32x40 pole barn CT / northeast ?

[Ct1]

Anyone in the CT area done a pole barn?

I've been checking out the DIY kits and am mainly looking for construction equip storage gravel floor etc, but would like the option to finish interior ip later if needed.

Engineered columns (perm or direct bury 6x6) ?

I plywood sheathing on the roof then metal or just truss to metal?

Totally new to pole barns so any input is helpful. Trying to keep cost low though.

Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[Ct1]

Also if anyone has plans kicking around and wouldnt mind sharing Id like to have a set to show the local building inspector for his input.

Most pole barn DIY companies don't include CT on thier service maps.

 

[Ct1]

No ones got any input for me?

 

[Bull]

Member The Boss is a builder down in CT and just recently did a large pole barn.

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179761&highlight=boss

 

[Ct1]

Thanks , I actually know him too. Didn't realize he did a pole barn though. Ill contact him.

We're both pontiac people.

Looks like you've got some ponchos yourself

Btw love the flag in your sig!

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

Don't know what your situation is but I just put up a 30x40. I ended up paying a company to erect it. After I checked around it basically cost me $2000 over online DIY kits or Menards. Barn was up in 4 days and I didn't have to hassle with borrowing equipment and begging for man power for weeks trying to finish it. Good luck.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Anyone in the CT area done a pole barn?

I've been checking out the DIY kits and am mainly looking for construction equip storage gravel floor etc, but would like the option to finish interior ip later if needed.

Engineered columns (perm or direct bury 6x6) ?

I plywood sheathing on the roof then metal or just truss to metal?

Totally new to pole barns so any input is helpful. Trying to keep cost low though.

Thanks in advance for any info.

I had investigated the Pole Barn direction back in the day. Basically if your plans are to have a dirt floor, all metal sheathing and no insulation/ceiling, etc then Pole buildings are cheap and great. The minute you start talking Concrete, insulation, finishing interior, etc.. the pole building gets "special" and the math quickly shifts over to conventional stick framing. Especially on the size building you are referring to.

Long story short, if your end goal is to have a finished shop either way...
Pole building goes up cheap but gets wickedly more expensive as you go along. Stick building starts out with higher expense but gets dirt cheap as you move along the path of finishing it out.

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

I had investigated the Pole Barn direction back in the day. Basically if your plans are to have a dirt floor, all metal sheathing and no insulation/ceiling, etc then Pole buildings are cheap and great. The minute you start talking Concrete, insulation, finishing interior, etc.. the pole building gets "special" and the math quickly shifts over to conventional stick framing. Especially on the size building you are referring to.

Long story short, if your end goal is to have a finished shop either way...
Pole building goes up cheap but gets wickedly more expensive as you go along. Stick building starts out with higher expense but gets dirt cheap as you move along the path of finishing it out.

Maybe your talking 100% DIY, but in my situation paying someone to erect the building my finished/insulated pole barn is still at least $5000 cheaper than my cheapest bid on a stick built garage that would still need to be finished. The garage builders were pouring a thickened edge slab and building on top of it and then I would have finished it. The Pole barn was built and I finished everything else (hired out the concrete still). Even after buying additional lumber for framing walls it was still substantially cheaper, albeit a bigger pain in the ace for reasons Spudland mentions.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Maybe your talking 100% DIY, but in my situation paying someone to erect the building my finished/insulated pole barn is still at least $5000 cheaper than my cheapest bid on a stick built garage that would still need to be finished.

Shoulda been more clear...but yeah my 30x50 is 99.9875% built myself...only 2 things I didnt do...Concrete (although I did help him form it and put in all the rebar myself for additional cost savings), and I had a local carpenter come out to bend all the Aluminum Fascia Trim. So when I speak about costs i'm referring to materials cost only really.

 

[Ct1]

I've got excavation equipment and a 66 ft man lift , only shortage is man power but I don't usually need much help. My family has been building since 1937 I just havent seen much w pole barns, only pole type structures around here are usually open.

We typically go the stick built route, but this is just to store my Akerman skid steer and man lift.

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

If you've got equipment and you're just looking for cheap storage, I can't imagine it getting any cheaper than a simple pole barn. The guys that built mine did it with a Skidsteer, a Circular Saw, a couple of hammers and Cordless drills. It's pretty simple. If you're not finishing the inside there is no reason for plywood on the roof in my opinion.

 

[Ct1]

If you've got equipment and you're just looking for cheap storage, I can't imagine it getting any cheaper than a simple pole barn. The guys that built mine did it with a Skidsteer, a Circular Saw, a couple of hammers and Cordless drills. It's pretty simple. If you're not finishing the inside there is no reason for plywood on the roof in my opinion.

That's what I was thinking, just don't want to make any mistakes like going w cca poles instead of permanent columns if that's the wrong way to go? I read a lot of posts saying cca is great and lasts but other people have said you got to go permanent column.


Of course some guys say you need the trick part of the week to go fast and Im running, 9s on iron heads.lol

I'd probably do open trusses because as much as I say I don't need to finish it in side we all know how that goes later lol
I might do storage like boss. Plans change

I was going to go scissor truss for height but Boss storage area is way too cool

 

[Ct1]

Mainly building this because Im Tired of my equipment being like this in the winter.

 

[Ct1]

Bump for new thoughts on permanent column vs cca posts and longevity.