Category Archives: Pole Barn Planning
Water Your Lawn, Not Your Lumber
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/07/2011Lumber is considered to be dry when it reaches a moisture content of 19% or less. When below this threshold, it becomes relatively dimensionally stable. More importantly, it is naturally resistant to mold and other fungi which will attack wood. When lumber is rained upon, or allowed to sit in mud or puddles, it can […]
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- Tags: Air-dried Lumber, Framing Lumber, Lumber Moisture, Lumber Storage, Mold Growth
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Happy 4th of July!
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/04/2011Steel outbuildings or barns are often a gathering point of family and friends during times of celebration. Whether your pole building is used as a place to party or for the usual toy storage, take time to enjoy your 4th this year and be safe.
Read moreWood is Good – Green Building Construction
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/30/2011Obama Administration says “Wood is Good” The Obama Adminstration has officially endorsed wood as a green building material. The U.S. House and Senate passed resolutions in 2009 and 2010 acknowledging the American wood industry sustainably manages an environmentally preferable natural resource, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilscak recently announced a strategy to promote […]
Read moreMore High Wind News – Pole Buildings Can Withstand Strong Winds
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/29/2011Pole buildings can be easily designed to withstand hurricane and tornado wind loads. The article below is from www.technewsdaily.com May 26,2011 and speaks to housing design under high winds. Redesigned Roofs Withstand High Wind Events The tornado that stormed through Joplin, Mo., on May 22 shredded an estimated 8,000 buildings and stranded […]
Read moreLying or Just Plain Stupid?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/28/2011Yesterday afternoon, one of our senior building designers sent me this instant message: “So what do you do with a customer who is being sold a bill of goods by his contractor? Starting from, client was told he needed to pour footings and build with 2×6 studs because pole buildings ‘move too much’. All the way […]
Read moreTornado Proof: Pole Buildings Can Limit Damage
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/27/2011Thanks to www.ocala.com May 24, 2011 for their article, “Florida Building Codes Limit Tornado Damage” While surveying tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., University of Florida researcher David O. Prevatt said he was struck by the city’s large number of old homes susceptible to storm damage. “We have to expect this sort of damage unless we […]
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- Tags: Building Code, Hurricanes, Pole Buildings, Storm Damage, Tornadoes
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Pole Barn Truss Spacing
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/24/2011What do you mean they are not 2 feet apart? Back in the day (early 1990’s) I was on the National Frame Builders Association (NFBA) Board of Directors. One of my fellow board members from the Midwest wanted to take a peek at how pole barns were constructed in the West, so I invited him […]
Read moreThe Disaster Solution
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/20/2011When life has been turned upside down by disaster, the building to turn to is a pole building. By the time the wreckage is cleared, your new building has been delivered. Pole buildings offer the ultimate resource when you need a building fast. With simple design meant to speed along construction pole buildings may best suite your needs in a time of emergency.
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- Tags: Rebuild, Tornado, Damaged Buildings, Disaster, Hurricane
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