Any pole barn porch regrets?

[Lucky-Ducky]

Do you have any regrets on the decisions you made when building your pole barn porch?

 

[Michael B.]

None what so ever.

 

[Boatman62]

Nope

 

[russ455]

I wish I included one

 

[Hank11]

Make it bigger.

 

[Lucky-Ducky]

Make it bigger.

How much bigger? Length or depth?

 

[Ran when parked]

Yep. I regret not making it bigger. Decide what you want to use the porch for. Then make it bigger! A little more depth would allow me to completely cover my golf cart. YMMV

 

[HotRod68Camaro]

Not a pole barn but my porch is 12' deep. My seating arrangement is an L shaped outdoor section and 1 individual seat. It's shaped like a U facing out. 12' is doable and there is room to walk around the furniture but it's single file if you are. If i had known better (and talking money not a factor situation) i would have gone minimum 16' and probably just oversized to 20'.

 

[b-boy]

My porch is 8 ft deep. Wish I'd gone deeper.

 

[Lucky-Ducky]

Not a pole barn but my porch is 12' deep. My seating arrangement is an L shaped outdoor section and 1 individual seat. It's shaped like a U facing out. 12' is doable and there is room to walk around the furniture but it's single file if you are. If i had known better (and talking money not a factor situation) i would have gone minimum 16' and probably just oversized to 20'.

Do you have any fans under there? I am thinking an 8’ or 10’ HVLS fan to keep a breeze and the bugs away.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

My porch is 12'X36' with 12' ceiling.
Hot and cold water spigot and double deep sink.
Love it.

Building still isn't 100% done.
Still need to install exterior lights over each garage door and there are four hanging lights, three 6' ceiling fans and string lights going on the porch.

2-4' wider would be nice but its great as it is.

 

[HotRod68Camaro]

Do you have any fans under there? I am thinking an 8’ or 10’ HVLS fan to keep a breeze and the bugs away.

I have three 6' fans from home depot. My porch is about 50' long. I couldn't afford 3 HVLS for the porch, but i did put two Big *** Fans inside the house and would love to have more.

 

[jives]

Mine is a traditional shed roof porch coming off the gable end (pic below is still from construction phase). 32' long x 8' wide. Concrete floor is 8" wide, though with roof overhangs the ceiling width is almost 10'. Coulda, shoulda made the porch wider.

 

[dcg9381]

Do you have any regrets on the decisions you made when building your pole barn porch?

Steel building, but ended up adding two porches after construction. Way easier to do up front.

 

[Hooked]

My porch is 12'X36' with 12' ceiling.
Hot and cold water spigot and double deep sink.
Love it.

Building still isn't 100% done.
Still need to install exterior lights over each garage door and there are four hanging lights, three 6' ceiling fans and string lights going on the porch.

2-4' wider would be nice but its great as it is.

I didn't do any overhangs during original construction of our metal building. Regret this big time, wish I had included one like this plus a 16 overhang the full length of the building(40x60). Doing so later would mean a complete second structure for each one because the original building isn't engineered to properly hold the loads plus windstorm loads also require it.

 

[Jazz1]

My porch is 8 ft deep. Wish I'd gone deeper.

Porches and garages are Just like a boat,,always 2’ short..

 

[Lucky-Ducky]

Porches and garages are Just like a boat,,always 2’ short..

I started with a 40x60 idea and have ended up at 48x80

 

[Lucky-Ducky]

My porch is 12'X36' with 12' ceiling.
Hot and cold water spigot and double deep sink.
Love it.

Building still isn't 100% done.
Still need to install exterior lights over each garage door and there are four hanging lights, three 6' ceiling fans and string lights going on the porch.

2-4' wider would be nice but its great as it is.

I have three 6' fans from home depot. My porch is about 50' long. I couldn't afford 3 HVLS for the porch, but i did put two Big *** Fans inside the house and would love to have more.

I am currently thinking these fans https://www.menards.com/main/lighti...20twi6sl/p-1566368844239-c-7486.htm?exp=false for the inside and outside.

Not as ridiculous pricing as a BAF

 

[SouthernIllinois]

I went with these

 

[Hank11]

How much bigger? Length or depth?

Mine is 10’ and just a little more would keep things drier. 14’ would be awesome for my use.

 

[Hooked]

I started with a 40x60 idea and have ended up at 48x80

Had I listened to my wife, again, our 40x60 would be at least 60x80.

 

[Hooked]

I went with these

I put a similar one in our family room. It has 8 blades along with a bright/dimable LED light. Much better than the 'typical' ceiling fan.

 

[1/4atatime]

I wish I didn't have a huge drop-off on the side of my slab otherwise I would have absolutely put a porch/extra parking spot. Putting it on the other side wouldn't make sense either because of the way it's positioned relative to my house it would just be too close.

 

[Jayman17]

Mine is a traditional shed roof porch coming off the gable end (pic below is still from construction phase). 32' long x 8' wide. Concrete floor is 8" wide, though with roof overhangs the ceiling width is almost 10'. Coulda, shoulda made the porch wider.

Great choice of overhead doors on your shop, those really look nice!