40x64 Menards garage

[bigby]

Bought the old house next to me and tore it down to build a 40x64 pole barn garage with 14ft walls. Going to have three 12x12 overhead doors and a rec. room. Bought the kit at Menards and I'm very happy with the lumber but the blue prints that came with it not so much. Been on this site for awhile and learned a lot from you all. Thanks


Had eight dump trucks of dirt brought in, and I put in the sewer and water lines.
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The garage is here!

Putting 25 posts in the ground, not a easy job!

Starting to take shape.

Just about ready for trusses, got double headers front and back with LVL headers over the overhead doors. Well thats it for now, had to go back to work and rest up.

 

[Nighttrain]

Well at least you can't complain about the neighbors next door now. Nice build, keep us posted.

 

[ishiboo]

First Menards build I've seen. Interestingly, John Menard Jr. began the company building pole buildings, from which the department stores evolved.

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[bigby]

I bought the garage at Menards but it was shipped from Midwest Manufacturing out of Wisconsin, the trim is all pre bent and the metal is all one piece sheets cut within the nearest inch, have to cut it for the gable ends and windows and doors.

 

[cyamaha2007]

was this your first pole barn? how long did it take to frame it up minus the trusses? How much help do you have. Ive got a 36x56x14h kit on the way. Any tips

 

[RPH]

Rest while you can. Putting a 30 x 72 up now. Get the poles in is the hard part.

 

[bigby]

Yes this is my first pole barn, it's mainly been my 17 year old son and I with help from a Uncle a few times building this. Took us about 4 days to get the post, headers and wall boards on, it don't sound like much work but it is.
We put in the corner post in by hand, the laminated post were very HEAVY!, then I went and got a Bobcat with a forklift attachment and put the post on top of the fork rack angled my forks up while raising them a driving towards the 4ft hole, it worked very well.
The headers were also heavy, we put blocks on the post to sit the headers on while we lag bolted them to the post.
I hope I get the trusses on this weekend, if it's not raining. Good Luck.

 

[Red Leader]

Wow, I didn't know one could order a garage kit like that, especially so big. Cool!

 

[vortex]

What's a 'Menards' building?

 

[bigby]

Menards is like Lowes, Home Depot or Sutherlands. Menards has a design it center for garages, you just design it on a computer they have in the store and it prints out the price and you take it to the counter and they will print the material list. It's pretty cool!

 

[cyamaha2007]

how did you level the headers to each other a transit? im trying to find the best way to do it.

 

[cyamaha2007]

how did you level the headers to each other a transit? im trying to find the best way to do it.

 

[930dreamer]

Great start, keep the pics coming.

 

[bigby]

You measure up from the bottom of your grade board to the top of your inside wall height and snap a chalk line or run a string to corner to corner.
It has not rained here for awhile but since I started this garage it has rained every other day. It's to muddy to get the lift in for my trusses.

 

[oldtimer50]

If you don't mind me asking, what did the package from Menard's cost? This for the building, no concrete, etc. correct?

Thanks Ben

 

[bigdiehl]

I'm in the process of looking at a Menards building myself -- 50x40. The guy at the Menards counter said that while they sell a lot of barns, very few people order exactly what's on the stock material list (meaning that most people make modifications, bulk up the structure, or tweak it in some other way.) I know that I requested 6x6 laminated beams and a few other changes. Did you make many changes on your barn compared to the basic package? Based on your experience so far, would you still recommend Menards?

 

[bigby]

The barn with double bubble heat barrier, foot overhang, wainscot and laminated beams was around $22,000.
The Menards we have you can design what ever you want and pick the types of beams, fasteners, overhang, insulation and door and window size you want. You can also buy a garage package that they have. I had them take off the white overhead doors and windows and ordered colors that would match my garage colors better and fastened the headers on with lag bolts instead of nails.

 

[bigby]

Well the rain stopped for a few days and I got the trusses up on the garage, putting the purlins on now, bought rafter brackets for the purlins for more strength.

 

[prd2hnt]

Here are pix of our Menard's build from '06. Love it. No problems. Just did the concrete last week. I'm in heaven.

Ours is 40'x63'x14'. Amazing how quickly it fills up.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v216/prd2hnt/building/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ24

Brian

 

[NUTTSGT]

Out of curiousity, why the extra 4' on the 40x64 ?

 

[bigby]

So the post will come out even 8x8=64. Brian that is a pretty nice garage, I'm sure mine will fill up fast also, to many toys!

 

[prd2hnt]

In my case the 63ft is from 7 posts on 9ft centers.

That's the way the plans were. I don't recall how/why it came out that way.

