Dividing wall in pole barn.

[wantacoe]

I want to put a dividing wall in my pole building. I am getting old and tired so I decided I would hire the work out. I only had one guy show up to give me a price. The wall is 50x16, 2x6 studs, 16" on center. It will need to be framed for a 36" door and a 9x7 garage door. I am supplying the lumber, he brings nails and cement anchors. He isn't licensed or insured so I won't use him anyway but, he wanted 5K to do it and said it would take him 3/4 days with 4 people. I thought that was way way high and should not take 4 people more than a day. What do you think? PS: I guess I will be doing it myself.

 

[rayra]

You can build it in place, alone, pretty readily and be able to avoid any heavy lifting.
(48) 2x6x16'. Rent a nail gun or get a nice cordless impact driver and some good screws.
You can use some temp blocking / spacers for the bottom of the studs, while you are positioning and fastening their top ends. It would let you set 3-4-5 in place, lean them all to one side, then position your ladder and climb and set the tops in a batch. Lot easier than going up and down the ladder for every one. 9-10 batches gets it done.
You alone could probably do it in a long weekend.


eta 2x6x16 are $10ea around here, retail.

Take a nice vacation with the $4k you 'save'.


eta2 heck I bet if you put the call out you could get a couple nearby garagejournal guys to help you for the price of a good feed. Make a social event out of it. And post pics

 

[astroracer]

2 x 4's would be plenty, 24" OC...
It's not a support wall, all you are doing is building a divider so save yourself some money...
Use PT for the sill plate.
Mark

 

[bullnerd]

Use 24" pallet rack and screw plywood to one side.

Wallrack.

 

[MushCreek]

Sure, framing goes quick, but what are you going to sheathe it with? I assume the quote included drywall or some other wall covering. Pretty tough to hang drywall on a 16' tall wall by yourself.

 

[wantacoe]

Sure, framing goes quick, but what are you going to sheathe it with? I assume the quote included drywall or some other wall covering. Pretty tough to hang drywall on a 16' tall wall by yourself.

Price was for framing only. And if it takes 4 guys 3/4 days then they don't know what they are doing.

 

[MushCreek]

I had a crew of 4 frame my 28x48 barn. 14' high side walls, gambrel roof, 27' high. They did the whole thing, including exterior and roof sheathing and a loft deck in 4 days. No crane, either; they raised everything by hand. I'd have to look it up to see what they charged me.

 

[wantacoe]

Rayra (You can build it in place, alone, pretty readily and be able to avoid any heavy lifting.)
That is what I ended up doing. Heaviest thing I had to lift was a 2x6x18 for the top plate. The only thing I have not completed is the 9x7 garage door. I have it side framed but didn't put the header in yet as I want to be able to get my rolling ladder on the other side to make sheathing easier. That ladder is a huge help! I am also not so sure I want to use that 9x7 door. The track will be in my way. Thinking I may just make a sliding door instead.
I kept track of my time. 21 hours by myself, $40 for nails, screws and cement anchors. Saved $4,960.00. Not too bad for a fat old man! LOL PS: I think I could easily cut 5 hours out of that if it wasn't 105 degrees in that tin box this week!

 

[swaterbenny]

I also did mine with just help from my wife who was pregnant at the time. The hardest part is the top plate. I also did 2x6. The wall is one of my best choices due to cutting the heating and cooling in half. I didn't spend 4 days of time total. Mines is 40' wide, 14' tall, with 2 doors.

I have a few pics of my wall in my build post.