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My shop has the foil faced foam between the exterior tin and the framing. The pole barn is not insulated at all. I added Styrofoam between the horizontal 2x6s and put sheetrock up inside the shop as it is heated with a natural gas furnace. I also want to insulate the building between and am...

I hope to get the roof under the soffit of the shop roof but haven't actually measured the height of my trusses and see how it will all fit. That is the biggest area of concern I have in regard to doing the roof and having it not leak. Yeah, liberal flashing and silicon caulking should help a...

Here is a picture of the two buildings taken a couple years ago, the summer after the barn was built. The fence in the foreground has since been moved to the "proper" location coming off the wood just to the right of the walk door on the barn.

I have a 40' x 40' shop and a 40' x 48' barn, both pole buildings. The shop was there when I bought the property. I had the barn built lined up directly 8' apart from the shop as I always wanted / intended to build and enclose between the two buildings as if they were one large building...

Well, I've spent a good portion of the past couple days reading this entire thread. Ok, maybe I skimmed some parts or replies that didn't catch my eye but just WOW!!! This is an incredible ongoing story!! And it's packed with so many ideas one can "borrow" both from Tom and Chris but the...

My existing shop has water and a bathroom. In there I have a large sink I can hook a water hose to. So to fill my stock tank for the horses, I run water in a garden hose several times a week. Normally, it doesn't stay cold here in the Black Hills (steadily below freezing for daytime highs) to...

Eventually, I want to enclose the 8' area between the two buildings as I stated. In my mind anyway, it would be all one building at that point. I can see where a subpanel may be the way to go but is it really absolutely necessary? As for the water tank heater. Currently I run an extension...

Ok, I've read some other threads and did some searches. I'm putting up a 40' x 48' cold storage and horse shelter next to my 40' x 40' shop. Both are "pole barns" but only the 40' x 40' is heated and insulated. There is 8' between that eventually I want to enclose for a tack room and...

The inside picture is old and while a lift or mezzanine sounds interesting, it would not fix the storage issues or provide winter shelter for my horse. I want to have work space in the original building, not storage. The second building or proper sized addition to my original building is...

For a lean-to addition, I wanted to go out 30'. The builders I've talked to don't want to go out that far. Leaks are a big issue the builder I talked to. Even more so when trying to attach going perpendicular to the way the roof goes on the original building. I see their concerns and is...

Ok, here are a couple pics of the wall of my shop I wanted to put the addition on. The building was here when I bought the property about 8 years ago. The last picture shows my projects; a 53 F-100 I've had since 1975 and my daily driver, a 60 Ranchero. Also, there is a 34 Ford chassis that...

To add on in the direction I want to, there is no way to match up the roof line. It would either have to be a lean-to like I originally wanted or now looking at perpendicular. That is where the expense comes in when trying to directly attach. The extra work bringing the two roofs together so...

Have a 40 x 40 building but need more room. Add on or second building? I have a 40' x 40' post frame building with what I believe are 14' sidewalls. It is full of my project cars and I need more space for storage. I'd like to add on to the existing building but the builders I've talked to...