Gary_in_Indiana
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I have a steel building which was built as a stable. It is 70' wide and 80' deep. It is not clear span. There are two sets of engineered trusses which meet at the 40'/30' mark. The base of the 40' truss is approximately a foot and a half higher than the base of the 30' truss. I assumed that was done to create more height in the riding arena area and that part makes sense to me.
The 30' x 80' section was built for stalls, etc., and wouldn't need that height so, again, that makes sense to me. Where I'm lost has to do with the floor. While it's a dirt floor, the 30' x 80x section is about a foot higher than the arena area. If it were just the floor itself I could write that off to cleaning the arena and not replacing the dirt removed. It's not just the floor level.
The vertical dimensional lumber is actually on full board (approximately 12") higher there, too. The terrain seems to naturally go that direction but I've never seen anything like this in a building before. Is there some reason having to do with it having been a horse/stable operation that might explain why this was done this way?
My intended us for this is simply as storage and a workshop. I eventually hope to concrete the entire floor and would like to do it at the same level even though I'm going to have different ceiling heights inside regardless. Does anyone have any thoughts on this for me?
The 30' x 80' section was built for stalls, etc., and wouldn't need that height so, again, that makes sense to me. Where I'm lost has to do with the floor. While it's a dirt floor, the 30' x 80x section is about a foot higher than the arena area. If it were just the floor itself I could write that off to cleaning the arena and not replacing the dirt removed. It's not just the floor level.
The vertical dimensional lumber is actually on full board (approximately 12") higher there, too. The terrain seems to naturally go that direction but I've never seen anything like this in a building before. Is there some reason having to do with it having been a horse/stable operation that might explain why this was done this way?
My intended us for this is simply as storage and a workshop. I eventually hope to concrete the entire floor and would like to do it at the same level even though I'm going to have different ceiling heights inside regardless. Does anyone have any thoughts on this for me?
