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    Help me design my mezzanine for my pole barn.

    Hello All, I have been very slowly working on my shed project since we built our house. Dragfliud has been nice enough to let me store his sheetrock lift to put my ceiling up, which I greatly appreciate. Being that we moved into the shed as were building the house, I was unable to insulate...
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    Looking at garage door openers...10x10 commercial insulated door

    Hey all, I am starting to look at garage door openers for my shed door, which is a Clopay commercial 3721 insulates 10x10. When I put this up a couple years back, the fella that sold me the door had a light duty commercial opener he would have sold me. Not knowing what I wanted to do at the...
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    Paint sprayer for walls

    Hey all, My wife and I are embarking on building our first new home! We have decided to prime and paint ourselves, among other things to help put some sweat equity into the place. I am thinking of getting a paint spray system that would help speed up the process of painting the whole...
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    Putting up a ceiling in my new pole barn

    Hello All! I have finally got cement in my shed, so once I can get back in it to work, I figure I will start by putting the ceiling in. My questions will surround the stringers between the trusses. I plan to use 2x4’s on edge at 2’ centers. What is the best way for me to attach these? If I...
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    Ecofoil for pole barn “insulation”

    Hello all, My wife and I are still planning out the finishing of our 40x56 pole barn, and one thing I keep thinking about is insulation. Spray foam is expensive, and cellulose is certainly an option. My wife seems to look at a lot of stuff on Pinterest, and located this company called...
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    Pole barn concrete floor question.

    Hello All, My pole barn is getting close to completion. For reference, I am building a 40x56’ with 12’ceiling. I plan to put 5” concrete over plastic, foam, and pex tubing. My base is 4-5” of class 5 gravel, and below that is clay seemingly down to the core of the earth. :D I had a...
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    Hello from MN

    Hello everyone! Decided to join up here to learn more about what folks are doing in their outbuildings. My wife and I bought some property out in the country (13 acres). We call it Sunset Meadows...we have great sunsets over a lake in the distance. I am currently building a 40x56x12 pole...
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