Craftsman-style Barn Just Finished!

[pschaap]

Check out my newly finished hybrid pole barn. After 6 months, she's up and looking fine. It was a one-man project all the way; except for concrete, shingles, and utility hookup. Phase II is now to complete the inside and set up shop for wood working and other projects. Take a look around. I welcome your thoughts and ideas.

 

[uniballer]

? pictures?

 

[pschaap]

Sorry about the mixup. I think I'm getting the hang of how to do all this techno stuff. I can build a barn, but posting results is all NEW to me.

Check out my newly finished hybrid pole barn. After 6 months, she's up and looking fine. It was a one-man project all the way; except for concrete, shingles, and utility hookup. Phase II is now to complete the inside and set up shop for wood working and other projects. Take a look around. I welcome your thoughts and ideas.


View media item 26898This is how it looks today. I'm quite pleased with the result. It has the look I was after. The interior work is next, starting with more wiring and then insulation.

View media item 26899By golly, we're about there! The corner post is wrapped with tapered pvc postwrap and lights are installed. That is an 8 ft door opening up under a 9 ft interior ceiling. A tight squeeze for the door opener.

View media item 26900Now it's late November into December. I'm digging the trench for utilities. No, I'm not puffing on a cigarette.

View media item 26920Late October. The weather is nice for working as the last of the vinyl board and batten is placed.

View media item 26921Here the 6 x 6 corner post is getting worked on.

View media item 26922To achieve the craftsman look I wanted, stone veneer is put on the front lower portion.

View media item 26924The use of the lift expired, so I concentrated on the lower level which could easily be accessed with step ladders. Pvc trim going up in this shot.

View media item 26926Bingo! What do ya think? I like it! It seemed to shrink once it was blended in with much larger surroundings. Whew!

View media item 26925Up she goes.

View media item 26933My fears grew as it grew in height. This thing is nearly as tall as I am! Will it be too BIG?

View media item 26932Then the cupola. Oh my. Took me most of THREE weeks to build this thing. I had no idea how it would turn out. I built it all from pvc, 3/4 ply, 1/4 ply, and shingles.

View media item 26931Vinyl cedar shakes went up quite quickly, but lots of trimming and cutting.

View media item 26930Now fast forward several weeks. Three sprinkler zones have been relocated, soffit and fascia completed, shingling done, gables sheeted and wrapped, and pvc trim in place on the gables.

View media item 26929The lift was mine to use for almost 6 weeks, so all the upper level work was completed first. What a life saver!

View media item 26928By far the most difficult job for me was this one. Single-handed on a 10/12 pitch placing 36 sheets of osb and hammering in a bazillion nails.

View media item 26927July, and the temps are soaring. 17 trusses went up on a 95 degree day. Took all day for three of us. This pic was shot the next day after a cooling rain.

View media item 269392 x 10s are secured both in and outside of each pole for truss support. Then the concrete was poured for the driveway approach and floor.

View media item 26938Starting to take on some shape. Holes are back-filled but only after the bldg inspector gives the OK.

View media item 26937I was thankful for a day or two of help from my good friend Chuck from South Africa.

View media item 2693618 holes ea 4 ft down. This widow-maker about killed me! Goes down easy, pulling out is brutal. Each hole then received a 12 inch cement pad in the bottom.

View media item 26935Excavating sod and top soil and replaced with lots of fill sand.

View media item 26934This is the corner of the property for the new barn. Started May 2012.

 

[uniballer]

upload to your album on here, then copy the name or address of photo to hte link that looks like a montain with yellow background? not good at describing!

 

[Stuart in MN]

Very nice! I like the cupola on top and the tapered post by the entry. That little extension of the soffit at the top of the gable is a nice touch as well.

 

[jvk]

Amazing job and just the size I want! Did you design it yourself as well?

 

[pschaap]

Thanks. I call that an abbreviated widow's peak

 

[pschaap]

My design... 24 x 32 with 9 ft ceiling, 10/12 pitch, 8 ft garage door which was a tight squeeze up against 9 ft ceiling. Does this help?

 

[pschaap]

Thanks uniballer. Are we looking better here?

 

[1/2 Cup]

Congatulations, well done, i bet you are proud as punch.

 

[pschaap]

I worked my **** off 6 days a week for 6 months. Lost 25 lbs. I'm slow but thorough. If I don't like how I just did something, I do it over. Nobody knows... but I do! Are you like that?

 

[1/2 Cup]

I can relate to where you are at!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PAZZ]

Awesome job, and congrats. on your weight loss man..

 

[ejm1961Tbird]

Great job! What a beautiful garage. I love your attention to detail. Let's see the inside. Enjoy!

 

[thdewey]

great job! It looks amazing!

 

[Cobra4B]

Very nice... love the style. Any pictures of the interior space? What do you plan to use it for?

 

[pschaap]

Interior shots I don't have. Odd huh? It's unfinished any how. That will be my next step. Picked up insulation today.

 

[pschaap]

Are you building? Or are you done with something similar?

