Recent content by JCook5003

Fill finished, screet poles in places, fill compacted and remesh in place. Should be pouring as I'm typing.

Got the pad site leveled, skirt boards installed and braced and 36 tons of gravel spread. Concrete guys will be here today to prep for their pour tomorrow! Exciting times on this end. I'll be attaching photos of the pour process tomorrow if I manage to sneak out of work on time.

I'm working out the lighting for my shop. I did some basic math on my 30x30 shop and at 900 sq. ft. with 15 of these fixtures with 105 watt CFL's I should work out to about 115 lumens per square foot. The question, my trusses are like scissors but steel. The lights will be within 2' or so of...

Guys- I'm in the process of building my 30x50 Shop, 30x30 of it will be enclosed for a garage. I'm using steel trusses and building a pole barn type structure. Here is a photo of how my trusses will look. As you can see the ceiling will be vaulted. The sidewalls will be 12' to the truss and...

First I'd like to give a big shout out to the guys at Stoneburner Inc. in Harrisonburg VA, they are post frame specialists and went well out of their way getting me my Perma-Columns and stayed after work for an hour so I could pick them up after my normal work day...

I'll be picking up my Perma-Columns next week and the trusses on Sunday. I do have a question about vapor barrier in concrete floors. Pro's, Con's, what are people using. Anything special to consider?

Re: 24 x 60 Pole Barn Build in Virginia The steel trusses are engineered for our wind and snow load here, 30 PSF and 90 MPH winds. I went with the steel trusses because they were cheaper than traditional trusses and a double header. Also less work than "pole barn trusses" and install the...

So, as in life plans change. I'm going to be using perma-colums rather than brackets on a poured pad. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to level each perma column? If they were all placed on the same grade, the posts could be cut on the ground and installed. I imagine a laser transit would...

It rained every three days reliably all summer long. This week has finally dried up.

Actually yes, the project has been scaled up to 30x50. a 30x30 shop and a covered 30x20 equipment storage area. For the minimal increase in cost I think it will make a great deal of difference in the final product.

Finally dried up enough to remove the last of the concrete. When it dries up a little more, we will excavate the top soil and start working the drainage out. The original concrete appears to have been poured directly over topsoil with no rebar. None of it ever cracked.......strange.

I've traveled all over, and I keep coming back. There are 52 acres of the family farm now. I plan to keep it that way.

Hit a big milestone last night, finished the tear down. Had a little drama at the very end trying to keep the building from hinging back onto the generator. We got it though. Time to bust some concrete and start the site prep. Hopefully some more significant updates coming if I can work...

Yeah there actually was a PTO driven belt pulley on laying on the ground beside. So I should be able to figure it out and run it with my Ford Tractor. Best as I can tell from a book I have, it's a Williams 400 pound mill. I'm probably going to restore it and take it to the local Community farm...

I can say I've gotten quite a few observations about wood posts in the ground now. The old shed was nearly 65 years old. The posts were hand peeled cedar. I noticed posts in 3 different states. The posts at the front of the barn exposed to rain fall we all universally about half rotten through...