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Pole barn advice - siding done, power in

Window and door frames are framed in pretty much as traditionally. You build a buck, instal, and brace it, and just build the blocks around it.
Extra rebar added over the openings for lintels.


There are also special ICF window and door framing blocks that frame out openings, which I plan to use.
 
There is a big difference in foundation at 5" frost depth vs. 5'.
 
Things just got real.

Carport roof down for me to take apart later:
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No bed-rock reached in the Excavation.
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This is looking across from my attached garage. On the left is a little 1-car garage. We are leaving space between the buildings so I can put a lean-to addition there later (and that's where the rock is sticking out of the ground). You can guess where those materials will come from.
 
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Kind of nervous, as snow could start anytime here now. If the building isn't up, I'm further behind this winter than last.

The doors are on pallets there. The plan is shingles and Tyvex this month. Then I do siding, electrical and finish work next summer. Will have to come up with some windows, as well.
 
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Oh man, you better haul ass, you got snow coming this week yet!
 
One thing to keep in mind If your structure isn't pre-engineered it's convenient to have a little wider base plates in case need some fudge one way or the other.

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This will be some rows of block on top of the thickened edge slab, then 2x6 stick built to a 12' height. They raised the lowest corner of the area something like 18" and the highest point is probably 6" below grade. It never seemed so uneven until the laser level showed up. Basically it will look pretty much like the house with blocks down low and vinyl siding for the rest.

Not only are they confident in getting this finished before weather prevents it, they are starting on another one as soon as mine is done. Keep in mind we're already below freezing at night and right now everything out there besides the ground has an inch of snow on it.
 
Blue85 said:
This will be some rows of block on top of the thickened edge slab, then 2x6 stick built to a 12' height. They raised the lowest corner of the area something like 18" and the highest point is probably 6" below grade. It never seemed so uneven until the laser level showed up. Basically it will look pretty much like the house with blocks down low and vinyl siding for the rest.

Not only are they confident in getting this finished before weather prevents it, they are starting on another one as soon as mine is done. Keep in mind we're already below freezing at night and right now everything out there besides the ground has an inch of snow on it.
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12' side wall will be nice, how tall will the overhead door be?
 
See, ready to pour?

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The door placement isn't finallized. I'm planning all 3 doors on this side facing the house - both overheads and the man door. That means I only have to keep snow cleared from 1 side of the building and keeps that side area open for extention. Can't do 3' spacing between everything, though.

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Great!
we should be in the 70’s by saturday.
 
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Get at least one taller overhead though!
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Like I said, the doors are sitting there on pallets. This is 2022, if you're picky about doors, your project gets pushed out to next summer. We agreed to have everything on-hand before starting, to avoid an open building (or tarp doors) all winter. Once I can clear a roof rack on my K5, I'm not sure what taller thing I'll have to put in. Even the 8' tall door on my garage is fine for that. To get a camper in needs 12' minimum and that complicates the build on a 12' wall. Plus, I would have to back it about 175' up the driveway and through a 90 degree curve to put it in.

I was used to putting *everything* inside at my last place, because I had about 3600 ft^2 of outbuildings. It always seemed weird to me to see people buy $50k campers and just park them in the yard all the time, but I did the opposite of parking a $5k camper inside a building that would cost $25k to build.
 
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