Spencer's Pole Barn Project

[Spencer]

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RobS, I use to live over near Mt. Pleasant in the late 70's but I am over on the West Michigan Lakeshore now (near Muskegon).

 

[Spencer]

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MarkV, Thanks for the tip on the 30 pound felt and the plastic cap nails. As far as running the 1x2's vertically, what do you do with all of the nail holes in the felt when you remove them?

 

[Spencer]

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Chevdog, I just caught up on my reading over at CBN a few days ago and came across your posts there. It made me question my reasoning in my own project. You paid a lot more of course but you got a barn up in 4 days. I have been working on this for a long time and still do even have a roof on yet. I know for certain that my wife would just have preffered me to just hire it out. I did look into it last fall and couldn't believe the one quote I got. I called 3 different contractors that were highly recommended by our local lumber yard. Two of them actually came out and looked things over and talked to me. Only one of them actually got back to me with a bid. It was $17,500 to clear the building site, bring in the fill sand, and put up a 732 sq. ft. plain jane building w/concrete. Some of that money, probably $750, was for some related driveway clearing but still there was no way I was going to shell out that kind of money for a 732 sq. ft. building.

 

[Spencer]

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JohnMiller3, a metal roof would be a good answer to my dilema. I really didn't even consider using metal when I was designing the building because I have heard a lot of negatives about them. I've heard that they are loud, that they need a lot of maintenance to keep them from leaking, and that they condensate on the inside. My wife probably wouldn't have been thrilled about the look either. I'm talking about the standard glavanized roofs that you see on a lot of ag buildings. There is another kind of metal roof that does look real nice. I don't know what it is called but I see them a lot down in Tennessee and that area while I am traveling.

 

[Spencer]

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pajoube, can you further elaborate on the bailing twine? Wouldn't it need to be removed later when I go to put the shingles on?

 

[Spencer]

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cowboydoc, I don't want the osb to rot so if I can't handle the project myself I guess I will have to hire it out.

 

[Spencer]

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MikePA, thanks for looking that information up for me. I thought the stuff was real tough but others here have made it sound like a bad option. I have never worked with it so that is why I asked others who have.

 

[Spencer]

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Mosey, Yes it is mostly me and my Boomer who have done all of the work so far. I did get some help from different friends while I was setting the first of the poles. I had one friend help me set the main four corner posts and the center one in the back. Then another friend helped me set the other two in the back. Another friend helped me set three more, and then I had another friend help me set four of them. So out of the 29 posts I have set so far I had help on the first 14 of them. I just hate to bother my friends with something that I can do myself. I have helped a lot of friends on their projects and I do call in favors once in a while but if I can do it myself, I generally will. If it was still fall I would just plan a kind of party for the weekend and get it done that way. Now that it is winter I don't feel right asking people to come over and freeze their a$$ off.

 

[cowboydoc]

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no way I was going to shell out that kind of money for a 732 sq. ft. building

I agree with you there. I built an 86x120 building last year and it would have cost around $70k to have it done like I did mine. I did it myself for around $30k. I wouldn't have half of what I do if I hired everything out. Plus there is quite alot of satisfaction when it's all done and you can look back and say I built that building.

What I would do if I was you on the roofing is look around for someone to hire on to help you do it instead of hiring someone else to do it. Or buy the buddies pizza and beverages for the weekend and do it that way. Roofing is really easy to do. Rent a couple of nailers and you should be able to complete it with 3 or 4 good days of work.

 

[MikePA]

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<font color=blue>I thought the stuff was real tough but others here have made it sound like a bad option</font color=blue>
I just conducted a test with some Tyvek. I placed it on top of a coffee cup, made a small depression in the center and poured some water in. None of it has leaked through. So, I am hard pressed to see why Tyvek would not work and work better than builders felt for keeping out rain.

How do I happen to have some Tyvek just laying around? Many of the sleeves CDROMS come in are made of Tyvek. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif