Weldman
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Above 1200 Sq/FT Grain Bin Pole Barndominium
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mike93lx
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Well that's interesting. Some sort of culvert or silo material?
solo machinist
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I had gotten old green house bows years ago in South Carolina and build a 24 x 40 shed. In held up to the hurricane winds well.
But hot! You could fry eggs on the metal roof. I had to cut a large window up top to let air pass through.
I would love to have a silo down the road from me for a outside bar cooking area. Very cool and for free!
But hot! You could fry eggs on the metal roof. I had to cut a large window up top to let air pass through.
I would love to have a silo down the road from me for a outside bar cooking area. Very cool and for free!
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Boostingaz
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Following. This is very interesting. Nice idea.
solo machinist
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Your knocking out of the park! That's a lot of work on your shoulders for one guy.
I do feel your pain. A couple of years ago, my wife and I remodeled a near 3000 sq ft house. We raised the second floor roof 18".
{bro in-law helped a lot on that} Raised the attached garage even with the house roof. 12"?
Did everything ourselves. I was a home inspector back then, and we did flips for a group of investors.
Electrical, plumbing, framing, concrete, roofing, drywall and mud. IF you could find someone to show and give a quote. maybe hear from them or not... When you did, it was sky high. The only thing i farmed out was gutters.
Your case reminds me of the movie "Tread"
Great job.
I do feel your pain. A couple of years ago, my wife and I remodeled a near 3000 sq ft house. We raised the second floor roof 18".
{bro in-law helped a lot on that} Raised the attached garage even with the house roof. 12"?
Did everything ourselves. I was a home inspector back then, and we did flips for a group of investors.
Electrical, plumbing, framing, concrete, roofing, drywall and mud. IF you could find someone to show and give a quote. maybe hear from them or not... When you did, it was sky high. The only thing i farmed out was gutters.
Your case reminds me of the movie "Tread"
Great job.
tdcisco1
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I've been following your build a while now, cool to see you posting here also . Great job !
Jayman17
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Very unique project, I will be watching your progress.
Jay
Jay
Since the roof is more of egg shaped than perfect round due to the build design only way I could trace the roof profile for my end wall was to pick up the whole end wall after I flattened the sheets out to accommodate the awning. So up goes the end wall.
This came out more crooked than a politician
Had to fix it
That looks better
This came out more crooked than a politician
Had to fix it
That looks better
Boostingaz
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Alright for the important part no one discusses or I see mitigate for in pretty well all these barndominium builds, radon. It's about $20 a stick of HDPE perforated at 10' length 2 hole drain pipe so I took some drill stem I had with cutting torch and made my own at 32' length sticks. Welded them up as one piece unit for a passive radon system to encompass the perimeter of the pole barn. It will be a passive system till I enclose the pole barn test for it. If all else and there is non then it will keep moisture out too.
At the time weather was turning for fall out here while waiting to prep for the slab with the hot temperatures it was good time to spray foam the loft area where living quarters is going to be. I stopped short of going to the end of the wall 4' on each side since it will be buffer zone form outside temperatures, have stairs going up one side and elevator on the other side.
So two 650 sq bd ft closed cell insulation kits later I had about 2 inches thick insulated. Don't have pictures of doing the other half, but you get the idea, what a mess.
So two 650 sq bd ft closed cell insulation kits later I had about 2 inches thick insulated. Don't have pictures of doing the other half, but you get the idea, what a mess.
sjvicker
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This looks like a great build!
I once considered doing my own spray foam and every time I see photos or a video of a DIY job it confirms my thinking that I shouldn't ever consider it.
I once considered doing my own spray foam and every time I see photos or a video of a DIY job it confirms my thinking that I shouldn't ever consider it.
Boostingaz
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Fun wouldn't be my first choice of words. And I only had the clean up what the "professionals" left behind haha. They did ruin a nice extension ladder I had sitting in the garage (you didn't think to cover it
). That ladder still has yellow warts to this day.Toolfool
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What a great build ! I'm always amazed at what some guys can do with metal.
MadeByMiller
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What a neat project! It's coming along great, your creativity and technical skill are on clear display. With much respect to you both, this project reminds me of something @royce would build from the repurposed materials, drill pipe, innovative design, and larger than life nature of the project. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks,
Not many of us around as I have seen. Repurposed materials is what I work with best, though I can work with building wood structures, I live in a fire prone area so steel and concrete/bricks it is cause I'm not doing it twice. Might know the area since you are in Rapid City which is close in my books, I live in Miles City MT or at least my mailing address has that town name on it, I live about 50 miles down a rock/gravel road up a ridge off grid. Yes I built all this off the grid, no utility lines run up here and cell phone service is non existent without cell phone booster up in a tree.
Radon/vapor barrier down 15 mil thickness, #4 rebar 24 O.C. with Hercules rebar chairs down. Going to be a 5.5 inch thick with fibermesh 27 cubic yard pour, 3 concrete trucks done by me, myself, I and my wife so we got it covered with enough people.
What's the gap in the middle of the rebar, that's going to be a service pit I plan on digging out later on after I enclose it, not wanting a lift since majority of what have weighs in excess of 10 tons . Also wrapped all the poles with quarter inch thick sill seal so concrete can expand and contract without pushing against the poles cracking the slab.
What's the gap in the middle of the rebar, that's going to be a service pit I plan on digging out later on after I enclose it, not wanting a lift since majority of what have weighs in excess of 10 tons . Also wrapped all the poles with quarter inch thick sill seal so concrete can expand and contract without pushing against the poles cracking the slab.
Took 3 concrete trucks, 27 cubic yards between me and the wife to spread out, first truck arrived at 1400 hrs, last truck left at 1600 hrs started running power trowel around 2000 hrs stopped around 000 hrs, started it back up around 0400 hrs since some of it still had to dry. We kept the slab watered for a week to keep it cool and help the crystals grow to harden.
Took the excess and built a ramp in front of the pole barn, will have to break that away in the future when I decide to put a slab on the outside for things I don't want to work on in the pole barn.
My first slab so go easy on me.
Took the excess and built a ramp in front of the pole barn, will have to break that away in the future when I decide to put a slab on the outside for things I don't want to work on in the pole barn.
My first slab so go easy on me.
andyvh1959
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Unique doesn't begin to describe that, cool, different, looks very functional. Gotta follow this one.
86turbodsl
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You and your WIFE poured 27 yards by yourselves???? WOW.
My hat's off to you both!
Interesting unconventional build. Subb'd.
My hat's off to you both!
Interesting unconventional build. Subb'd.
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