My diy 36x56 fab shop "pic heavy"

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

Here we go, my fiance and i are building a 36x56x14h pole barn to be used as my fab and workshop. We purchased our first house in April 2011. Ive been busy since. Ive finialy saved enough money to build my dream. I bought a kit from diy polebarns out of Ohio. Please fell free to ask any questions ive gathered all the info i need to do this project from this great site.

My deuce with a 12x15 platform i built to help with the barn

930dreamer · Sep 25, 2011

That'll be a nice shop.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

Concrete washout for the base pad delivered

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

Had a friend come in and build the pad up.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

The original homeowners had the septic all messed up. The soil pipe was run under the gravel driveway. My deuce must have crushed it since it was only a few inches under the gravel... Ohwhell time to redo it right. I dug it up with a tractor to get it going temp and re ran it when the trackhoe was on site.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

I borrowed a skidloader and rented a auger on labor day weekend.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

The building arrives!!! Doesnt look like much

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

A few more

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

Then the rain threw us way off schedule. The holes semi caved in and all had to be re dug by hand

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

My uncle has a man lift and offered to lend it to me... I jumped on that.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

some more

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

We set the corners on wednesday. My good friend came out and helped.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

This was all saturady 9/24/2011, I had a ton of friends show up it was great!

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

More from saturaday 9/24/2011

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

Yet another batch from sat 9/24/2011

Clinton_FL · Sep 25, 2011

Are your poles made out of lumber put together? Also what is the size of the top board 2x16?

cyamaha2007 · Sep 25, 2011

Clinton my post are laminated so yes they are 3 2x6 glued and nailed together. I like them since they were straighter, they are supposed to last longer since the pressure treatment will get all the way through each 2x6. And another pluss is that they arnt treated all the way up so i can use the my non galvanized nails and hangers. The top board is the header and it is a 2x12. It is a double header i just havent installed the header on the other side of the posts

sids04 · Sep 26, 2011

Looks cool so far..

cyamaha2007 · Sep 26, 2011

Sids04 its a dream come true. Not to just be getting a proper shop but that were doing everything Minus concrete and some of the grading. When i turned 19 my foot needed more surgeries and since i was at home so much through 5 of them i kinda stole both of my parents garages. Im still moving out of them. Amazing how many tools you build and collect! How do you like your gto

flybefree · Sep 26, 2011

That looks like a proper barn raising! Looks great, good on you.

Shaun

NUTTSGT · Sep 27, 2011

Looks good so far, like the mobile platform.

bluesman2a · Sep 27, 2011

Two thumbs for ANY man that can work a deuce into a project!!! LOVE the platform/mobile ladder truck!!!

cyamaha2007 · Sep 27, 2011

Haha you dont need a deuce you just find uses for one after you get one. I was going to rent scaffolding and it came to mind after my neighbor wanted to pitch about 40 12ft-20ft 2x6s. I was also very anxious for the building to arive and it was a nice little project.

cyamaha2007 · Sep 27, 2011

we just set the last poles for the unfinished wall and laid out 2 girts so we can hopefully finish the wall on Thursday after work and set trusses on Saturday or Sunday. We can only hope!

Chip_er · Sep 28, 2011

Done the same thing only with a S10 1/4 ton and a 12 by 12 foot platform, for my 12 feet high walls. I found it handy later to hang my ceiling OSB and florescent tube fixtures. Keep your platform if you can!

cyamaha2007 · Sep 29, 2011

Well tonight was a disaster.... Ugh

jakeb · Sep 29, 2011

nice build...

Is everyone ok? from the above post....

cyamaha2007 · Sep 30, 2011

Yeah everyone is ok. We wont mention names but some one layed out the girts wrong and thats what we set our posts off of... Before i knew it post were landing out of the holes. Thank god we didnt set them in concrete only packed chat.

Nighttrain · Sep 30, 2011

Nice build. If it makes you feel better I had to dig out several of the holes on my barn last winter. I am sure it was my wife that marked those holes!

Falcon67 · Sep 30, 2011

Damn, he's even got Carl Spackler working on the thing. Fret not - every build has it's own special surprises. Work on thru - good stuff so far!

cyamaha2007 · Sep 30, 2011

Ive have had my LONG COLD RAINING Saturday nights on each of their projects and it really pays off when you have a huge task to complete. Its very nice that my friends from building trades are a phone call away. I guess they know they will need something welded, wired or a place to store that boat till they tell the wife.... All kidding aside its great.

cyamaha2007 · Oct 1, 2011

Today was a success we got the last wall up and are ready for trusses. We were a little off but made up for it over the course of the posts. Getting the deuce backed in next to the building was a bit tricky. Here are some pics guys and gals. :beer:

cyamaha2007 · Oct 4, 2011

We started to set trusses. Im not sure if i can go through that again. I called in a favor i didnt want to. and a friend is bringing over his crane on thursday night after work. Hand setting 38ft trusses was brutal we got 7 up. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure.

cyamaha2007 · Oct 4, 2011

We used the comealong to pull the rear gable up. Then we set the regular trusses on the bumper of the deuce and then lifted it up to the platform. It was tricky

e-tek · Oct 4, 2011

The Duece gets you in the "Man Club" door. Your new shop will help keep you there. How you use it deermines how long you get to stay. I see good things in your future!!

cyamaha2007 · Oct 4, 2011

I was in the right place at the right time a guy needed my four wheeler and i wanted a deuce.

cyamaha2007 · Oct 4, 2011

some more

cyamaha2007 · Oct 6, 2011

We got all the trusses up today after work. It took about a hour with the crane. Next time ill just hire a crane. I was very thank full he could take some time off to crane them in for me.

cyamaha2007 · Oct 6, 2011

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