Category Archives: Columns
Dear Mike Burkholder
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/03/2015Dear Readers: For those of you missing the past two days, or yesterday’s blog at most, please back up a day or two to bring you up to speed for my response to a seemingly heated rejoinder by Mike Burkholder of Ohio Timberland Products to a blog I wrote. This is published in it’s entirety. […]
Read moreNail Laminated Columns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/17/2015Ohio Timberland Products, Inc. Nail-Lam “PLUS” Columns Eric, the managing partner of Hansen Pole Buildings, asked for me to write specifically about these columns, which we happen to neither supply, nor recommend. On their website (www.OhioTimberland.com) are extolled the “advantages” (at least in their eyes) of these nailed together columns over true glu-laminated columns: Nail-Lams […]
Read moreSetting Posts on Stands?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/01/2015Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with a “reply-able” […]
Read moreToci Ground Anchors
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/27/2015About a year ago the Technical Department of Hansen Pole Buildings was contacted by the manufacturer of the Toci Ground Anchor: “We manufacture the Toci Ground Anchor, an anchoring device that you may find useful in your line of business. The Toci Ground Anchor safely secures any outdoor structure or building to the ground without […]
Read more- Categories: Uncategorized, Concrete, Columns, Fasteners
- Tags: Pole Barn Brackets, Pole Building Anchors, Moment Load
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Floating Poles
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 04/23/2015In an article last year I included a reference to “floating poles”: https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/blog/2014/05/one-pour-reinforcement-cage/ But how would one go about actually floating poles? Once all of the column holes have been dug, distribute the poles about the perimeter of the building, laying them perpendicular to the hole they are to be placed in, with one end […]
Read more- Categories: Concrete, Columns
- Tags: Pole Building Concrete, Floating Posts, Setting Pole Barn Posts, Pole Building Foundation
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Treated Wood
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 04/10/2015Treated Wood Industry Looks to Toughen Standards Prior to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) dipping its nose into the pressure preservative treating chemical industry in 2002, buying treated wood was pretty darn easy. Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) was the treatment of choice for most everything. CCA was so much cleaner to work with than its […]
Read moreA Pole Building Basement?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/30/2015Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with a “reply-able” […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Questions, Columns
- Tags: Perma-column, Canadian Pole Buildings, Pole Barn Basement, Pole Barns For Canada
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Pressure Treated Lumber
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/26/2015Preserving Wood Columns Beyond Code Requirements The Building Codes (IBC – International Building Code and IRC – International Residential Code) specify minimum requirements for pressure treated lumber used to structurally support buildings. My previous dissertations on pressure treating are available for your reading pleasure here: https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/blog/2012/10/pressure-treated-posts-2/ and https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/blog/2014/05/building-code-3/ Hansen Pole Buildings Designer Kelly brought to […]
Read more- Categories: Lumber, Columns
- Tags: Treated Posts, Post Protectors, Plasti-sleeves, Pressure Preservative Treated Columns
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Setting Pole Building Posts
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/17/2015We Don’t Always Do Things Perfectly, But We Do Listen Last summer Hansen Pole Buildings Supplied a pole building kit package to a client who experienced a few challenges and I took the time to address each one of them. This is Part I of a four part response. First – here is my initial […]
Read moreDigging Holes for a Pole Barn
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 12/31/2014If you didn’t read my blog yesterday – it might help you to back up a day and read where the following blog got started. I nice young gentleman asked me to help him with his boy scout Eagle project – constructing an equestrian barn. So back up a day – then continue here after […]
Read moreSetting Pole Barn Posts
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 12/30/2014DEAR POLE BARN GURU: What is your method for spacing the poles on a pole barn, how do you line up the locations of each pole on a wall? This is for my boy scout Eagle project, a 32x36ft pole barn to be used for equestrian therapy. ANXIOUS IN AUSTIN DEAR ANXIOUS: The best advice […]
Read moreKitty Hawk
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 11/05/2014My loyal readers know I grew up flying small planes (read more about my adventures at https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/blog/2013/09/hangar-n3407s/). Growing up in a flying household meant the Wright Brothers were highly revered. I’d always wondered why it is two brothers from Dayton, Ohio ended up making history at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. I had my first experience […]
