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    New pole building improvements

    Nails with plastic buttons. The rigid foam between girts is where I had clearance issue for bathroom plumbing vent inside wall so put between girts then attached vent to girt. Red seal tape kept in place until foam sprayed. Rigid foam easy to work with. Nails **** since they are so thin but you...
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    New pole building improvements

    Contractor did spray foam walls, installed wind stop/baffles in attic then blew in R-40 cellulose in attic. when it finally got hot in August/September it would be 8-10 degrees cooler inside. I did not even consider benefit of keeping heat out in summer
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    New pole building improvements

    Hope they show up. Pink is rigid foam i nailed up last winter. other is 1" closed cell spray foam this spring. Actually spray foam is significantly more than 1" and filled everything
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    New pole building improvements

    I bought/installed 1.5" rigid foam(Menards sale plus rebate) last winter then had 1" closed cell spray foam over that in spring sealing everything before putting up interior liner. trying to get photos up
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    paneling the barn/garage

    Nice where did you get backboard and did the mounting hardware come with it ?
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    New pole building improvements

    whats the temp the neighbor is heating shop to ? 10$/mo for heating is super low for for shop that size in that part of country unless he is maintaining just above freezing or has other heat sources inside shop. And like rusty1 said get your floor done and the rolling scaffold and other stuff...
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    BloomingtonMike's 40X64X16

    any pics or info on the upgraded garage door seals/weather strip. Great project.
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    Circuit breaker recently started tripping intermittently

    Would there be a limit on # of receptacles that could follow the GFCI's ?
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    Girt spacing for interior steel liner Pole Barn

    Interior walls 14'6" will install white steel liner same as ceiling from ceiling down 10'. plan on installing composite type material down to floor. Question is what spacing for the Girts for the 10' of steel ? Trusses are 4' spacing and ceiling steel has no sags so i was thinking on just having...
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    Foam Board wall insulation

    No photo but steel is ribbed of some sort so there will be some gap in ribs no matter what. install it between columns horizontal tape it and foam over top to seal the rest top to bottom. Then install some type of sheeting over top. you can put all your wiring/plumbing behind sheeting. you don't...
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    54' x 54' Steel Building with Living Quarters

    your gonna love it. Think about making porch 12' wide. You will have room for chair by wall and chair across from it with room for beer cooler and kids/dogs can still wander back and forth in between. Gives touch more room pulling big toys or material in also for temporary storage. Cracker...
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    Pole Barn Grade board and Insulation ?

    Added a 2nd treated grade board before adding fill in barn floor. Thinking about adding galvanized or painted aluminum trim to cover seam and hopefully make a better pest wall. Any thoughts ? Insulation question Thinking about nailing Owens Corning Extruded Polystyrene 1.5" R 7.5 on purlins...
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    Better late than Never

    Found this site googling pole barn ideas, lights, insulation, radiant heat and have been checking back frequently since barn started end of July. Wish I found it a year ago when I was figuring out what I needed versus wanted. Don't have it done so you folks will be bothered by my questions on...
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