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I've got an R panel skinned pole barn building with no roof over hang. We are adding a wrap around porch on two sides and would like to add a covered portion. Currently thinking 6-8ft covered. Similar to what is in the picture below. Because we have gutters on the roof pitch side we planned to...

Off our second meter/pole the previous owner had a 200amp, single breaker main panel, with a small sub panel under it currently housing a 30amp breaker for the septic, and a pair of 15amp breakers for an outlet right there at the pole and an outlet at the septic. My barno build is near the pole...

20amp circuits, but from the switch up to the actual can lights (6 4" per switch) can I just run 14/2? Up to the switch I have run 12/2. I've got a bundle of 14/2 so trying to use it up. All the outlets on the same room circuit are on 12/2. These will be LED inserts into 4" cans. Also, planning...

All apartment outlet circuits are 20 amp, 12/2 and limited to 8-10 outlets. Out in the country, no permits or inspections. But still want to do it the safest way possible. Installed boxes and pulled wire this past weekend, only for the apartment part of our shop/barndo. I'm seeing lots of...

Central TX. 2 inch CCF on outside shell of building. Will add R13 fiberglass to all interior and exterior walls. Will also throw a layer of batts in the ceiling of the apartment. Assume it is well insulated. Framing is done, starting to pull wire and about to order our mini split units. For...

Our country place, where we are building our pole barndo/shop, has a water well and filter/treatment setup. The well runs great. This is however my first rodeo. I'm an Environmental Engineer so some of the science makes sense, but the actual plumbing and operation is all new to me. Anyone here...

How close can I set up a Pex Manifold to my electric service? I was hoping to put the two on the same wall, but didn't know how much space is needed between. For both almost everything will run up into the ceiling/attic. 18 line Pex Manifold and a 200amp service. Pole barn construction.

So building was finished last week and we promptly got some rain. The building was built with a sheet ledge, so the metal hangs 1.5" below the top of the foundation, which is then another 4 inches. After our first rain we had leaks at the windows, which is fine and easy to address (they...

We will be starting interior framing in the next week. Metal should go up today. I am doing bookshelf girts, where the bottom one will be treated. 6x6 posts, for the girts I was going with 2x4, but for the bottom plate should I do 2x6? I will be foaming, so 2x4 would let me foam between the...

Our Shop/Barndo is getting a nice deck on the apartment side. plan is a 12ft deck, extending off the gable end of the building, which is 36ft wide. I'd love for it to only have 2 posts, at the two ends, but could throw in a center post if needed. Current roof is 4/12. If the plan is to have...

Shell is up and slab pours tomorrow. getting ready to frame the interior next week. We have 5ft center trusses and will run joist hangers between them at 24" to support drywall on the ceiling of a 26x26 corner of the building that will be our apartment. The barn builder recommended we take the...

Central TX. We are building a shop/barndo here at our ranch. 36x46 with 26x26 as apartment. will get 1" CCF walls 2" roof. Metal, light colors. This will be a weekend place more than anything else. Right now the apartment is setup as 3 rooms, open kitchen/living, bedroom, bunkroom. I am...

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My wife and I just bought 30 ac in central TX, with 20 mile views looking at Canyon Lake. It's a great recreation place and only an hour from our house in Austin. Since our place in Austin lacks much of a garage and since we need something quick and cheap, we are going with a pole barn and...

They should start framing our barndo this week!!! Starting to plan out electric and I had a couple thoughts. Since we are puting the garage apartment into the corner of the barndo, 2 of the walls will be exterior and 2 will be interior to the garage shell. I know normally you would wire first...

We just signed the contract on a metal building (36x46) which will double as a garage/workshop and one bedroom place while we wait to build a bigger house at our farm. We are going with pole barn construction and the company recommended we have a ridge vent installed. They know we plan to spray...

Slab was poured late summer 2013, garage/apt. completed in February 2014. I noticed the other day after it rained that a small hairline crack had developed starting at the bottom corner of our apron and moving toward the garage. A few days later I noticed (not sure if it was there before or...

We completed our garage, with apartment above in late spring this year. The 3 car space is insulated - R13 walls, R20 ceiling. There is a moisture barrier under the slab, which passed the plastic test before I stained and sealed it. Spray foam in every spot imaginable. Last weekend I noticed...

Before we built our new 3 car garage with a shop we built a 200sf shed to use as storage and a small workshop. Now that I am moving into the garage with all my larger project we are converting the shed into an office for my wife. I don't have recent photos but we finished over a year ago, So...

Slab was poured six months ago but construction just finished up this week so I am clear to start finishing out the garage. I initially thought I wanted to use Seal Krete Clear Seal, but now that I have really washed down the slab the floor is not so hot looking. I'll get to that. So I started...