Read moreTops of Glulam Posts
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 10/21/2014This question was posed to Justine, who gets everyone’s wonderful materials to their pole building sites for Hansen Buildings: “Justine, pardon me for being confused but: If the tops of glulam posts were manufactured that way to allow cutting, why are they not all that way? There is no rhyme or reason to them. Some […]
Read more- Categories: Columns
- Tags: Glu-laminated Columns, Glulams
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Glulams vs. Solid Sawn Columns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 10/08/2014A Hansen Pole Buildings client recently called his Building Designer Rick. The client was concerned as three ply glulams were provided for his pole building kit package, instead of the 4×6 and 6×6 solid sawn columns which were on his plans. He is concerned his inspector will give him trouble about this and would like […]
Read more- Categories: Lumber, Columns
- Tags: Glu-lam Columns, Solid Sawn Lumber, Glulams, Glu-lam Beams, Solid Sawn Posts
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Are the Poles Close Enough?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 09/08/2014Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with a “reply-able” […]
Read moreHow to Save Money on Pole Building Kits?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 08/18/2014Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Questions, Concrete, Concrete Cookie, Budget, Columns
- Tags: Pole Building Kit Packages, Perma-column, Sturdiwall
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Building Official Out on a Limb
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/31/2014Don’t get me wrong – in case I have not previously gotten my message across in earlier articles – I genuinely like Building Officials. Most of them really do care, and go out of their way to help both do it yourselfers and building contractors. With very few exceptions, Building Officials, field inspectors and plans […]
Read moreAre Concrete Piers OK in Earthquake Areas?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/28/2014Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
Read morePoles for Pole Barns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/12/2014Some days it seems there are nearly as many possible design solutions for pole barn “poles” as there are pole barns! Here is a brief overview of the organic (think coming from trees) ones. For the sake of brevity, I will limit this article to only applications where the columns are embedded in the ground. […]
Read more- Categories: Columns, Lumber, Pole Barn Structure
- Tags: Glulams, Columns, Timbers, Glu-laminated Columns, Solid Sawn Lumber
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The Building Code Ostrich Syndrome
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/27/2014I have a very dear friend who tends to avoid possibly challenging situations, by pretending they didn’t occur. This is known as the ‘Ostrich Syndrome’. Post-frame, as an industry, sometimes suffers from some of the same ailment. I present, for your entertainment pleasure, International Building Code (IBC) Section 1807.3.1, which may very well be both […]
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Up-Lift Plates for Pole Barns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/08/2014Having spent two decades directly involved in the prefabricated metal connector plated roof truss industry (with titles running from just above the janitor, to owner of two plants) steel truss plates have always fascinated me. From Pro-Footer® comes the UP-Lift plate, which is an ingenious adaptation of truss plate technology. They are designed to help […]
Read more- Categories: Columns, Concrete, Footings
- Tags: Pole Barn Footings, Pole Barn Uplift, Pole Building Uplift, Pro-footer, Pole Building Foundation
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FootingPad System for Pole Barns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/07/2014FootingPad™ Composite Footing System In the late 1980’s I was a member of the Board of Directors for the National Frame Building Association (NFBA). Serving along with me was Glen George. The recent 2014 National Frame Building Expo held in Nashville, TN, was like old home week for me, as I reunited with several people […]
Read more- Categories: Footings, Columns
- Tags: Pole Building Footings, Concrete Cookies, Building Uplift
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Titan Timbers vs. Nail-lam Columns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 04/01/2014Timber Technologies Titan Timbers vs. Littfin Truss Nail-lam Columns – The battle continues One of the exhibitors at the 2014 NFBA Expo was Timber Technologies, LLC of Colfax, WI. Timber Technologies is a full-line glulam manufacturer of Titan Timber columns and beams for post-frame buildings. Their Titan Timbers are straight, strong, reliable, easy to cut, […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Structure, Columns
- Tags: Littfin Truss, Nail-lam Columns, Timber Technologies, Glu-laminted Columns
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