 

[SiGmA_X]

I'd love to see interior pics, even if unfinished!

 

[CNGsaves]

Stunning outcome on all your hard work . . . congrats!!

The cupola along with brick and variety of exterior coverings really set the garage apart from the normal. Also looks like you devote lots of time and energy in maintaining an excellent green yard . . . Looks Great.

Curious if the cupola is cosmetic only? Would have been way too cool to hide one of those rotary vents inside it / and or some sort of whole house attic fan?

Keep up excellent work and pics of progress.

 

[gricegear]

Very nice job so far. I love the attention to detail that you put in it. I understand the whole working by yourself thing. Its nice to have help once in awhile but also a lot of pride in doing it yourself. You are a craftsman yourself and it shows in your work. I'll be watching this one.

 

[NASMAN]

Very nice. There is a lot of nice detail that most don't see because it just looks so good when you look at the finished peoduct. I know how much work goes into a build like yours, and how satisfied you must feel. Great job.

 

[e-tek]

It's beautiful. You've obviously got some skills!
When you say you worked on it 6 days a week was that instead of a job??

 

[pschaap]

I retired from public education after 38 years. Been out 3 years now.

 

[pschaap]

Thank-you for the kind words! I think detail is what brings a building project to the next level of appeal and satisfaction.

 

[pschaap]

Gracious words! Working by yourself, if time permits, gives you full control of the outcome. I like that.

 

[KCarGuy]

Fantastic Looking Garage.
Now I will look at it again from the Last Photo to the First one, to see it being Built again.
Just Kidding...Thanks For sharing!

 

[pschaap]

Thanks for the encouragement, CNGsaves! Appreciate it. The cupola is NOT functioal. Ridge vent will do the job.

 

[pschaap]

Very nice. There is a lot of nice detail that most don't see because it just looks so good when you look at the finished peoduct. I know how much work goes into a build like yours, and how satisfied you must feel. Great job.

Hey, I remember you and your barn project down there in Arkansas. I spent quite a while looking at your project not too long ago. I was amazed and very drawn to the story as you progressed. I like it! I think it turned out very very nice. Congrats on the project so far.

 

[Sunbimmer]

Love the porch with the canadian chairs.
All and all great place you got there sir

 

[Zeke]

Another admirer here.

 

[PCO6]

Love the porch with the canadian chairs.
All and all great place you got there sir

In Canada those are called "Muskoka" chairs and in the U.S. they are "Adirondak" chairs. There may be other names for them but that's what we call them around here.

 

[kert]

Wow! I looked at the first 2 pics and thought they were renderings. Everything looks so neat and straight. You have done a fantastic job!

 

[pschaap]

Thanks, my Hoosier friend. See you're from Greentown. Our daughter and family live in Greenfield, east of Indy. We live here in Hamilton, MI in a sub called Greenfield Estates. I'm a Spartan fan... Go Green!

 

[pschaap]

Love the porch with the canadian chairs.
All and all great place you got there sir

Thanks! And yup, around these parts of N.A. we call 'em Adirondacks. These were built by a guy in our area. Most solid Adirondacks I've ever seen. 2 x 6's, screws, glue, and such. $200 for the pair!

 

[Sunbimmer]

In Canada those are called "Muskoka" chairs and in the U.S. they are "Adirondak" chairs. There may be other names for them but that's what we call them around here.

Thanks! And yup, around these parts of N.A. we call 'em Adirondacks. These were built by a guy in our area. Most solid Adirondacks I've ever seen. 2 x 6's, screws, glue, and such. $200 for the pair!

Another thing I learned today thanks guys, I did not know they were called like that.
Over here in the Netherlands they call them Canadian chairs so...

Anyhow merry christmas

 

[uniballer]

Very nice! Just awesome!

 

[440-6 Shaker]

Sorry about the mixup. I think I'm getting the hang of how to do all this techno stuff. I can build a barn, but posting results is all NEW to me.

Check out my newly finished hybrid pole barn. After 6 months, she's up and looking fine. It was a one-man project all the way; except for concrete, shingles, and utility hookup. Phase II is now to complete the inside and set up shop for wood working and other projects. Take a look around. I welcome your thoughts and ideas.

View media item 26900Now it's late November into December. I'm digging the trench for utilities. No, I'm not puffing on a cigarette.

I think that's the neatest, most organized trench and dirt pile I've ever seen.
Great build!
I love the look of the gable end.
What were the brand names of the products you used; stone, board & batten and shake? Thanks.

 

[kert]

Thanks, my Hoosier friend. See you're from Greentown. Our daughter and family live in Greenfield, east of Indy. We live here in Hamilton, MI in a sub called Greenfield Estates. I'm a Spartan fan... Go Green!

Sorry to hear that, I'm a Maize and Blue man myself. You do nice work, especially for a Spartan.

 

[383]

Congrats on a great looking post frame garage. I've been building post frame structures for over 20 years, and yours is one of the nicest looking I've seen. The labor involved on all of your details makes that type of building cost prohibitive when paying someone to do the work, great job on doing it yourself.