Recent content by Pechinger

If you want to insulate or finish the inside, i would like into commercial/bookshelf style girts .

Commercial girts will cost more up front but save you from framing the inside later, and allow 24inch batts off insulation.

mine was a bit more "relaxed", to a degree. I had asked the inspector if I was able to draw my own plans (no engineer) he said it was fine. A couple months later when I actually got around to drawing the plans and applying for a permit, a different inspector told me a needed an engineer. I had a...

The "grade" around the barn right now is about 3ft of snow. Ill get some pics in the spring and assess the damage then. Thanks!

The ground is sloped away fairly well. 16"overhang with no eaves trough (yet).

From talking to guys who have been digging this winter, sounds like only around 3ft of frost so far.

I live in North Eastern Ontario; Englehart to be specific. Code for being below the frost line is 6ft. I have 28" holes drilled to below 7ft, backfilled with 1ft of concrete as a footing, post was set on top if this with rebar through the post and another foot of concrete poured in. Once dry...

Has anyone had their skirt board lift on a pole barn? I built my garage last summer/fall and now the tin has warped in some spots and even creased and ripped screws out. My poles are 7ft in the ground and we have had a relatively mild winter so i don't think the posts are lifting. My barn has...

Yes bookshelf/commercial girts, same thing. My inspector wanted vertical blocking halfway between the posts (4ft), i thought this was overkill for the size of my building but it made it MUCH more rigid. I can stand on the girts with no flex now. There is some added cost for the blocking...

The arguement "added cost" to stud the inside for finishing is not valid if you plan to do commercial girts from the beginning. Aside from maybe the cost of 2x6 girts vs 2x4 studs

I just built a 28x32 summer of 2017. I don't regret it. I chose a pole barn because i couldn't afford the structure and concrete in one year. Pole barn allowed me to skip the concrete for now. I used 6x6 on 8ft centers with 2x6 girts horizontally to allow for insulation and interior sheathing...

What height is the lean to on the lower side. I am just starting a 28x32x10 and thinking about a lean to in the future

The permit is in my hand after some modifications from the building inspector. I have to drill 24" dia holes 7' deep. Pour 12" of concrete and set the post on that. He always wanted blocking between my girts every 4' which i thought was strange. I will be doing bookshelf girts on 24" centers...

I have just applied for my building permit and thought I would start a thread to show my progression (when building starts). It will be a 28x32' Pole barn with 10' walls. I would have preferred 12' walls but the area I am in required poles be set 6' in ground and the price between a 16' and an...

How do you like the milwaukee tool box? I have been eyeing one.