Pole vs stick or some combination in Texas?

[Jduke]

Bought a house with a few acres outside city limits, and am researching shop builds.

There is already a 22'x32' pad with footings and nothing else on it, that's smaller than I want to build, would like to go at least twice that size to 40' wide and 30' deep with 12-14' sidewall for some headroom.

Will be using for both metal and woodwork, but may want to pull tractor inside on occasion for maintenance.

Definitely want concrete floors for everything except maybe a lean to on one side.

First place I got a quote wanted to stick build on existing slab with pole on the other side, but I'm thinking that since I want to insulate and heat and cool somewhat, I may be better off just getting the slab doubled with footers for about $5,000 and get the whole thing stick built.

Any suggestions for builders or metal building places in the Tyler TX area?


Thanks in advance for any input.
Duke

 

[lakeroadster]

The thing about the existing pad and footing would be "was it done right"?

Think you'll ever want to put a lift there?

If you can determine that existing work is good I think I'd build a stick framed shop on the pad, and build a pole building for misc. storage that's attached to the stick frame shop.

To determine that it was done correctly would require some digging around the perimeter and some drilling and sampling of the concrete.

 

[Voi]

There is a build in the Gallery section where somebody switched from stick built on slab/frost wall/footings to a post frame build. It was one of these shop/house builds sometimes called a "shouse" or "barndominium".

I tried to find it recently and couldn't.

The idea of building on a slab of unknown quality comes up more often. One suggestion that frequently comes up is to build a pole barn around the existing slab but with a larger footprint. Then one can pour new cement around the perimeter and pin it to the existing slab.

 

[rburke65]

I would have to vote for a stick built and go with 2x6" studs and a new foundation. Maybe do a lean to over the existing pad.

 

[Falcon67]

OP - You didn't say where in Texas you are. Might make a difference if you are building on Permian rock, coastal sand or up in the panhandle where the wind might take the roof off.

There is a build in the Gallery section where somebody switched from stick built on slab/frost wall/footings to a post frame build. It was one of these shop/house builds sometimes called a "shouse" or "barndominium".

A new buzzword in Real Estate. "barndominium" It's a dirivitive of the slang "bonehead" which means stupid and the Latin "dominium" meaning control; ownership - because you will be in control of that and own that stupid build forever since they have a very tiny resale market, if any.

 

[Jduke]

I'm in the Tyler area about 90 miles east of Dallas.

Soil is very sandy with clay or red dirt anywhere from a few inches to a few feet down.

Falcon I like the definition of 'barndominium'

There's a tree on one side of existing slab that I'd rather not cut down, so building pole barn with existing as lean to sounds like better idea than trying to build bigger and encompass existing slab.

Rburke why do you suggest 2x6? Weather here is mild enough we don't reall need the room for insulation.

No plans for a lift, I'd rather do my metal and woodwork and pay a mechanic to work on my cars.

Duke

 

[73RR]

You are probably better off starting fresh since you don't have any history on the slab.
Have you considered the building plans/packages offered by HomeDepot?
Worth looking into.