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    Pole building suggestions needed !!

    I looked at Lester and Conestoga. They were very competitive but Conestoga offered higher pitched roofs. Conestoga is in the process of building my 36' x 28' garage now
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    Roof Brackets with a Metal Roof - help

    Did you cut that dado with a router or a circular saw? Can you share your jig design? Thanks
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    Roof Brackets with a Metal Roof - help

    It is metal "agricultural" style roofing that has it's own metal fascia product. Being unfamiliar with this product is the source of my problem. The fascia on the house will be pine that'll have a bird's mouth cut out of it so just the end of the bracket shows. I think Sundowner may have a...
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    Roof Brackets with a Metal Roof - help

    Garage going up in the next couple days is a 36' x 28' pole structure with a metal roof overhanging 18" at the gables. I've built a number of craftsman style roof brackets to install on the gables matching those on the house. Having never worked with a metal roof before I'm not sure how these...
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    VA Garage Gang

    Centreville here with 25' x 26' attached 2-car suburbia garage. Building house and detached 36' x 28' garage near Kilmarnock, VA now. Garage is contracted to Conestoga Buildings (pole construction). Expect them to start drilling holes for poles this Wednesday. :)
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    Fibermesh Concrete

    I'm getting the picture and have asked my pole building company for a quote on adding 6 x 6 wire mesh. :thumbup:
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    Fibermesh Concrete

    After posting this I found a thread with two contributors that believed that fibermesh concrete was ok by itself for slabs and garage floors, both intended to use it but both of them intended to augment it with 6" x 6" mesh! Of course since this is a pole building, none of the concrete is...
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    Fibermesh Concrete

    Anybody familiar with Fibermesh concrete and its use as a pole garage floor without use of reinforcing steel ? I'm trying to get enough info., experience, and opinions to make a decision on whether to specify rebar and if so how to space it. Plan at this point is for a 4 inch gravel base...
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    Help - Garage Attic Design

    We're looking for a space that is highly flexible --projects, storage of Christmas "stuff", and overflow guests with a WC/WR. This is a Conestoga pole building. For storage I'm looking for a way to extend the attic storage out in the low under roof areas beyond the 8; headroom point. Looking...
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    Help - Garage Attic Design

    Have long narrow space above garage. Measures 12 x 24. There is a large triple slider window at one end. The other end abuts open scissor truss area of third bay. Stair case enters from the side in the middle of 24' length and extends about 5 ft into width of room. Need bathroom for sure...
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    OSB Question

    I just signed a contract for a 28' x 36' pole garage. :) The pole building vendor (Conestoga) will leave the OSB on the sides covered by house wrap. There will then be a couple month delay until my house contractor's subcontractor sides both the house and garage. Should I worry about how...
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    How Clean for VCT

    Before I go overboard cleaning my garage floor for VCT I thought I'd ask: does anyone know if there is any rule of thumb to determine how far to go cleaning and degreasing the concrete prior to tiling? The concrete is in good shape. Poured 16 years ago with almost no cracking. Some minor...
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