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    Pole building - Frame with gapped 2x4 but use 2x6 insulation?

    I am going to stick frame between my poles so I can use regular bat insulation. Can I do 2x4 framing between the posts spaced out flush with the inside face of the post so there's a 6" cavity and use 2x6 bats (My poles are 4x6)? Would be cheaper than using 2x6s to frame everything out. Not...
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    Insulating a section of my pole building ok?

    I am in Maryland and have a 30x60x12 pole building with a concrete slab wrapped in DuPont Tyvek Home Wrap. I'd like to finish off a 30x20 section of it to condition the space for an office and some other stuff. I was going to finish one side by building a wall up to the bottom of the trusses...
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    Maryland Zone 4a - Vapor barrier on walls and ceiling?

    I have a pole building, with tyvek home wrap stapled to the girts and all the seems taped underneath my exterior metal. I believe based on my climate I can do unfaced insulation on the interior walls without any kind of vapor barrier, then seal it up with another metal corrugated panel to...
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    Double Bubble with Soffit and Ridge Vent?

    Building a new building and I'm not initially planning to heat/cool anything. Builder has the option for double bubble, but with a soffit and ridge vent system is it really necessary to keep the roof panels from condensating? Later on I will likely install thinner metal ceiling panels and put...
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    Grading / Raising low side with fill 3.5ft for pole building garage

    Building a 30x60 pole building and I have about a 3 1/2 ft of height difference from the high side to the low side. Rather than cut the high side down substantially, i'd like to bring in fill and raise up the low side and then grade it out so it smooths into the surround area (high side gets a...
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