Venting an Attic Without Soffit Air Intake
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/23/2018Venting an Attic Without Soffit Air Intake Loyal reader KEN has an attic space with only air exhaust points – a vented ridge, and no air intake. His dilemma, how to adequately ventilate his attic without vented soffits. Ken writes: “I finally was able to make contact with the manufacturer of the open foam like […]
Read moreMinimum Design Loads and Risk
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/22/2018Minimum Design Loads and Risk Model Building Codes, such as IBC (International Building Code), offer minimum design loads for climactic forces such as snow and wind. As building permit issuing agencies adopt codes, within their scope they can establish minimum values for their particular jurisdiction. Key word here “minimum” – least values a building may […]
Read morePost Frame Scissor Trusses
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/21/2018Post Frame Scissor Trusses I’d spent summers working for my dad and uncles framing buildings and being low man when it came to a totem pole of laborers, I did my fair share of strong back, weak mind work – such as setting trusses. As a teenager, I had not given much thought to complexities […]
Read moreTypes of Construction, Sliding Doors, and Roof Vents
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/20/2018Today the Pole Barn Guru visits with readers about, types of construction, sliding doors, and roof vents. DEAR POLE BARN GURU: Hello Mike – I am working with the NFBA on a study of the post frame (pole barn) building market in the US. Among our objectives is to understand what % of construction in […]
Read more- Categories: Sliding Doors, Pole Barn Questions, Ventilation
- Tags: Sliding Doors, Venting, Type Of Construction, Post-Frame
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Impact of Weather on Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/17/2018Impact of Weather on Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses Proper jobsite storage of trusses has always been near top of my personal list. If in doubt, I recommend erring towards caution’s side. Hansen Pole Buildings’ Construction Manual addresses proper truss handling and storage: “Trusses store best when standing upright. Shore and brace standing trusses […]
Read moreGetting Easement Permission in Writing
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/16/2018When All Things Apparently Go Wrong Hansen Pole Buildings’ Designer Rachel was contacted by one of her clients, who has had his building delivered and has begun erecting it. Client inquired about adding sheetrock to his building. As with many things, there existed a Paul Harvey (younger readers can Google Paul Harvey). You can read […]
Read moreAdding a Second Floor to an Existing Pole Building
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/15/2018Adding a Second Floor in an Existing Pole Building More than one pole (post frame) building owner has an idea of adding a second floor inside their existing building. Or, they plan a new post frame building with an idea of a future second floor being incorporated. This apparently simple proposition has no simplicity involved. […]
Read moreAttaching Horse Stall Posts to Trusses
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/14/2018Attaching Horse Stall Posts to Trusses – Just Say No! Horse housing can be a significant piece of pie for post frame (pole barn) builders and building kit suppliers when economies are good. From 2007 to 2012, as U.S. economy tanked, horse populations decreased by 10%! Well, economies are cyclical and with a strong recovery […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Questions
- Tags: Horse Stalls, Rafters, Prefabricated Wood Trusses, Cribbed Boards, Clear Span Building
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Insulation, Snow Loads, and Best Choice for Condensation
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/13/2018The PBG answers questions about insulation, snow loads, and best choice for condensation. DEAR POLE BARN GURU: I am wanting to finish the interior of my pole barn and have an cathedral like ceiling. If I were to follow the trusses up to the peak with foam board Insulation and use 2x4s spanning between the […]
Read more- Categories: Uncategorized, Insulation, Pole Barn Design, Ventilation
- Tags: Insulation, Snow Loads, Radiant Reflective Barrier, Venting
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Garage Door Trims Don’t Fit
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/10/2018Garage Door Trims Don’t Fit Hansen Pole Buildings’ Technical Support Department answers lots of questions for our clients. Most of these questions can be answered, or could be solved, by review of the building’s engineered plans and/or reading appropriate chapter of Hansen Pole Buildings’ Construction Manual. This Construction Manual also provides a step-by-step outline of […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Questions, Overhead Doors
- Tags: Jamb Trim, Overhead Door Headers, McElroy Metals, J Channel, Overhead Door Jamb Trim
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Approximate Price of Sliding and Dutch Doors
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/09/2018Approximate Price of Sliding and Dutch Doors Only Reader PATRICK in FREDERICK writes: “I was looking for a “approximate” price on metal sliding doors for an existing pole barn that is being refurbished. Also interested in the life stock dutch doors. Could you give me a ballpark price on the following items plus shipping to […]
Read moreChampion Sliding Doors
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/08/2018Champion Sliding Doors Hansen Pole Buildings is a distributor for Plyco Champion Sliding Doors. Champion sliding doors can be ordered as a part of any complete Hansen Pole Buildings kit package. We do not offer any type of doors by themselves, due to challenges of shipping damage. While sliding doors are not an answer to […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Building Doors, Sliding Doors
- Tags: Plyco, Cross Bucks, Plyco Champion Sliding Doors, Plyco Dutch Doors
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Mike the Pole Barn Guru’s World
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/07/2018Mike the Pole Barn Guru’s World When I began this blog back in June of 2011, I surmised getting to a total of 100 articles would be a stretch, but yet a worthy goal. Well, I have surprised even myself… welcome to article number 1500! What amazes even me – how many possible topics have […]
Read morePost Treatments, Screws vs Nails, and “What is This Called?”
