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I am in the process of building a pole barn as a hobby fab/machine/car shop. Pole barn is 34 x 58, front half is truss roof w/ 12.5 ft ceilings, back half is a stick built roof and a mezzanine (ceiling height is 8.5 ft). Ceiling will be perforated metal with cellulose insulation. I need to...

I am working thru the planning stages of my upcoming pole barn. I an trying to decide on door size(s) and what type of a door. I am not intending to have a door opener. This building is going to be a workshop and mostly I expect to enter thru the man door (I'll have a second man door next...

I'm a big fan of natural light. I know some roofers consider a skylight as a hole in the roof. I've installed 2 skylights in my first house (now a rental), one in my current house and have 2 in my workshop garage. All installed by me in roofs with shingles. I am meticulous in the...

My next shop will be a pole barn. What might I expect with respect to cell phone and radio (FM) reception inside of a pole barn with a metal roof and siding? How much worse is the reception if the inside ceiling is also metal? Is there any improvement if the roof is asphalt shingles...

I thought I had posted this message a week ago and since I had no responses, figured I would bump my own thread. Except that I do not see the posting when I search for my own postings - it appears that I never posted my question. I'm looking at properties on small acreage where I would...

I'm house shopping - house on acreage. House will be a rental, pole barn will be my next shop (I outgrew my current shop a decade or two ago). Since I can't get my wife out of suburbia, I drive about 10 miles to my current shop and will end up doing the same but in a different direction for...