nybirdman
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I will be starting a 24x36x12' pole barn soon;my idea is to offset the main(12'x10') door.This frees the other side for work benches and storage.
Workshop door placement
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EddieWalker
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Since you are not sure how big your building will be, it's probably safest to plan on putting the big door in the center. More importantly is that you make the door big enough to get in and out of easily. Mine is ten feet wide and I should have gone 12 wide. Having it centered allows you to maximize our storage on one wall and have a work bench on the other wall.
My plan for my next shop is to start out building the main barn as wide as I can, but with super tall walls. I'm thinking 16 feet, but we'll see what happens when I actually commit to doing this. I will place the building so that I have space on both sides of it to add on to it. I want the tall walls so I can easily attach the lean to, or additional barn to it and still have a decent sloped pitch to the roof. Eventually this enclosed lean too area will be where my dedicated wood shop is, which would be separate from the tractor storage, vehicle fixing area.
I want to be able to build it, then add on to it, and then add on to it again and again if I need to, and as I can afford it.
My starting out dimensions are probably in the 30 foot wide range, and as long as I can possible afford to make it. Probably 60 feet long. 30 feet gives you plenty of room to have a vehicle inside and still be able to get around it with a work bench on one wall and a ton of storage on the other wall. I also like the idea of having a door at either end of the building so I can enter it from either side.
Currently I'm at 24 wide and 30 deep with 12 foot tall walls. It's more of an over sized garage then a workshop. I can park my truck in there, or my tractor, and work on it, but over the last few years, it's becoming more and more difficult to squeeze everything into there.
My plan for my next shop is to start out building the main barn as wide as I can, but with super tall walls. I'm thinking 16 feet, but we'll see what happens when I actually commit to doing this. I will place the building so that I have space on both sides of it to add on to it. I want the tall walls so I can easily attach the lean to, or additional barn to it and still have a decent sloped pitch to the roof. Eventually this enclosed lean too area will be where my dedicated wood shop is, which would be separate from the tractor storage, vehicle fixing area.
I want to be able to build it, then add on to it, and then add on to it again and again if I need to, and as I can afford it.
My starting out dimensions are probably in the 30 foot wide range, and as long as I can possible afford to make it. Probably 60 feet long. 30 feet gives you plenty of room to have a vehicle inside and still be able to get around it with a work bench on one wall and a ton of storage on the other wall. I also like the idea of having a door at either end of the building so I can enter it from either side.
Currently I'm at 24 wide and 30 deep with 12 foot tall walls. It's more of an over sized garage then a workshop. I can park my truck in there, or my tractor, and work on it, but over the last few years, it's becoming more and more difficult to squeeze everything into there.
Birdhunter1
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When I built mine it is 30 x 48 with an 11' ceiling. I have a 12' wide 10' high door on the front side with a walk in door next to it and a 10 x10' door on the back of the building with a walk in door next to it. My idea was I could pull a truck and trailer in and drive out the other side if I wanted to, OR I can park something inside of 1 door and work on it or whatever and be able to bring something else in the other end. The overhead doors are on the east and west side and aligned on the south edge of themselves, leaving 3' or so on the north side of the doors which is overhead shelves and cabinets along the north wall. The south side of the building contains a bathroom, gun/tack room, and workbench tool storage. The two tables I have are on wheels so I can move them where I want. I do a bit of everything in my garage and I like the moveable idea of everything. The only thing truly stationary is my wood burning stove.
I also have a lean to along the entire south side which is where my tractor lives most of its life when it isn't running.
I also have a lean to along the entire south side which is where my tractor lives most of its life when it isn't running.
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My first big shop only had a overhead door on the north end. With the prevailing wind from the south, I soon realized that I needed cross ventilation, so put one on the south end.
When we had this 30x40 built I specified a 12x12 at each end:
And the skylights on the side wall:
When we had this 30x40 built I specified a 12x12 at each end:
And the skylights on the side wall:
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Put a man door in front and back. My back door was planned as an emergency exit and ended up doubling as a source of cross ventilation. I could also step out and water the grass occasionally.
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That reminds me, the first shop man door was also on the north. Once every few winters we would get an ice storm that would coat the doors so they wouldn't open. Fortunately we had added a shed on the west side with a man door into the shop, so I could still get in.
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Watering is one thing. Fertilizing is another. For those with outbuildings 'too far' from the house facilities, has anyone done an outhouse out back of the outbuilding?
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Don't get 8' wide doors... the new place has a 34 wide by 24 deep garage with three 8 foot doors with is not good... the workshop is very nice but is accessed thought one of the bays...
Not sure what the builder was thinking... OK if you have a small import but 94" clearance is a mistake... no matter how many doors you have.
Not sure what the builder was thinking... OK if you have a small import but 94" clearance is a mistake... no matter how many doors you have.
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Not an outhouse, but this is an option, with no plumbing required: https://incinolet.com/
Just need a 20 amp dedicated 120 vac circuit and a vent to the outside:
