30x40 pole barn

[billgreenwood]

billgreenwood, First I want to thank you for your service for our country ! [emoji106] And congrats on your building, Sorry to see that the contractor messed up so bad. A lot of people just don't take pride in there work anymore ( just want to get paid ) It is getting very hard to find good help in todays world, I hope everything works out for you in the end. My building gets started tomorrow morning 8/1/16 and I can't wait for it to be done, Wish I could have done it myself but I had open heart surgery 2 and a half years ago and I just can't do things like I use to. Anyway just wanted to say your building looks great, Stay safe and god speed coming home from Afghanistan. Ken.......

Ken,

Thanks and thanks. If I did it over I probably would have waited a little while until I could afford to have someone do the whole thing. I have much respect for guys that do this for a living because it does take a pretty good toll on the body. By normal standards I am not too old (just turned 31) but I've been in the Army for almost 12 years now and my body is certainly feeling it. Good luck on your shop, I hope it turns out how you want it.

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[Faster346]

Very nice build, just got my 30x40 up this week as well. Took a little longer than I wanted to get it up, but I saved up to have the building built by a Pole Barn Company, turn key. They got it up very fast and with zero issues, I was very fortunate. I too thought about tackling it myself with the DIY kit, but in the end it just made more sense to wait until I could afford to have it done professionally. Can't wait to see more updates!

 

[rustyshakelford]

I do need to get some things fixed still, where were they out of? There aren't many crews that do this stuff around my area so the travel costs for someone to come do it drives the final pruce way up.

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He's out of LA. If they come that way for a job I'm sure they would love to help out but it's a haul just to finish some odds and ends. These are the reasons I wanted to start a pole barn building. To many good people getting taken advantage of or over charging

Brett

 

[oldironfarmer]

Just saw your thread. Thanks again for your service to our country.

Your building looks nice, you'll get the little issues fixed.

The best way to fix the screw holes is to put a 2x4 under them and put screws back in the holes to seal.

A crooked building and sheeting don't match. But you can cut off the offending overlaps. I just use a circular saw with an old carbide blade with ear plugs, gloves, and face shield. Was doing that today.

If you haven't priced scaffolding, it is incredibly cheap. You will want some for finishing the interior.

Good contractors, bad contractors, I like to make my own mistakes and live with what I do rather than deal with others. I know your deployment is looming, but things will wait, even a little water through the roof holes won't hut anything.

God Bless You and good luck on finishing the building, it can be fun. Like somebody already said, you can eat an elephant one bite at a time.

 

[billgreenwood]

Sorry for the long time since my last update. I have gotten the skirt board sealed to the concrete for the most part. I ran concrete caulking along the gap and it has deffinitely helped but there are still some leaks through the caulking. There are still leaks on the roof that I need to seal and the vertical corner trims have to be replaced also. I also still need to get the garage door installed.

I have moved quite a bit of my stuff from the house garage down to the shop already. I also put up a shelf to consolidate my extra lumber.



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[Karl's Garage]

Nice!

 

[billgreenwood]

Got a little yard work done today then I moved some more stuff down to the shop. I also got 10 of the 12 lights hung. I am putting 4 rows of 3 lights down the length of the shop. The lights are 4 feet long LED tube lights which have a standard 110v plug on the cord. So far I don't have any wiring ran so I just hung an extension cord to a single light in the middle-ish of the shop. After it got dark I turned on the light and it lit the shop up very well for being just one light.





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[Whitey1]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[billgreenwood]

I have gotten a good start on the wiring for the lights. I wired them in pairs for the junction boxes and I will have 3 rows of 4 lights; each row will have its own switch. I don't think each row needs its own circuit for load reasons (LED lights) but I don't want to lose all lighting in the shop should something happen to a light(s). Should I put some 110v receptacles on a circuit with 1 row of lights?



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[billgreenwood]

I finished up the wiring for the lights today. I haven't gotten the supply line ran for the panel in the shop (or put the panel in) so I used the pkugs that I cut off the lights and put them on the loose end of the romex so I could plug them into an extension cord for now.



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[billgreenwood]

Well, it has been a while since I've made any progress on the shop. I've used the hell out of it, but still have quite a bit left to do.

Today a couple of my neighbors helped me get the main door mostly installed. It is a 12ft wide by 14ft tall CHI insulated panel door. The rough opening is a bit out of square (ok, more than a bit) but we made it work. We got the vertical tracks hung, assembled all the panels with hinges, hung the horizontal tracks and mounted the double torsion spring bar. As I was finishing up some smaller tasks I noticed that we somehow mounted the spring bar backwards from how the directions called for, so we will have to take it down later and fix that issue. Overall I learned quite a bit today and came out with a 75% finished garage door. Here are a couple of pictures of our handy work.




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[billgreenwood]

Today we took the spring bar down and fixed that opps and got the door finished, those springs weren't an easy task.


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[NitroGarage]

Looking good man. Nice work, keep it up!

 

[rusty1]

...maybe I missed it somewhere, but why did you need a building this tall?...lots of wasted space there, unless you're puttin in a loft, etc.

