Recent content by stevewi

I decided to use roll up doors as I don't plan on getting serious about heating the pole building section. I also thought that they were a reasonably priced alternative to sectional doors. However the size of them was a bit daunting to say the least, and they are heavy! I couldn't find any...

All the T&G car siding, ship lap log siding and rough sawn 1x12's & 1x3's were purchased from a saw mill that was very close to the site. The back of the quonset I covered with rough sawn board on batten. My wife and I stained everything before it was fastened and as it was cut and fitted the...

I think this used just shy of 6000......................you really gotta appreciate 18V drills!!!!

Here you will notice the windows between each 6x6 pier on the quonset, I wanted them for light and ventilation. I know that some of them may be blocked occasionally because of things getting stacked along the inside wall so that's why I put them in between every post, now I don't have to be...

Thanks for the interest and compliments. The little tractor is over 1600 lbs when I have all the weights and attachments on and it's 20 HP with a 3 point hitch and PTO's front, center and back. They aren't made like that anymore in this size. You could park a vehicle on the glued OSB floor (I...

This is the front pole building portion. I designed it moniter style with 3 bay doors (2 - 10x9 & 1 - 13x14). The pole building will be covered with ship lap log siding with a metal roof. I got 3 skylights for $20 each and 4 - 3'x6' windows for $25 each so I incorporated all but 2 of the windows...

OK now we're really gonna slap this thing together! Well, not quite, it's still slow going getting the hang of putting them up and about the time you get on a roll you have to stop and pull the arches together or bring it back to square (lucky we had the trees to tie and position the arches with...

The quonset, as you recall had been laid on the ground by the original owner and when the part he tried to put up collapsed the arches that I got had been taken apart and stacked dirty. So every single arch piece was scrubbed and pressure washed prior to being laid out for assembly. We...

This is the floor in place and the base connector attached to the shelf. This is how the girders are attached to the short 6x6's. The center of the floor is cut back to accomodate the length of the coach that will be parked there. This is how the 2x12's are on the 6x6's outer perimeter...

The 6x6's on the sides are the "piers" that the shelf for the quonset will sit on, they will be about 3' high when complete. The 6x6's in the center will be cut off at floor girder level, the girders (2x10's) will run across from each 6x6 on the sides and attached to each of the shortened 6x6's...

There were 23 perimeter post holes to start with, all 4' deep and wide enough for a 4" x 14" concrete pad (cookie). I dug all the perimeter holes using only a post hole digger. Well I do have this one hole here that I used my ice auger with a 10" attachment and opened it up wider with a post...

It was blatantly obvious as I was clearing the trees out, that my tractor and Johnny Bucket Junior were not going to level the site and clear out the stumps.....rats! I drove up the main highway a few miles and stopped at the first excavation place I found. The guy came out the next day...

I am now at the beginning of April 2008 and I have things as thought out as I'm going to get at this point. First thing I realize is that there is no way that I am capable of actually building this alone. I can scheme and design all I want but actually climbing around and banging away on this...

I have enjoyed all the different types of garages, shops, and ideas that have been posted on this forum. This is the building that I designed, and at this point it is still a work in progress. I started planning this building shortly after purchasing 5 acres in Aug 2007. Despite my best...