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So I have a question about how to go about insulating/closing this ceiling in. My barn has a lean to on each side. I enclosed a 12’ portion of that, which is open to my main barn. The lean to roof has vented soffit, but the trusses are attached to the side of the barn, so there is no where for...

So I'm hoping for maybe a little insight here, any help is appriciated! Last week, I went down the basement and found a small puddle of water on the floor, maybe a 3' square area. It looked as if it had come from the bottom of my furnace. I cleaned it up, and turned the a/c on for the next 2...

So today I finally ran power out to my barn, it was about 125' run. We ran 4 legs. 250-250-250-2 in 2.5" conduit, up the side of the barn into an lb, then into the back of the panel. At the house side, I have a 400 amp meter box that has 2, 200 amp breakers next to it, which I replaced my old...

So I'm obviously having an issue right now, and I'm hoping its solveable. It was really nice here in md today (65ish), so I decided to change the oil in the truck. I got home from work, opened up the door to my pole barn, backed in and got out. The entire floor had a "film" of condensation on...

Here for a little critiqueing of my plan going forward. I'm getting ready to start wiring the barn, and plan to move right onto insulation when I'm done. The barns 40x48x16 and I plan to atleast heat (maybe a/c) eventually. I would love to do spray foam, but for a building this size, it's just...

So I'm to the point of planning electric in my 40x48 pole barn. I'm planning on 2 outlets at every post, each on a different circuit, Lights, and a few outside lights and outlets. The panel is on the back wall in the corner. I have 3 main questions. #1 For the 2 outlets at each post, can I...

So I set a pole off my driveway for a 150 watt HPS light. I'll be running a new circuit from the panel, so it will be run about 15' inside the basement, then through the foundation and down into conduit 80' out to the pole. My question is, can I run romex from the panel, through the foundation...

I'm a little late on this, but figured better late than never! So here it goes. Oct of 2014 I bought a house on 25 acres out in the woods. Last spring I cleared approx 50 trees from around the house, and a spot for a barn in the near future. I rented a mini ex, and pushed the 100' +/- tall...

Been trying to plan the mezzanine for my barn, and have a few questions/am stuck. Especially on the joist spans. So I'll start with that. My posts are 8' apart, and I would like to put the mezzanine in the corner. Ideally I would like to go out 2 poles, and down either 2 or 3, so 16x16 or 16x24...

So I've pretty much narrowed down my choices between these two. And I wanted to get some of the groups input on which they would choose. Over the winter we just finished up the shell of my 40x48 pole barn, brand new concrete floor (approx 4 months old), nothing has been driven in there yet...

So after waiting over a month for my new door, supposedly custom order, they came to install it last week. Everything went great, I had to leave for work while they hung the last panel. Left the balance check with him. Got home that night and I see s door that's 2" short. Called first am and...

I'm in a little bit of a jam here, were fixin to get a blizzard this weekend, and my heat starts to give me problems. It's a Kerr summit oil furnace with a Beckett R7184P burner. So here's the problem. Two days ago, before bed I noticed it was kind of chilly inside, checked the thermo and it...

It's time to choose the doors for my barn, I have one centered 14x18 door and one 8x7. I plan to eventually insulate the building, but my question is, at what point in the door insulation a waste of money? One quote I have is for the 14x18, no windows. r9 value w/opener $4300 R18 w/opener...

Havent made a build thread yet (but is coming), but im just about done my 40x48x16 pole barn. We were going to do concrete (6") tommorrow and friday, but today my concrete guy calls and says he wants to do my floor in 2 pours, instead of 1 like we had originally talked about. So, i guess my...

So I'm in the process of building my 40x48 pole barn (starting a build thread when I get some time) The question I have here, I've had my materials for about a month. We've been plugin away on this thing in our free time. Everything has been tarped since its been delivered, but with the rain...

I've tried searching but couldn't come up with a whole lot. I'm in the process of building my barn, 40x48x16 with 16' lean to's on each side, And 16x12 portion closed in. At this point, I'm going to have to decide on wether I should run my electric behind the walls, then insulate/hang osb. OR...

I know this has been beaten over and over, but I've searched and couldn't really find any help. My building is delivered, and am starting this weekend. 40x48x16, 8' post spacing, 4' truss. I will be using the space as a garage/shop, and will eventually be heating it. Im in northern MD. So we...

So my pole barn garage/shop is about 4 weeks out from being started, and Im trying to think of everything id like ahead of time. This will be my only Storage on my property, but here are my plans. 40x48x16 Laminated posts 15' lean to on each eave side 2 14x14 insulated o/h doors on gable end 1...

Well I just got the house. When we did the home inspection, everything was dry and it Rained that whole day. So fast forward to yesterday, we are prepping the garage to paint, and notice there is water coming down the wall, starting about half way down. Now it rained every day last week...

Long story short, im closing on my first home tommorow. It has a 28x23 attached garage. The way the house is built, the rear wall and one side wall of the garage is cinder block, the other (connecting to the house) is frame/drywall. Now my question is, should I frame out and drywall the other...