Brian

 

[bigby]

I was not to impressed with the plans for my garage, they didn't show the LVL headers and the trusses were different than the they were on the plans. They were suppose to have overhang jacks nailed the the headers for the foot overhang but they came with the overhang built in (which I liked), but had to cut all the trusees because it was to long. I also had to go buy 30 more 2x4x18 purlin boards. But the lumber to build the garage was very good so I should not gripe to much.

Brian V.

 

[NUTTSGT]

So the post will come out even 8x8=64. Brian that is a pretty nice garage, I'm sure mine will fill up fast also, to many toys!

Well, I guess that makes sense.

 

[schwalby]

How did that lift hold up to lifting the trusses? Looks like a good idea, better than renting two things.

 

[bigby]

I didn't know until I talked to the guy that rented me the lift that it could lift 500 lbs, it worked great on my trusses that weighed 180 lbs. It also worked great for lifting the 18 foot purlin boards to the roof and the trim work.
The rental guy is a person I went to school with and while I was using the lift he sold his business and the guy only wanted one of his lifts, so he sold me this lift for $5000.00, it's a lot cheaper than paying $185.00 a day and I can make my money back plus some if I decide to sell it when I'm done with my garage.

 

[cyamaha2007]

how did the bucket lift work to lift the trusses? I have one at my disposal but my uncle doesnt think it will work well.

 

[bigby]

The Bil-Jax lift I have is made to lift material, not sure if they all can. It worked great, it has a 42 foot reach so we had to reposition it a few times but that was no big deal. Been working on cutting and making overhangs today and the lift is a life saver compared to using ladders or scaffolding

 

[Cabby89]

How high did you have to lift the trusses? How tall is the center post?


I just started digging my holes for my Menards build. Its a 1 off engineered and designed by Midwest Manufacturing (Menards owns them).

 

[i8tokyo]

Any updates? looking good

 

[bigby]

The center post was around 22 feet and we had to lift all the trusses from the inside so we had to lift the last few trusses at a angle to clear the wall. Got the roof metal on yesterday and I will try and post pics tomorrow.

 

[bigby]

Here is the beige metal roofing put on but ran out of time last weekend for the ridgecap. I also put the double bubble heat barrier insulation under the metal and it's going on the walls also.
I made a frame with some 18 foot 2x4's and attached to my lift and raised the 22 foot metal to the roof, it was a lot safer and no bending of the metal.
Putting ridgecap, soffit and might start putting windows and doors in this weekend.

 

[bigby]

Putting the wall metal on, going pretty good so far. Was worried about the almond color windows watching the metal but they look pretty good I think. Decided to run the insulation long ways on the walls, had to add a few more boards but all the seams are hiden. [/ATTACH]

 

[vntperformance]

Any updates, so far so good looking?

 

[mhadden]

how did the bucket lift work to lift the trusses? I have one at my disposal but my uncle doesnt think it will work well.

Just saw your post. I used a JLG lift, similar to the OP to lift my trusses in place and it worked perfectly. We set the top member right on top of the lift and had my dad hold on while I lifted the truss in place. We tried using straps but had too much trouble with the wind.

 

[bigby]

I got the metal on and just got the last overhead door installed today, I still have to put the J trim around the overhead doors and the corners to put on. Everyone one said the overhead doors would be a pain but I think it was fairly easy, even doing them by myself.
I still have a little work inside to do then I need to get the power ran to it, not real sure how they will do it, I hope they can split 200 amps at my house and I can bury the wire going to the garage.
Going to put the concrete floor in this spring. I HOPE!!!!!!!!

 

[sam2145871]

Any updates of the interior?

 

[1966chevytrucks]

How is the double bubble working out in the walls. do you think it is worth the money

 

[bigby]

Sorry I have been gone for awhile I had a lot of family stuff going on, the double bubble is worth it I think it's stays cooler than the outside temperature.
Getting ready to have the concrete poured this week and then I can start framing in the rec. room and installing a 2 post car lift.
I built this garage on top of a old house foundation and when I drilled down I couldn't hit clay dirt where the post are in between my doors, I was in a hurry so I put the concrete pad in the hole and went ahead and built the garage. BIG MISTAKE!!!!! all four posts sank 2 inches which cause problems with my doors and it looked like ****.
Luckily I have an Uncle that has a backhoe, we had to dig down and lift each set of poles with a 20 ton jack and raise them, then we tamped rock and poured concrete under them with cross braces.
Lesson learned, never get in a hurry and do things the right way first!! I will post pictures when the concrete is done.

 

[ghostknife]

Looking good so far, don't forget the pics!