questions about pole building

[Lenny_B]

I just moved into my first house this summer and I am looking to build some sort of garage. I feel that a pole building would be a good fit for me because I can take it slow and do it one step at a time. My question is about an eave entry option on a pole building. I am looking at something in the 26X40+ range and to fit near my house it would require doors on the eave side. I am an avid fisherman and would like an oversized door (100" wide boat through a 9` door is not fun) of some sort either three 10 foot wide doors or possibly just two 16 foot doors. Will this be possible with a pole building? Can I just space the poles to where they will fit and run headers over the doors or am I better off going stick built or finding a new place to build? Any opinions would be great.

 

[DaleK]

Sure with the right size headers you can do it. The other option is to run your trusses the other way, 40' is a nice common width, then you could do whatever you want for doors, even go with scissor trusses if you want more clearance.

 

[HD FLHX]

I have 10ft wide doors in my building. Here's a couple pics that should give an idea how its done.

 

[Lenny_B]

The pictures are great, thank you. As for the 40' wide truss I thought about it, but I feel it would look funny with the building wider than it is long.

 

[Lenny_B]

HD can I ask why you went with eave entry?

 

[HD FLHX]

HD can I ask why you went with eave entry?

Had a few reasons, the main one being it was the only way I could fit that size building on that part of my property and made it a lot easier to build my paint room on the inside.

 

[larry_g]

I have 10' doors on my building also. In this part of the country 12' pole spacing is not unusual. So location has some bearing on your question.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[spotco2]

Mine is 30x30 with 2 doors on the front that are 8' tall and 10' wide. The pole spacing is 10' and the trusses are spaced out at 5'.

We just added another couple of poles and built in the doors with a header.

 

[CNGsaves]

Based on other GJ builds, would recommend deeper building like 30' x 40' as a full-size pickup won't leave much room in front if only 26' deep.

Also might consider making one of those doors as tall as possible to handle camper or trailer.

Finally, if your property layout will work, another door on the back gable end would be useful for possible drive-thru design.

 

[Desert1957]

I chose the large style door on my building, this whole rig fits inside.


Desert