Recent content by grzzly83

I hadn't really thought of this. We live in Florida, but will probably build this is Northern Georgia or Tennessee. I'm not worried about my kid, she's a little polar bear, but my wife is always cold.

I spoke with a structural engineer today, here's what we came up with for structure on the first floor that will support the second floor and not bounce. Its going to be CMU on the first floor, still using bar joists (6' OC), however there's two load bearing walls in the garage (firewall) and...

This is along the lines of what I was thinking: Concrete block with steel beams, using bar joists to span the 40' to support the second floor. The building in the video is at least 2x the total sq. footage and probably 3x the footprint. I know its not apples to apples, but it seems like it's...

Looks amazing. I'm jealous!!

I see what you're saying about the garage. I dont think it would be a problem to keep the garage and the whole first level with 10' ceilings. The vehicles that would make it in the garage are all normal sized vehicles (like F150/F250, some Jeeps). The RV's and coaches would be done from outside...

@jack stand Thanks for replying! I wasn't necessarily planning on placing any RVs inside the building, however, I was thinking of 10' ceilings for the bottom floor (so 10' plus whatever thickness the structure needs to be), the top floor would have 10' walls but a higher ceiling. The trucks...

Howdy Folks. I've been thinking about this building for probably 20+ years. I've never really gotten any further than just looking at pole barn kits and "inspiration" pictures. Last year I started to put some ideas to paper. I have a "basic" layout of what I think we're looking for. I'm...