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/06/2018Today the Pole Barn Guru discusses post treatment, the use of screws instead of nails, and what type of structure we are looking at. DEAR POLE BARN GURU: Can you please tell me is there a blog post/article on some type of coating or treatment to put on 6×6 posts for wet holes, high water […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Questions, Columns, Fasteners
- Tags: Structural Screws, Column Treatment
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A Tornado and a Pole Barn
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/03/2018Pole Barns and Tornados (Excerpts from a July 21, 2018 Jeffersonville, Indiana News and Tribune article by Jenna Esarey are incorporated in this article) “NEW MIDDLETOWN — With Bobcats, ATVs and chainsaws, many residents of New Middletown spent their Saturday cleaning up after an EF-1 tornado cut a swath through homes, barns and cornfields Friday […]
Read moreWhy Build Roof Before Walls?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/02/2018Why Build the Roof Before Walls? Sometimes I can get so deep into a forest I cannot see trees – I miss things which should be otherwise obvious. For whatever reason a client contacted his Hansen Pole Buildings’ Designer, rather than first contacting Technical Support. Building Designer Gregg aptly forwarded client’s request directly to our […]
Read moreBrick Ledge on a Pole Building
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/01/2018Brick Ledge on a Post Frame (Pole) Building Whilst it would not be my personal preference for finish on a post frame building, there are instances when either aesthetics (trying to match other existing structures), local Planning Departments or HOAs (Home Owner Associations) mandate use of brick or stone exteriors. Whether for a wainscot or […]
Read moreInsulating a Room in an Unheated Pole Barn
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/31/2018Insulating a Room in an Unheated Pole Barn Regular readers of this column recognize insulation as being a hot (pun intended) topic of discussion – not just entire buildings, but also of a room or rooms in an unheated pole barn. Reader RICHARD in WOODSTOCK writes: “I have a 50 x 75 pole barn with […]
Read moreProperly Treated Posts, Hillside Locations, and a Post Frame Option
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/30/2018This week the Pole Barn Guru answers questions about properly treated posts, building on hillside locations, and an option to build with post frame. DEAR POLE BARN GURU: According to most of the answers on the Internet, if I bury the posts for my deck they will rot away and the whole thing will come […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Homes, Insulation, Pole Barn Design, Columns
- Tags: UC-4B, Post Frame House, Seismic Load, Super Insulate, Treated Posts, Hillside Building
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Poor Pole Barn Plans Lead to Poor Results
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/27/2018Poor Pole Barn Plans Lead to Poor Results There are a plethora of places people can go to buy a pole barn kit package with plans – Hansen Pole Buildings (I’d like to believe there is a reason we are the industry’s leader), a few online resellers, nearly every lumberyard in America, as well as […]
Read moreSingle-Pane Windows
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/26/2018Single-Pane Windows When I was first in the post frame (pole barn) building industry almost 40 years ago windows were hardly ever a chosen option, and when they were, they were always single-pane windows. Why? Because the buildings were probably never going to be climate controlled and the single-pane windows were cheap. And, as we […]
Read moreAlmost Round Pen
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/25/2018Almost Round Pen Our eldest daughter Bailey, as a professional horse trainer, has spent a great deal of her life with horses in round pens. Generally round pens are unprotected in the great outdoors, leading to them not being able to be used in inclement weather. Personally, experience has shown it is far more economical […]
Read moreDecks and Exterior Balconies of Post Frame Buildings
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/24/2018Decks and Exterior Balconies of Post Frame Buildings Post frame buildings and residential construction have finally met and the marriage happily looks to be a long term one! Along with this marriage, post frame has to familiarize itself with structural areas which were previously unfamiliar. Amongst these are decks and exterior balconies. The 2018 IBC […]
Read moreRebuilding, Post Spacing, as well as a Frost Wall
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/23/2018I this weeks blog, the Pole Barn Guru talks about, rebuilding a pole barn, ideal post spacing and a frost wall. DEAR POLE BARN GURU: Hello, I recently disassembled a 36 x 100 pole barn and am rebuilding it at my house. It was covered with 2″ reinforced paper faced roll pole barn insulation with […]
Read more- Categories: Constructing a Pole Building, Footings, Insulation, Building Department
- Tags: Post Spacing, Frost Walls, Foundations, Rebuilding
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Evolution of The Pole Barn Guru and his Building Philosophy
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/20/2018Today we’d like to revisit the “Evolution of The Pole Barn Guru and his Building Philosophy” In my early years, tremendous quality was not necessarily the strong point. It was the ability to offer a very reasonably priced building and deliver it quickly. My buildings were pretty much the same as everyone else I competed […]
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- Tags: Frank Woeste, Pole Building Design, Post-Frame
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