used vinyl siding and dimensional shingles. I did a 16x20 shop that is heated by electric along with a bath room and a on demand water heater. The only thing I kick myself over is not going 14' tall. I only went 12' and there are tons fo things that will not fit through the 20'x12' slider.

By the way you guys have Very Nice buildings!



Chris

I see you have a Stanley cross cutting guide hanging above your miter saw. I have one also. It is the best piece of plastic I have ever purchased.

 

[smfcpacfp]

I don't know if you saw my post about running water and power to my barn, but I had to do 700 feet of trench. Not fun, to say the least. I ended up making a bunch of passes with a subsoiler connected to my tractor, then I dug it out by hand. I have a bunch more water and drainage lines to run, so I'll probably rent a mini-excavator. I wish I had a backhoe on my tractor.

You look like a kid. I had to get the trenching back to the rental place sooner than I wanted, so my wife and I finished grading the trench my hand yesterday. I can barely move today. It is tough getting old.

 

[jcaron2]

You look like a kid. I had to get the trenching back to the rental place sooner than I wanted, so my wife and I finished grading the trench my hand yesterday. I can barely move today. It is tough getting old.

LOL. Believe me, I understand. I'm pushing 40 and can already feel a huge difference from five years ago. I know it only gets worse. I've spent much of the last six months being unable to move for most of the week, only to turn around and do it again the following weekend.

As far as putting purlins on edge, I built my previous barn that way (only half the size of the current one) when I lived in Florida. All of the purlins were connected to the trusses with Simpson H1 brackets (around $0.70 each at HD or Lowes). I did this primarily for hurricane resistance, but they worked great for keeping the purlins upright. You might even be able to get away with just one bracket per purlin and just toenail the rest of the purlin/truss connections, especially if the purlins overlap each other so they can't twist independently.

Here's a shot from underneath on the my old barn, where you can see the brackets I'm talking about.