Spencer's Pole Barn Project

[Spencer]

Re: Spencer\'s Pole Barn Project

I have been completely swapped with business this year, so I haven't had any time to devote to my barn (or my tractor). I am hoping that work will slow down some this winter so I can get some metal siding put on the barn. I would like your advice on what to look for when purchasing siding. A few different people have told me that there is a place in Michigan down by the Indiana border that is the best place to buy the steel. They say that it is the same place that some box stores and lumber yards get their steel from. Of course, the people who tell me about this place can never remember what the company is called. I did a little "Googling" tonight and came up with this place:
Michiana Building Supplies

Please take a look at their siding and tell me what you think. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Spencer]

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No it's still not done yet, but I am making some progess.

I still have a couple of more sections of concrete to pour to finish the floor in the barn. These sections will need floor drains to satisfy the township. I will be using 12"x12" plastic drains hooked up to 4" schedule 40 PCV pipe. Both drains will be run to a drywell.

I hate digging big holes so I thought I would let the tractor do it instead.

Pic attached

 

[Spencer]

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The water table is pretty high here so I decided to use a kind of "check valve" inline in the 4" schedule 40 PCV pipe. I don't want any ground water or gases to come up out of the ground and into my barn through the drains I am installing.

Here is a picture of the "check valve" that I am using.

 

[Spencer]

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This is what it looks like on the inside of the check valve.

 

[Spencer]

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Here is a picture with both drains run out to the hole where I will install a barrel filled with large limestone rocks to make the drywell.

 

[Spencer]

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Now were getting down to business. I spent a few days over Memorial Day weekend getting this section of the barn up to grade and compacted down.

Here is a picture of the conrete crew laying down the vapor barrier in this 24'x32' section of the barn.

 

[Spencer]

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Here is the concrete going into this section.

 

[Spencer]

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Here they are manually screeding it off for the first time.

 

[Spencer]

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Here they are using a power screed.

 

[Spencer]

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Here they are finishing up this section with the power screed.