I’m doing something similar in my pole building. I used R-7.5 1.5” foam board between the girts and I used 2x4’s to frame the wall cavity and used kraft faced R-19 batts for a total R value of 26.5. I didn’t spray foam around the foam boards, just cut them to fit snug. It can breath a little bit...
Got a little bit of time with the building this weekend. I installed the J Box and the panel. I decided to keep the studs for the drywall flush with the posts because of the staircase. If I did girts on the posts the finished wall would have been into the stairs. No big deal, I will just have a...
The posts are gluelam Green Posts. The black at the bottom is a polyethylene shrink wrap and they are coated in bitumen under that. In theory they should never rot or have any insect issues.
http://www.advanced-sol.com/greenpost2.html
I found GJ about a year ago and it has been a great resource for me planning my building. We moved into our house two years ago and the 2 car attached was quickly full of my stuff and the wife's car. Needless to say something had to be done so here we are.
I decided to do a post frame...