johnnyturbo
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Found and joined this site a bit ago but am just now getting to posting something. I live on 11 acres just south west of greater Cleveland in a semi rural setting. The ranch house has a 2.5 car attached garage and then there is the 20x20 yard maintenance building and the 30x40 pole garage that houses the transportation department.
I have decided after years of disarray, this summer was the time to reclaim my space and get it organized. I'm currently working on the pole garage* after finishing the small garage and the house garage will be last. I will start here with the small 20x20 garage that houses my property management equipment.
* A work buddy keeps telling me that I don't have a pole barn, that it is a large garage with partial pole construction. So he explains that a pole barn is all metal with a dirt floor, maybe concrete. Mine on the other hand is sided with OSB over the framing and then covered with vinyl siding, has vinyl windows, steel man door with window and a double wide insulated garage door and fiberglas shingles. Then there is the full load bearing second floor that the original owner was going to have as a woodworking shop. I concede and don't call it a pole barn anymore, it's new name is the "Transportation Dept."
Back story: I bought my property in 1996 and the buildings were put up by the previous owner and I might say, done right. Both outbuildings were vinyl sided (light blue) and roofed (sandstone) to match the house, but were completely naked on the inside of both. I just recently decided to reduce my inventory of man stuff (wife calles it junk) and erect storage racks to hold everything off the floor and give me back space. My goal is to be able to work on my cars in the big garage and be comfortable, but I'm not going to try and make it look like an interior room of the house either. I'll post up some pics starting with the yard dept.
Outside views
Back wall with GORILLA RACK installed
side wall showing tools on hooks & STIHL Combi system
Gorilla Racking gets some of the heavy stuff off of the floor
gives ability to use air space over the floor without losing floor space
Why a shed wouldn't work out
I have decided after years of disarray, this summer was the time to reclaim my space and get it organized. I'm currently working on the pole garage* after finishing the small garage and the house garage will be last. I will start here with the small 20x20 garage that houses my property management equipment.* A work buddy keeps telling me that I don't have a pole barn, that it is a large garage with partial pole construction.
So he explains that a pole barn is all metal with a dirt floor, maybe concrete. Mine on the other hand is sided with OSB over the framing and then covered with vinyl siding, has vinyl windows, steel man door with window and a double wide insulated garage door and fiberglas shingles. Then there is the full load bearing second floor that the original owner was going to have as a woodworking shop. I concede and don't call it a pole barn anymore, it's new name is the "Transportation Dept."Back story: I bought my property in 1996 and the buildings were put up by the previous owner and I might say, done right. Both outbuildings were vinyl sided (light blue) and roofed (sandstone) to match the house, but were completely naked on the inside of both. I just recently decided to reduce my inventory of man stuff (wife calles it junk) and erect storage racks to hold everything off the floor and give me back space. My goal is to be able to work on my cars in the big garage and be comfortable, but I'm not going to try and make it look like an interior room of the house either. I'll post up some pics starting with the yard dept.
Outside views
Back wall with GORILLA RACK installed
side wall showing tools on hooks & STIHL Combi system
Gorilla Racking gets some of the heavy stuff off of the floor
gives ability to use air space over the floor without losing floor space
Why a shed wouldn't work out
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