 

[billgreenwood]

Rusty1,

I went with 16ft sidewalls so I could have a 14ft tall door for an RV at some point in my future. We are planning on putting a loft down one side from front to back coming out to just inside the main door to capitalize on the vertical space we have.

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[rusty1]

...thanks, now I see...nice lookin building

 

[billgreenwood]

Thanks, I am pretty excited about it. There are still quite a few things I need to do with it, but it is coming along nicely.

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[OutlawDrifter]

Thanks for sharing! I'm putting up a 36x40x14 and using twenty 4' LEDs, gives me a good idea on how well it will be lit up.

 

[Bears Fan]

Thank you for your service to our country! Great looking shop! I to built my own pole barn and I learned a lot during the whole process, It is a good feeling when its all done and you done most of it yourself! I'm subscribing to your thread so I can see whats next? Wish I lived closer I would love to bring over a few beers and check out your barn

 

[billgreenwood]

Thank you for your service to our country! Great looking shop! I to built my own pole barn and I learned a lot during the whole process, It is a good feeling when its all done and you done most of it yourself! I'm subscribing to your thread so I can see whats next? Wish I lived closer I would love to bring over a few beers and check out your barn [emoji106] [emoji106]

Thanks. I have certainly learned a lot about building a building and also learned stuff about myself (mainly that I am actually afraid of heights). I am in the process of getting out of the army so maybe I will have some more time to work on the shop and get it where I want it.

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[lakeroadster]

I somehow missed this build thread

Thank you for your service to our country. Love the color combination on your barn.. red just seems right.

I am a bit surprised that you only ended up using a 12" x 12" footer and weren't required to use columns that went down into the ground?

Did you have to get permits for the jurisdiction you live in, or was that not required?

 

[billgreenwood]

I somehow missed this build thread

Thank you for your service to our country. Love the color combination on your barn.. red just seems right.

I am a bit surprised that you only ended up using a 12" x 12" footer and weren't required to use columns that went down into the ground?

Did you have to get permits for the jurisdiction you live in, or was that not required?

I used 12x12 footer because that is what my concrete guy recommended when I explained what I would be doing. I live outside of city limits so the only thing I have to get a permit for is if I want to change my septic system or add commercial signage.

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[lakeroadster]

I used 12x12 footer because that is what my concrete guy recommended when I explained what I would be doing.

Did they put any reinforcing steel in the floor / footer?

 

[billgreenwood]

Yes, they put rebar in all of it.

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[Sasquatch912]

I hear ya on the paying someone, if only money grew on trees!

That's gonna be a nice set up when done!

Money does grow on trees. Its called pinestraw, apples, pecans, oranges...you get the point. Lol.

 

[billgreenwood]

So I randomly decided to go back and read this thread from the beginning and noticed that it has been exactly one year since I started this project. It has been a long year (but short also, if that makes sense) filled with lots of change. Hopefully I can get the rest of the little things finished out this year.

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[Demonic]

I know it's an old thread, but stumbled on this through Google and just wanted to thank you for taking the time and effort to post it all.

 

[billgreenwood]

I know it's an old thread, but stumbled on this through Google and just wanted to thank you for taking the time and effort to post it all.

Thank you. I know it has been a while since I have posted but life has once again made other things a priority.

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[billgreenwood]

Since I will be going to work as a mechanic once I get out of the army I have been looking for a toolbox. I found an ad on craigslist that I just couldn't pass up. There was a wholesaler in Ft. Worth that had an Extreme Tools 72" roll cabinet for $1000; this is the same box that goes for $2000 at home depot which is the THD series made specifically for home depot. I talked him down to $950 so even with the 2.5 hour drive and half a tank of gas I think I still came out ahead.



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[cros13]

great build mate, just read through the lot.

It feels bad that no matter where in the world you go, people have no pride in their work anymore, or flat out don't give a ****.

I had major drama with my shed too, for me, it was the slab. I found a guy, he had plenty of positive reviews, very professional website. I didn't want to use him at first (didn't get a good vibe when i met him) however, he was exemplary with communication. Came the next day to do a quote, kept me informed every step of the way. He was amazing. I literally had to jump through hoops with other contractors to even come out for a quote, wouldn't return calls, a real pain. So i went with this bloke.

The slab is like the ocean surface, so many low spots all over, specifically right under the god dam roller door, so it doesn't seal, and lets water in. I blew up and got him to come over one afternoon when it was raining. His excuse, its within "tolerances"

When it came time to put up the shed, it turned out that the slab was out of square by 200mm. Luckily the guy who erected the shed was a excellent guy, he had to tweak the shed, bend this, cut here, adjust the roof line, but he got it spot on, it did cost a extra $300 though.

So don't worry mate, your not the only one who ends up in tears over contractors.

Nice toolbox, i have something similar at work too. Plan on getting one for my shed in the near future.

Rudi.

 

[billgreenwood]

I finally got around to getting some trim made to cover the skirt board and the gap where the skirt board meets the concrete. I might have been able to get away with using a single piece but this way I for sure have the coverage I need.

I had a local company make a rat guard piece with longer than normal "wings" for the first piece. The second piece is just flat with one edge rounded over to make it look nice. The rat guard piece installs like normal and then the flat piece slides in behind it and finishes covering the concrete.

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