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I’m getting ready to start my barn and was curious about a few things when it comes to the metal inside. How did you install your electricity? I would like to keep this all hidden behind the metal but wasn’t sure on what to do about the electrical boxes. Did you just cut squares in the metal...

CJ your builders last name wasn't Eicher's by chance was it? He is from New Washington are which is down around Madison area.

The builders I am talking to are both amish. I have looked at a lot of there barns and I think they have done great work. The outside of my barn will be metal. I will eventually be installing roll insulation in the walls and ceiling with metal interior panels. The insulation and interior...

Yes I am having the barn built. The barn is either going to be $16,400 for the 40x40 or $17,800 for the 36x48. This is minus the concrete. I see what you are saying about what's another $750-1000 compared to the $16k-$18k but I'm trying to spend my money smart. This is pretty much at the...

Yes that's whole structure water tight minus the concrete.

Sorry the roof will be a double bubble vapor barrier material.

My fear was the insulation getting wet and molding.

Finally got my estimate back its $17,800 for the 36x48 or $16,400 for the 40x40. That's not including concrete.

I have been talking to a few builders about a barn. I am looking at a 40x40x12 or a 48x36x12 with the 36 being the depth. I was under the impression that I should wrap the walls in some type of house wrap (TYVEK). The 2 builders I have been talking to lately suggest just putting a vapor...

The barn would be 48 wide and 36 deep. The doors would be on the 48' side. The barn would be for fabrication work and to build cars in.

I know go as big as you can. My question is would you build a 40'x40'x12' or a 36'x48'x12'? It will have 2- 12'x10' garage doors and 1 service door if that matters.

My buddy lost his body shop to welding slag about 20 years ago. A spark rolled into the office area and underneath the drywall and caught the studs on fire. He left the shop at 6pm and returned at 7 am to find smoke coming out of the building. Ever since then I have been worried about slag...

I talked to a guy last night about insulation. He told me that open or closed sell can not be sprayed directly to metal. He stated that it makes the metal rust from the inside out. He also told me that the best thing to due for the roof is to install a metal ceiling and blow insulation up...

This is pretty much what I was thinking but didn't know if anyone else had any other ideas or did something different. Thanks

I am in the process of planning out my garage now. I have read a lot about what people put on the inside of the garage walls. I am pretty sure I am going with metal since I can’t/don’t know how to finish drywall correctly. My question is what do you guys due about sparks and slag? Do you...

Thanks everyone for the help. I greatly appreciate it.

I will be running a 60 gallon compressor, 220 welder, 220 plasma cutter, and your normal lights and wall outlets for hand tools. We do a lot of fabrication but it is very rare that we run all 3 big items at the same time. My dad has a 100 amp service to his shop and we have never overloaded...

This is what he has. It does have a yellow stripe on it. According to Home depot it is Aluminum but is rated for direct burial ? I know very little about electrical so I am really confused now...

The problem is he has another guy wanting to buy it now so I need to tell him today how much I want. That's why I'm trying to figure this out. The other major thing is if this wire is ok to run at this distance and still get my 100 amp's.

I will be running power from my house (200 amp) to my garage (100 amp). A friend of mine offered to sell me some 2 2 2 4 URD for .50 a foot. I measured from the house to the barn and the distance is 100 feet. That is just laying the tape measure flat on top of the ground. With that...