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[Bttowns]

I am looking at building a shop in my back yard. 24x36 I have been looking at either a carport type building or pole barn. I can’t have it sided with metal it will either be hardie panel,hardie board or rough sawn lumber for more of a barn look. I want a sliding barn door on the 24’ wall. Does anybody here have any experience with siding one of the carport style buildings with the materials I have listed? Thanks for the help.

 

[MushCreek]

You're going to want to have support a maximum of 24" apart; 16" would be better. In that case, you might as well just use conventional stick framing. On my barn, I went conventional framing, using 2X6's because of the wall height (12') and for more insulation potential. I see lots of people build a pole barn with posts 8' or more apart, then use more time and materials to fill in the area in between so they can hang siding, etc. I can't inagine it's much faster or cheaper in the long run.

Depending upon the siding, you'll also need bracing to keep the building from wracking in the wind. Sheathing it in OSB or plywood takes care of that; the siding is there for aesthetics and to keep the weather off of the sheathing. I sheathed my barn with 5/8" T1-11 siding to look like 8" boards. Someday I'd like to cover t with better looking siding. I did the house in Hardie plank, but it's expensive and labor-intensive. Materials alone for my barn would run $2500, not including labor.

 

[readhead]

You can use hat channels on a carport style building, install sheeting and then the siding of your choice. You will have to find a building company that can supply the bracing required for the sliding door. Why do you want a sliding door? They are expensive and difficult to seal.

 

[Falcon67]

Note that HardiPanel is fragile and even on 24" centers with conventional framing is taking a chance. I know because I did LOL. No issues but be aware. You can consider LP Smartside as an anternative, it is a lot less fragile and easier to cut and work with overall IMHO. If you sheet the building with 7/16" OSB, they you can lay anything on it. Make sure the aluminum channel type stuff is designed to carry the weight. Total OSB+Hardi would be around 4 lbs sq/ft more or less. Hardipanel is heavy.

Also - Hardi is now nearly 2x the cost of when I put it up in 2011. Daaang. I paid $26, now $40 per panel. LP Smartside primed is $30/sheet

TSC would have everything you need for the sliding door. With a little thought, no harder to seal it up - and likely no tighter either - than trimming out your average 16' overhead door.

 

[Bttowns]

Thanks for the replies I want a sliding door mainly for esthetic reasons. My wife doesn’t like the look of standard roll up doors and I don’t like having the track for a regular garage door. My thought was to put banding boards around the sides to attach the sheeting to then attach siding. I got a couple quotes on stick built and it was just crazy expensive. I like the carport for the openness

 

[MushCreek]

I have a sliding door on my barn. It works well, but leaks air like crazy, and critters can get in/under/around it. I have barrel bolts, and draw latches which pull the doors fairly tight across the jamb. I formed a track in the concrete of my driveway for the door to ride in, but they made it much too wide, so I put in sone PT spacers to snug it up. They do make brushes to help seal it to keep the critters and wind out, but you can't use them on the floor.

 

[Bttowns]

I have a sliding door on my barn. It works well, but leaks air like crazy, and critters can get in/under/around it. I have barrel bolts, and draw latches which pull the doors fairly tight across the jamb. I formed a track in the concrete of my driveway for the door to ride in, but they made it much too wide, so I put in sone PT spacers to snug it up. They do make brushes to help seal it to keep the critters and wind out, but you can't use them on the floor.

Thanks for the info about the door I had t thought about that

 

[CraigStu]

What is a carport type building? I thought car ports didn't have walls or doors.

 

[readhead]

It is a tube steel building vs a red iron building. For smaller buildings they are less expensive, take less concrete, go up quicker and are more DIY friendly.