Took Down Pole barn 48 by 90, Move it and rebuild to 48 by 88 for $1 SQ FT

[Michelle K linnane]

I have a 30 by 40 and it is attached to a 48 by 90 pole barn, there is a wall at 28 feet and there is a 20 foot overhang on 48 by 90 part, this barn is 8 foot at the eaves. The entire barn has a metal ceiling inside which I wish to take it down and move also. The new Barn I wish to be 30 by 48 and use the 48 foot trusses. By using the over sized trusses I want to create 2 over hangs one side 10 foot over and the other side 8 foot over the length of the buildings. Obviously we will not be able to save the posts but the metal, and any lumber we can salvage. I will have to get someone in to take down trusses with a lift it would be perfect if we could take them off truck and then set them the same day. new site about 20 minutes away. My plan is to take as it much as I can.
I figured to try and hire the Amish to take apart the barn. The building materials alone for just the metal must be about $7,000 or $8000. I am in NY Montgomery county. Is there some place I can go plans that I will need for building permit to follow my ideas for this kind of building. If I can salvage the trusses and the metal and some of the lumber I will be way ahead of the game. The trusses where engineered for the snow load and length of the barn we are just moving the walls around.

Questions
1) What do you guys think? Does it sound that crazy? I think repurposing this barn which is in excellent shape not even 13 years old, will save me at least $12,000 in materials.
2) Where I can I get blue prints for something like this for building permit?
3) My plan is to even take the insulation, electric wiring, doors, windows this barn has outlets all over it all. Repurpose as much as I can so I do not have to buy so many materials.
4) if I want to go 10 foot at the eaves I was thinking of using a different color metal around the bottom of the barn 3 foot up from ground as a nice looking offset not sure if you guys know what I mean. Just need longer laminate 4 by 6s.
5) I am assuming the trusses are stamped to show snow load? The barn is in a different county only 20 minutes snow load all the same.


I am putting this out there as you guys have a lot of experience and would love to hear your opinions and ideas.
Don't be afraid to speak your mind like I need to tell this group that! I have a diagram attached kind of showing what I am talking about.

 

[3Ts]

Have you checked what the cost of:
- A new building built on-site?
- Cost of labor to dismantle the barn?
- Cost of moving the materials even though it's "only" 20 minutes away?
- How long is it going to take to dismantle it? Do you have a deadline that this has to be removed?

I've found that it is typically cheaper to build new than to dismantle a building and move it and re-build with it. I think the only way you'll come out ahead is if you have free labor.

 

[EddieWalker]

In my very limited experience with houses, not barns, it never adds up to save the materials from one building to use to build another building. The amount of time that it takes to take it apart, clean up the material so it's usable, transport it, store it so it's organized and ready to use, and able to survive the weather all adds up to a huge waste of effort that could be better used focusing on the building of what you want with new material.

Another thing to consider is how much of what you salvage, will you actually be able to reuse? If you can get half of it into the new building, I'd be surprised. Time to do this is easily 4 times what most people that I've met have figured it would take.

I wouldn't do it.

 

[Barnbuilder]

Getting the metal off is easy, but when its reinstalled everything better line up with the screw/nail holes or you're screwed.

 

[Michelle K linnane]

- yes for a smaller building 30 by 48 without any over hangs the building materials are $15,000 to $20,000 the building I am talking about repurposing with doors and windows was $75,000 14 years.
this building has 10 windows 8 walk through doors and metal on the ceiling and side inside. and over head door.
- It should not take more then 2 days to take the metal off the barn and another day for the Trusses. this is assuming 2 or 3 men.
let just say if I find I do by the hour and they make $60 an hour. that is $480 a day per man. for 3 days that is $4320
- even if it costs me $1000 to move materials. I am mostly interested in all the metal and the trusses.
- Want to do as soon as possible

 

[Michelle K linnane]

I have the orginal plans from the barn

 

[Michelle K linnane]

Eddie what I am mostly interested in is the trusses and metal I know I will need new laminate beams and lumber This is a lot building material sitting there.
the metal the windows and the door are worth alot

 

[EddieWalker]

It does sound like you have it all well thought out. A friend of mine just took down a 40x60 building that they are going to relocate to their place. They had a crew of 4, and a lift. Getting the metal off was the hardest part. It took them 4 very long days to get it down, and the last I heard, they where still hauling it to their place. They got the building for free, which was the only way that he said it made sense to them financially with what was involved in taking it down, hauling to their place and then rebuilding it. The owner of the building needed it to go away and instead of paying to have it demolished and hauled off, saved that money by giving it away.

 

[Michelle K linnane]

Well I did take down the barn and move it and here are some of the picture here is an old picture the part we torn down was 48 X 90 on the left is bigger section

 

[Michelle K linnane]

first day stripping metal, removing and saving windows, doors, anything we could. This barn had a lot of lights and electrical outlets, and pex water thru out. As the crew stuff down we put in rubber made totes
to store till we could repurpose on site.