Re: OT: Tips/ideas for pole barn, do's/dont's.

Posted by thurlow on December 26, 2004 at 09:50:34 from (65.255.98.35):

In Reply to: OT: Tips/ideas for pole barn, do's/dont's. posted by Markss on December 26, 2004 at 09:07:03:

Markss; Like a lot of topics batted around on here, kinda hard to give detailed advice because there are so many unknowns........your skill level, materials that are locally available, equipment you have available, time you have to devote to project, etc. I put up 4 (and provided major help on a 5th) somewhat similar buildings within the last 8-10 years. Smallest was 24 x 40; largest was 56 x 78. Used utility poles (used) for which I had a good (and cheap) source. Squared them with a saw mill and sawed most of my framing lumber. If I hadn't had my own mill, I could have bought rough lumber from local commercial sawmill for much less than I would pay at lumber shed. Out of pocket costs were hardware/nails, roofing material (metal in my case) and concrete. Not all had a concrete floor. Also bought a Paslode framing nailer, which was one of the best investments I ever made. Didn't have anything approaching your budget in any of these buildings. All except one were built for hay/machinery storage and cattle barns. The smallest was my brother's (24 x 40) 2-story heated (tho not cooled) workshop with game room overhead. He only had $8 or 10000 in it. I charged nothing to labor/design/engineering (since there were no out-of-pocket costs)........well, maybe a few dollars for fuel/maintenance of equipment. If you have a source of timber/logs, you can pay for an inexpensive sawmill on this one project. Don't know if this will give you any ideas of what's possible...........

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• Re: OT: Tips/ideas for pole barn, do's/dont's. ol George 11:43:58 12/26/04 (1)
  • Re: OT: Tips/ideas for pole barn, do's/dont's. learned hard way 20:27:09 12/26/04 (0)

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