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POLE BARN CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE DOORS IN WINTER

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n444

04-02-2007 10:50:15




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POLE BARN CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE DOORS IN WINTER

The people door on my new pole barn jammed up when the ground froze this winter. The non hinged side of the floor jam razed up ¾ inch causing the door to not close. When frost left the ground door closed again, no heat in barn. Any ideas would be helpful




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Paul in WI

04-02-2007 18:13:59




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 Re: POLE BARN CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE DOORS IN WIN in reply to n444, 04-02-2007 10:50:15  
Well, you already have comments to minimize the heaving, I'll attack the problem a little different. Once the door is where you want it, e.g. it latches properly and the space all around the door is equidistant, take 1/2" sheets of plywood and screw or nail them in around the door frame to the pole barn structure. This will provide a rigid area that will have to move together when the frost moves things. It was not clear to me if there was concrete under the door frame or not. If the concrete moves indenpendently of the building wall and door frame then I suggest you remove the concrete out from under the door frame. That way when the concrete moves it will miss the door frame. Said another way, you want the concrete to move independent of the builing poles and door frame. Paul in WI.

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Larry NE IL

04-02-2007 11:11:47




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 Re: POLE BARN CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE DOORS IN WIN in reply to n444, 04-02-2007 10:50:15  
Only two ways I know to fix that problem:
In the winter, clean the snow away from the building sides for at least 10' from the door. Then the frost should heave the slab evenly across the door.

Cut the door and put an adjustable foot on it that you can raise and lower with the frost.



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Mike M

04-02-2007 11:05:54




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 Re: POLE BARN CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE DOORS IN WIN in reply to n444, 04-02-2007 10:50:15  
On my last barn I dug down under the walk in door area and stacked in some ridged styrofoam then packed the dirt in around it. My floor doesn't go under my door. Under my overhead doors I pour a footer 1 foot wide 3 feet deep across the door opening and my doors close onto this. My floor is just poured as a seperate pad inside the skirtboard and inside up to my footers. Seems to work out good,but no builders do this as it takes extra work and you have to do the footers and then come back later and do the floor.

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