new barn almost finished-photo

Hey guys,

Here is our 30 x 56' barn. Thought I would share a photo of it. I started planning this last September asking all of you questions about bracing. I built this barn on concrete pilings. Each pole had a concrete piling to stand on at grade. The concrete was poured to the frost line after drilling 18" diameter holes. A post anchor was fastened to the top of the concrete with a 4.5" lag bolt. Each pole was fasted to an anchor, then stood up with bracing. We used a laser to give pole dimensions so we could cut them before standing them up. Everything was right on. I didn't like walking on the roof much. That 4/12 pitch is a bit steep. Now the only problem is keeping the floor dry. Just had gutters put on it, but considering a shallow french drain all the way around leaving gravel to grade. Anyone ever done this. I don't care if the grass grows up to the sides.

Anyway, thanks for the input by many of you last fall.

Tim, Ohio

Tom

I went with the darker color on the roof.
It was called burnished slate. The sides
were called desert sand. So, it is dark
brown and tan, basically.

Tim, Ohio

Yes, I bought a kit from a company called
64 Metals. The cost of the kit was 8600.00
including tax. I did not buy the doors from them because I wanted to use a Wayne
Dalton brand overhead which will match the ones on my garage. Also, I prefered to buy a "man" door with a steel frame instead
of wood. 64 Metals did a good job of putting
the kit together. I only had a problem with
a piece of Z channel that was supplied white
instead of dark brown. Anyway, it was a fun
project, but I regret having done it in the
crazy weather we had in October and November.
Oh, I also added cost when I used concrete pilings
and post anchors. That added up to about another
700.00. But, at least my posts will be out of the
ground and will last my lifetime. Then I had another 300.00 in gravel. Fortunately, I did not have to rent any equipment since my neighbor is an excavator. My wife is a heavy equipment operator so she did all of the hole drilling and trackhoe work. I did a little work with a dozer to prepare the site. I would have to say using a dozer was about the most fun out of the whole project.

Tim, Ohio