Recent content by tomski

Sorry for a late reply. After getting obnoxious quotes on roll up doors ($4K!!!) I have decided to build my own door. It cost me $400 in materials and about 6 hours of work. 12' x 12'. I now have it insulated with 1" Styrofoam and have the inside finished with 3/8" plywood.

Getting closer! We just did concrete last weekend. Had to cover it 48 hours later because a "polar vortex" was coming!

I've just gone through this with my building. The "city" allows 600 sq ft accessory building. Kinda stupid when you have 1.5 acres. I had to petition the adjustment board for a variance to build a 24x48 building. It took 8 weeks. Two ads in a local paper. $200 for ads and mailings to...

I will split the main building into two areas: 16 x 24 wood shop and a 32 x 24 ManCave, moto workshop etc. The larger part will be climate controlled. I will keep my motorcycles and gear there. The bigger lean-to (12x48) will be a storage space for my boat and a cargo trailer. I will also make...

And bonus pix:

The barn raising was a success! We had good weather on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. Sunday rained all day, but we got the goal achieved by Saturday night. The main structure is up and the trusses are set. Picture fest:

Got all the holes drilled. Picking up first load of lumber tonight and second on Friday. Also used this poster to invite my riding buddies for a barn raising. It's 95F and humid today, I sure hope it wont be this bad in 2 weeks. [/url]BR

I've only used Wick's online tool for the rendering. I'm building it from scratch. Mostly myself. I'm hopping for a barn raising weekend with my buddies, but with the schedule moved almost eight weeks it may be hard to convince the crew to come over and sweat for a full day.

Got my 5 posts :) [/url]20180609_110514 by TomskiTulsa, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]20180609_145555 by TomskiTulsa, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]2018-06-11_14-35-48 by TomskiTulsa, on Flickr[/IMG]

Good luck! Just started mine, but since mine is a one man job I'm sure you will have me beat.

Do you think there's any benefit of doing a 1" spray job? I was thinking about buying a DIY kit that Lowes carries ($600 for 600 sq. ft. at 1"). Or having a local guy spray the whole thing for me. I'm in Oklahoma, so winters are not bad, but Summer will kill you. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack...

Pics or it didn't happen, right? Well, I will have to wait till I have post count of 5. Stay tuned...

Well, my "city" doesn't allow for accessory buildings bigger than 600 sq. ft. I found that out when I went to get a building permit. So, I had to petition the Board of Adjustments to let me build my shop on my land. I had to put two ads in a paper, pay them to notify all the board members and...

Hello Y'all! After a lot of lurking and reading it's time to contribute. I have just staked out the lot for my new barn. It is going to be 24W x 48L x 12'H with a 12 x 48 lean-to and a 6 x 48 porch. 4x6 posts at 8'OC unless you guys convince me to spend extra money on 6x6 posts...