Posted by paul on August 16, 2015 at 16:12:48 from (66.44.132.180):
In Reply to: Pole barn planning posted by Fatjay on August 16, 2015 at 09:21:25:
For that small and tapered, you might end up cheaper stick building. The taper thing is a real mess, I get that you have this here space and that's how it is, but man you just made things more expensive and less useful.
The combination of the cinder blocks and the pole building does not compute? If you are going to lay block then make it a stem wall, and build on top of them, would be a more permanent building, good. If you are digging holes to plant poles, don't waste money on block. I'm not understanding this at all? Spending double on this?
A stick built building and a pole building use about the same amount of wood. The savings is in cheaper construction costs for the pole building. The wider spacing with the 6x6 poles might be cheaper than the narrow 4 foot spacing with the flimsy poles. Often so, you need to do some homework. But your smaller shed might work fine with 4x4.
The key is work out the trusses, what is the cheaper spacing for that size building, and what spacing is most economical. Probably will be 8 feet. Then I would go with 6x6 posts on 8 foot, and that will be cheap set design as well. As well a laminated 6x6 pole is much stronger, and it only needs to be treated on the bottom 5-8 feet, the rest of the pole can be untreated lumber that saves money.
But, the taper thing will derail most of these plans, the custom trusses or your homemade rafters will cost more than a square building roof normally would.
Anyhow, I'm rambling on. You are planning the details, when you need to work out the big pieces first. You want a rock bottom cheap building, and you are picking some options that ensure this thing is going to cost double what it should?
Stem wall block foundations cost a little more, but make a very solid long term building.
Pole buildings are a little cheaper, poles might rot out some day.
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