Questions from a pole barn newbie...

[ScaldedDog]

We are closing this week on a home with a roughly 43x35x10 pole barn (Morton building), that I'll use to store and work on vehicles. It's well insulated (though I don't know how), with metal walls and a perforated metal ceiling. I've had a really, really nice garage (that you guys helped me design and build - see my threads since 2008), but I'm completely new to pole barns. So, I have questions:

1) How do I attach things to the walls? I had OSB-under-drywall before, and so could attach small things anywhere, and Gladiator Geartrack, for example, to through the OSB to the studs. I trust the "poles" are the analog of the studs in a pole barn, but how do I locate them? Is wiring generally buried deep in a pole barn's walls, or do I have to be concerned that it could be right under the metal?

2) If I want to run additional wiring, conduit or copper tubing in the walls, can I easily take down a section of the metal and get it back up, good as new?

I'm sure I'll have more questions once I'm in, and if these are so newb that there's a "Pole Barns for Dummies" someplace that'll answer them, please do me a solid and point me in that direction. In the meantime, here's a pic of the outside, and one from the inside with the current owner's stuff:

And here's what I'm coming from, so you know I'm not a total newb, just a pole barn newb:

Thanks!

Mark

 

[brownsmustang]

Any answer given would be a guess. There more than one way to frame the interior of that type of building.

Yes, the panels typically just unscrew and you call r&r them fairly easy. One side should be under the adjoining panel and the other side should be on top of the adjoining panel.

 

[bullnerd]

Congrats on the new homestead! Looks beautiful! Is it in CO or were you in CO and moved out or?

Morton has a video on their website, showing how they do the insulation. I copied it when I did my Pioneer building. Its kinda hard to find, but its there.

Did the PO leave any plans for the building? Can you contact the township for plans if they didn't?

KTM, Polaris and John Deere, he has good taste in toys.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Look at where the steel panels are screwed. Those screws should be into framing of some type. It also shouldn't be too difficult to take a sheet loose and have a look behind it.

 

[ScaldedDog]

Thanks guys!! We closed last week, and I've been able to poke around a bit. The PO left all kinds of screws in the sheet metal, so it looks like that's how he hung things. From the pics, though, it was all pretty light stuff. I'll pull a panel off after we move in and I have some time. That's been in short supply, lately...

Congrats on the new homestead! Looks beautiful! Is it in CO or were you in CO and moved out or?

Morton has a video on their website, showing how they do the insulation. I copied it when I did my Pioneer building. Its kinda hard to find, but its there.

Did the PO leave any plans for the building? Can you contact the township for plans if they didn't?

KTM, Polaris and John Deere, he has good taste in toys.

Thanks man!! Great tip on the video (which I found here, for anyone who's looking). I need to confirm visually, but I think that's how mine is built. I do have plans, and need to spend some time with them after I have a better image in my head how these things are built.

Yeah, we are still in CO, just moving south from Littleton to Sedalia. The culture of this place has moved decidedly into the nitwit spectrum, but the geography is as beautiful as it was when I moved here decades ago. So I stay...

I'll have lots more questions for you guys, and appreciate the help.

Mark