Stroage Building

[tractorshopper]

Farmer, I do what you're suggesting. I put up 2X4 ledger boards on the inside of the post horizontally at each end of the joist. Then when you cut your joists, you can let it rest on the ledger boards at each end and toe nail or end nail them. You can then either leave them sitting on your ledger boards or remove the ledger boards and put up joist hangars depending on your desire and codes.

 

[tractorshopper]

I should add that I like to end nail the joists with 3 16P nails.

 

[ETpilot]

Farmer, like you, the holidays n weather has kept me off my building. By Thanksgiving, I manged to get the walls up, put in some 4x8 corner bracing and get the trusses up. And there the project stayed until yesterday. I started again. All my rain has caused a little mildew to build so I am spraying as I go to kill it. I installed the ladder framing for the front overhang, just a 12" overhang. I need to do the back then add the 2x4 pieces and I will be ready for the plywood roof. Working alone is slow but slowly moving on.

 

[farmer2009]

ETpilot do you have a thread of your build.

 

[ETpilot]

Farmer, no I do not have a build thread. Just to many projects going on to keep up with a build thread. Here are a couple of pictures. The first is just after I finished installing the roof trusses. Since that picture was taken I have straightened and braced the trusses, added the 4x8 corner bracing which you can see in the second picture.

The second picture shows two of my helpers. One is my tractor with FEL with forks. I could not have done this project, myself, with out it. Two is my portable scaffold. This allows me to work safely topside. It is on wheels and has ropes at each end. I can move back and forth along the wall. Depending on how it sets on the ground, I may tie off to the wall. I use the tractor to move it from wall to wall.

 

[farmer2009]

Et. What are the dimensions of your building? Looks good.

 

[ETpilot]

It is 20x20x10. I am hoping to start the roof next week. I have to let a couple of rain days pass by.

 

[Hammer Head]

Anyone out there in a cold climate thinking of building an insulated garage or shed? You may want to look at a product called Ray-Core. They make a structural insulated wall panel that was so easy to use for a DIY project.
I built a 24x36 detached garage with these panels. I pull the tractor in with 5 degree temps outside and the snow melts off the tractor. No heat in the garage, just the warm ground radiating up through the slab. I have never had anything freeze in my garage with temps down to -15.

 

[farmer2009]

Got started putting up the floor joists. I was surprised by how much this thing has moved over the winter. We are having to pull and spread just to get things straight. The joist are up at the post. Going to try to finish them tomorrow. Maybe they will go up faster.

 

[farmer2009]

All floor joist are in and joists hangers are installed. Did start on blocking the joists today. Have about a half a row done. I do have a question for you guys. How many rows of blocking would you put in? It's a 16 foot clear span with 2x12's. My original plans was for 3 rows. But after just installing part of the center row I was surprised at how stiff it became.

Latest pic.