Raising pole barn 4ft. Input needed.

[lowe.joshua51]

I'm going to raise the entire roof of my pole barn (24x30 currently with 9ft ceiling). When I raise the trusses 4 ft, I'm going to sister taller posts on then set the roof back down and attach it how it was before.

My question is when I go to fill in the outside sheet steel I'm concerned that the new panels won't match color wise. The roof and all trim is a green and the walls are white. I'm considering making the 4ft part the clear polycarbonate panels so that it doesn't have to match. Or I thought about just doing a charcoal color steel for the top 4 ft.

Any thoughts?

 

[dbabicky]

The Poly panels would be nice for added lighting.

 

[ard]

Combination black and poly?

 

[dave_dj1]

Just use a completely different color for the filler panels , something to compliment what you already have.
How are you going to lift the roof? One shot or disassemble and do over? One side then the other? Take lots of pics

 

[lowe.joshua51]

Just use a completely different color for the filler panels , something to compliment what you already have.
How are you going to lift the roof? One shot or disassemble and do over? One side then the other? Take lots of pics

I'll try to make a video of the process! I have a 2 post lift right in the middle, so I'll use that to raise it in one shot!


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[kbs2244]

Pick a calm day!

 

[Cobra5150]

I'll try to make a video of the process! I have a 2 post lift right in the middle, so I'll use that to raise it in one shot!


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Better yet stream it live

 

[Fordguy1964]

Hold my beer and watch this.

That sounds like an interesting project.

As far as your question goes... I guess it depends on if it is heated or not. If you use the poly panels it will let in a lot of light which is great BUT they have no insulating properties. As you know, heat rises so that would compound the problem I think. Not knowing if it is insulated now doesn't help my answer I guess. My garage which is a pole barn also has poor lighting. It seems there can never be enough lights in there... but may be my old eyes.

If it is insulated, then I would suggest a complimentary color to what you have now and insulate as you have with the rest of the garage.

 

[lowe.joshua51]

I talked with my wife about it and I think what we're leaning to now is to re-steel the front to a color that we like better, which isn't much because of an 18x8.5 door in the center. Then once the roof is raised I'll move the white steel to the top on the sides and back, then do a wainscoting around those sides with the color of the front to fill the gap.

Basically the front will be (colors not decided yet, just for reference) light grey for the walls, charcoal for wainscoting. Sides will be white walls, charcoal wainscoting.

It's not insulated, heated, cooled or finished at all on the inside which will make the raising a lot easier.

 

[lowe.joshua51]

Pick a calm day!

Thats for sure!

 

[larry_g]

What is driving the need to raise the roof? I ask because it would seem to me that adding on to the building an extension with the higher roof would cost about the same and gain you more square footage. I'm sure that there may be valid reasons to not add on, but have you considered it? Have you considered raising only part of the roof? My old shop had one section of the roof raised with a step up in the roof line.

lg
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[lowe.joshua51]

What is driving the need to raise the roof? I ask because it would seem to me that adding on to the building an extension with the higher roof would cost about the same and gain you more square footage. I'm sure that there may be valid reasons to not add on, but have you considered it? Have you considered raising only part of the roof? My old shop had one section of the roof raised with a step up in the roof line.

lg
no neat sig line

Honestly there's no 'need' to raise the roof. I just want to walk under trucks on my lift. I'd also like to park a car under it in case of hail or other bad storms. I did think about adding on but the way the trusses are setup I'd have to go 'back' instead of 'left or right' when looking at the front. This would essentially but me right up against my wood line and cut my yard in half.

Also, I'd have to pour a concrete pad to move the lift in there, then I'd have to have a driveway come around the side for a new garage door or cut out the old back wall and clean out the front enough to drive all the way through..

It's so small that I think raising part of the roof would be more work trying to figure out trusses and such than just raising the whole thing, once I raise it I can add a ~10ft lean to on the back and right side and have plenty of room for the boat/lawn mower/four wheeler and the garage will be cleaned out nicely.


Does this thinking make sense? I at one point thought about getting new trusses that are 30ft long instead of the current ones that are 24, and then I could extend to the right which would make a ton of sense with the layout of my lot, I wouldn't need a massive driveway and I could make the addition taller/deeper if needed but that's a ton of work that I don't really want to do..

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'd start crunching numbers and consider the add on. Compare what the price difference would be and you could also spread that cost over a couple of years. You can also tie two roof lines together,that's nothing new and is done every day.

Granted more concrete is going to be an expense but so is buying new poles and if you're doing that work yourself (lifting entire roof) you might want to run that by your insurance agent in case something bad happens and they want to deny coverage.

 

[bobbyjean]

wait...you want to raise the roof 4 feet in Kansas ? you are brave... consult with pole builders in your area ...............Please

 

[finn]

Adding to the footprint, if possible, will be cheaper and easier in the end

 

[mike93lx]

Does this thinking make sense? I at one point thought about getting new trusses that are 30ft long instead of the current ones that are 24, and then I could extend to the right which would make a ton of sense with the layout of my lot, I wouldn't need a massive driveway and I could make the addition taller/deeper if needed but that's a ton of work that I don't really want to do..

Just an fyi, but if you do that, you need cantilever trusses. The point where it contacts the wall is critical

 

[rburke65]

Id like to do this to a pole barn I have but I'm thinking too much screwing around because of all the wiring, conduit, and air line, etc. running in the trusses.

 

[lowe.joshua51]

Id like to do this to a pole barn I have but I'm thinking too much screwing around because of all the wiring, conduit, and air line, etc. running in the trusses.

Luckily I only have one power line in the trusses that runs to my lift and I purposefully left extra at each end so I could raise it easily. I do have lights hanging from them but they're all wired together so it'll just be 1 wire I have to re run to the beginning.