4 Barrel barn build.

[Woodboxkiwi]

Hey there team. Long time lurker, first time poster. Tomorrow I have 2 truck loads of lumber and poles arriving to start the construction of my forever shop.
So far we have done a bit of excavation, permit gaining, planning and ordering. It is mid winter here on the other side of the planet so hopefully the dry winter we have been promised stays on track
We bought the property Nov last year and immediately began scheming to get the build underway.
I am Woodbox over on the hamb and have been building a few cars covered on there for a few years now.

20m wide by 11m deep. Each bay will be 6.6m x 11m. Central bay will house the 4 post hoist. Left bay is wood shop and right bay is steel fab/shaping.

Central bay also has floor to ceiling pallet racking both sides.
Each side bay will have a steel beam to support the roof and run a gantry car for lifting to save my back.
stay tuned .......

 

[Uncle murph]

Hey there team. Long time lurker, first time poster. Tomorrow I have 2 truck loads of lumber and poles arriving to start the construction of my forever shop.
So far we have done a bit of excavation, permit gaining, planning and ordering. It is mid winter here on the other side of the planet so hopefully the dry winter we have been promised stays on track
We bought the property Nov last year and immediately began scheming to get the build underway.
I am Woodbox over on the hamb and have been building a few cars covered on there for a few years now.

20m wide by 11m deep. Each bay will be 6.6m x 11m. Central bay will house the 4 post hoist. Left bay is wood shop and right bay is steel fab/shaping.

Central bay also has floor to ceiling pallet racking both sides.
Each side bay will have a steel beam to support the roof and run a gantry car for lifting to save my back.
stay tuned .......

Looks like it’s going to be a great space.

 

[kaehlin]

This looks like it's going to be amazing!

 

[carlaisle]

Hand drawn plans?! Padfoot compactor?!

 

[manwithtools]

Looks great, keep us posted!

 

[Woodboxkiwi]

Hand drawn plans?! Padfoot compactor?!

Old school fella, love pencil on paper, short walks on long beaches and looking at freshly mowed lawns! Padfoot was very handy to get things in order.

 

[Woodboxkiwi]

First load of poles and 6x2s delivered.
Back to the yard for the rest.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Welcome to the site. From what I've seen it seems like garages in your part of the world tend to be pretty small, so this one may make your neighbors envious.

 

[Craig Balzer]

OK?
I looked at every sketch (nicey done, by the way) and didn't see one barrel.
I saw a notation for storm water to go to tanks.
Does tank = barrel?
Will you have 1x tank (barrel) at each corner; therefore 4-Barrels?
If not, please explain Your "Four Barrel Barn"

 

[Woodboxkiwi]

OK?
I looked at every sketch (nicey done, by the way) and didn't see one barrel.
I saw a notation for storm water to go to tanks.
Does tank = barrel?
Will you have 1x tank (barrel) at each corner; therefore 4-Barrels?
If not, please explain Your "Four Barrel Barn"

My good lady loves barrels (the wooden kind) I build hotrods with 4 barrel carbs.

 

[Woodboxkiwi]

It has been a busy couple of days. My mate turned up with his excavator and truck to help me drill 20 holes and stand 20 poles. We braced them all in position and tidied up today
Tomorrow (Saturday)morning at 8 am the concrete truck arrives to place concrete around the bases of all the poles. Next week we will cut the footing around the perimeter of the shed and box up ready to pour the floor.

 

[Woodboxkiwi]

Big (not so big) day today! 8am the truck arrives with 4.2m³ of concrete for the pole holes.


Brian from Virgin concrete was great, putting the truck exactly where we needed it for each hole so we didn't have to barrow any more than necessary.


Morgan came to give me a helping hand with the heavy lifting and barrowing. We managed to only need the barrows for the 4 small holes right near the house side .



We drained the truck dry and topped up the center 4 holes that don't have any further footing to be dug around them.
Now we wait for it to set before removing the bracing, digging the boundary footing and screwing the boxing timber to the poles.
Not long now and we can pour the slab.

 

[Woodboxkiwi]

This afternoon I set about removing all the bracing, profiles, stakes and associated **** that we will no longer be needing. With the site nice and tidy and easy to navigate we can proceed tomorrow with digging the boundary footing and box up for the slab.

 

[larry4406]

Nice project!

What are these round things? Cisterns?