Re: Down to the details on pole barn for farm use

Posted by Rander on April 28, 2005 at 20:40:22 from (66.190.213.8):

In Reply to: Down to the details on pole barn for farm use posted by Mark2 on April 28, 2005 at 07:53:10:

Mark2;
I don"t post on this forum regularly but I"ve built a couple of pole buildings and had another built for me and did a lot of research on them. I"m in Louisiana but I don"t expect the issues are much different than Ohio.

I would not go with ridge light if you mean to use plastic or fiberglass panels. They won"t hold up in the weather very long. When they fail they either split along a roll or fold line or pop around a nail head. They get dirty and dull and fairly soon are a pain to clean. Side lights along a north wall are OK, especially if that"s the only other place. You won"t get as much sun on the north side and if you don"t do a tight job you"ll get cold air blowing around it in the winter.

For those long poles I am assuming you need pressure treated wood in ground. Finding good structural solid wood PT that long is difficult. Over the last several years I have become aware of how low the quality of a lot of PT solid wood I"ve found. I"d recommend laminated triple 2X6"s. You can use PT for the part that is in ground and when the get above ground you can use regular wood if it is not exposed to the weather. I have a Morton barn built about 8 years ago that way and it has stood up to at least 3 named tropical storms without any problems. Glulams would be about your strongest option. I"m not sure if glulams are available in PT now,(they weren"t when I built) but if they are I"ll bet they are expensive.

On all of my buildings we used 2x4 purlins on 2" centers. You use more screws or nails but you get a lot better roof hold down than with 2x6"s on 3" centers. (That"s an issue down here near the Gulf.) Also the roof flexes less in the wind and if you need to get on it for any reason.

Sorry, I can"t offer any experience with roof insulation; never used it. Hope this is some help. Good luck with your building.

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