Pole barn for the toys

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1st day at 6:30am.....

 

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Same day.....6pm

 

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in progress.....

 

[bluejeep]

That is a lot done in one day! Can you give us some more info on your build?

Welcome to the Board by the way!

 

[Pate]

Impressive start!

 

[Kyle86]

Looks awesome!

 

[R'Addiction]

Hi guys, My garage was built by Shirk Builders from Pennsylvania. It was started on July 5th and finished 7 days later. Concrete and all! Came back on the 8th day to hang the gutters (1 guy and 45 minutes later and he was gone). I am in the process of doing the electric and water hookup.
The footprint is 28 ft wide with one bay 30 ft. deep and the other is 42 ft. deep. There is a second story that is 30X12. Looking to get more windows installed in the front part of the second story.

 

[Homebody]

Nice! More pics...

 

[ksc]

Really like the variation from the standard pole barn. More pics please!

 

[R'Addiction]

Dog loves it....

 

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.....This was the 100 year old barn that was here when I bought the house.

 

[cj7365]

did you salvage any of the old barn?, I really like the old gutter, whats up with the basket ball hoop??

 

[DKerns]

Looks Good John!!

 

[R'Addiction]

Thanks Dwayne! Whats up Buddy?

 

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did you salvage any of the old barn?, I really like the old gutter, whats up with the basket ball hoop??

Salvaged the door rollers and hardware, a good bit of the wood. The hoop was put on by the previous owner.Would have liked to refurb the old barn but it was to far gone. (Besides the 2nd floor is bigger than the old barns 2nd floor.)

 

[R'Addiction]

Doesn't get any better!

 

[richtersrodz]

Wow.. very nice build. It makes me want to get a concrete floor in my barn.

 

[R'Addiction]

Thanks, The concrete guys did a great job.

 

[Kevin54]

Let me guess....Amish built?

 

[fastzr1]

Looks great. Is there a man door on the side? A window or two would be nice for the loft area in the front.

 

[R'Addiction]

Let me guess....Amish built?

yes it is. 7 days done!

Looks great. Is there a man door on the side? A window or two would be nice for the loft area in the front.

There is a man door on the short side of the building. And I am adding 2 windows to the tall end. Should have done it when it was built but I was excited about finally getting a garage that I didn't think that through. No worries the builder is installing 2 windows as soon as he comes down and measures it out.

 

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Toolbox coming out of retirement...

 

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Bg brother bought me a cool piece for the garage. It has two meanings, first is this is off a Nash Metropolitan which is te car that my Mom learned to drive in. And the second is Nash is the name of my Golden retriever who is battleing cancer right now.

 

[domecreek]

I wish we had the Amish here in Edmonton,Alberta,Canada

 

[b4z]

Heck. I wish we had the Amish in south Carolina.

 

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Well its friggin' freezing here and I'm off to work in the garage. Hopefully the sun warms it up a bit.

 

[hicketts]

If you don't mind me asking, how was it working with Shirk? I looked at them and the gave a pretty good pric and will probabley go with them in the spring. I was also wondering who you had do the concrete work? Thanks

 

[sparky7]

If you dont mind, how much did it cost?

 

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If you don't mind me asking, how was it working with Shirk? I looked at them and the gave a pretty good pric and will probabley go with them in the spring. I was also wondering who you had do the concrete work? Thanks

Sorry, didn't have the email notification.

Allen Shirk was great to work with. I was at 30K give or take 1K. The concrete was done by a company that Allen suggested. Great company all in all.
Did I mention it was done....concrete and all in 7 days.

 

[R'Addiction]

If you dont mind, how much did it cost?

Look at above post. I think for what I have it is a great price. Just wish I had the electric run from the house during the build. I'm dealing with that mess right now. (snowed the other day and I had a 100+ foot trench in the backyard running conduit and fishing 4 legs and 3 wires for a 3 way switch to turn the lights on from the house.)

 

[Chuckleins]

I had by pole barn (28x32x10) built (in April) by Shirk's too. We are about 3 miles from their office. Took them about 7 days too but I have board and batten siding with a shingled roof. Very quick and good to work with. We worked with Linus Shirk. Also priced out from Conestoga and Black Creek but they were more $ by far. Our price with concrete was $21,595.

 

[NewShockerGuy]

Sorry, didn't have the email notification.

Allen Shirk was great to work with. I was at 30K give or take 1K. The concrete was done by a company that Allen suggested. Great company all in all.
Did I mention it was done....concrete and all in 7 days.

IS that with the concrete slab poured as well??? Or just the actual building?

I love it!!! Please post more pictures!

-Nigel

 

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IS that with the concrete slab poured as well??? Or just the actual building?

I love it!!! Please post more pictures!

-Nigel

Thanks Nigel. Gutters, 7-windows, 3-doors (2-10x10, 1-man door) Snow cleats and a really nice sized room upstairs 12x30!

This was 6:30 in the morning on the first day.

 

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poles positioned

purlings going on east wall

Rafters going up...

 

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Boat bay extension...

End of first day

 

[kevinstj]

Heck. I wish we had the Amish in south Carolina.

You can have all the Amish we have here in Ohio . For Free.

 

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I have electric in the garage now. What a chore that was since I tried to save money and do it myself. The 100 foot ditch was/is a PITA! Working on it when time would allow and as of this last weekend I have power! I will have pictures soon.

 

[hemibee69]

Nice building John!

 

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Winterized the boat, in the garage under the lights. In a month or so the engine comes out anyway but better safe than sorry.