Recent content by mramc1

Finally some good weather and some updates. I have added gutters and some landscaping to the building. Scaffold truck comes in handy once again! I used some of the dug up rocks and crushed stone to make a drip edge on both sides. And now am working on forms for the concrete...

More insulation and more wood up on the walls.

More insulation now on west wall. 1" foil foam board is R-6.5. Double bubble and air gap might add R-1. Then R-19 fiberglass. I'm ending up with around R-27 in the walls. Studs up and R-19 started. Plywood and OSB up. Northwest corner. Double bubble up over the foam board...

I have switched from using the bubble foil to using 1" thick foil covered foam board before fiberglass installation on my walls. Reason being is that I am out of the foil and just scored a bunch of the rigid foam. I will now have an extra R-6.5 between the girts before the R-19 goes on. I...

I felt safer on the step ladder on the flat scaffolding then I did on the extension ladder stretched way out and bouncing up and down against the peak of the building. I only went up it three rungs so it was pretty stable anyway.

On the interior I am studding out the building with some reclaimed wall panels saved from the trash. The panels were used for concrete forms and were 4' x 8' studded 16" on center. After removing the plywood, I cut and fit the panels into the wall. After insulating, I reattach the plywood...

Here is the insulation underground to help keep the slab warm. I am using 2" thick EPS foam that was reclaimed off a roofing system. It is rated for underground use and was $15 a sheet at a reclaimer place. I bought 50 sheets and saved a ton of money over the cost of new blue or pink XPS...

My name is Josh. I am active on the HAMB and Ford Barn. I am now building a new storage pole barn so figured I'd start a thread on the Garage Journal as well. The building is a 32' x 40' pole barn, designed and built by myself with 12ft ceiling height, and basic carpentry tools. It will...