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Well things are getting real again on Buckeye Hill.

Tuesday I obtained my building permit for this summers project.

40x64x16 Pole building
18x14 Insulated OH door & 12x12 Insulated OH door
Small porch area 8x12
5" slab - 2" Insulation under & around edges, 4-6" of 57's base
Roof w/ drip stop on panels
House Wrap under steel
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Insulation will be done after construction is done, Batt in walls & blown in above ceiling.
3/4" plywood for 8' then white VB above
Ceiling will be the Stars & Bars (AKA American Flag)
100 amp service

DIYPoleBarns.com kit, yes doing this one myself with some grunt help a few days.

Should order the kit next week, then roughly 4 weeks to get site prep done before materials are delivered.
 
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Sounds like a fun project, one that I would like to do someday. Keep us posted with progress and pics. Are you doing site prep and electrical yourself or farming that out? Are you renting equipment (i.e. skid steer, excavator, etc) or do you already own it? Interested in why you are choosing diypolebarns.com vs materials from say, a Menard's kit. Also, how much money do you think you are going to save doing it yourself?
 
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Busy summer in store for you!
I hope you can stand the excitement!
You don't strike me as one who hasn't put a lot of thought into this already.... but...😆
Unless you have some very wide and tall farm equipment, I'd go with 2 12x14h doors. Any road legal trucks/trailer will fit right in.
Another item if you can swing it, used or 2nds foam sheets are cheap compared to new retail. You might have some Amish around you that sells it. Ripping to width and shoving it in between the metal and wrap horizontally in between the wall girts as you install the metal will wildly assist any "normal" fiberglass insulation that you might put inside later.👍
Looks like a great building! Have fun.
 
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Buckaroo5 said:
Sounds like a fun project, one that I would like to do someday. Keep us posted with progress and pics. Are you doing site prep and electrical yourself or farming that out? Are you renting equipment (i.e. skid steer, excavator, etc) or do you already own it? Interested in why you are choosing diypolebarns.com vs materials from say, a Menard's kit. Also, how much money do you think you are going to save doing it yourself?
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I had a couple builders quote it erected and 60% - 80% cheaper to build myself.
I will sub out the concrete & OH door installation.

Only thing I need to rent is an auger for the post holes & Telehandler for the truss’s & roofing. Have access to a bobcat that all I have to do is buy some Busch Light 😎

I will start site prep as soon as things dry out a bit. Own equipment for all this work. Tractor, box blade, dump truck, backhoe, site is pretty flat so not a lot of dirt work required.

Electrical will be done by me also, have not decided if I will use the backhoe to trench it in or renting a trencher.

I have heard horror stories about the Menards kits. No personal experience, I did not get them to quote.

Package I’m going with is not the cheapest quote I have but the most complete & easiest to deal with by far. Helps their salesman is a good personal friend.
 
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jack stand said:
Busy summer in store for you!
I hope you can stand the excitement!
You don't strike me as one who hasn't put a lot of thought into this already.... but...😆
Unless you have some very wide and tall farm equipment, I'd go with 2 12x14h doors. Any road legal trucks/trailer will fit right in.
Another item if you can swing it, used or 2nds foam sheets are cheap compared to new retail. You might have some Amish around you that sells it. Ripping to width and shoving it in between the metal and wrap horizontally in between the wall girts as you install the metal will wildly assist any "normal" fiberglass insulation that you might put inside later.👍
Looks like a great building! Have fun.
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Total farm country here, while I don’t farm I know the wide door will add value down the road.

I will look at the insulation sheets closer once I get to that point. I have a wholesaler local to me that is MUCH better priced than the big box stores.
 
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Buckaroo5 said:
Are they still in Arcanum, OH? Did you do your planning over the phone/on-line or did you go down there?
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They are still in Arcanum

They hired a good buddy of mine up here in southern Michigan. So I have had a personal experience with him doing all the design / quoting. I had most of it planned before we met up, other than what the Building inspector wanted changed, we changed very little during the design process.

Unfortunately I have some slower than expected funds coming, won't be ordering until April. (I'm a commissioned guy)
 
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Building package ordered & Paid for.
Now Mother nature just needs to turn off the spigot for the spring, or atleast to a trickle. Wettest beginning of spring (6 week span April - Mid March 10.4") in history here.

I was unsuccessful at buying an articulated boom lift yesterday, via online auction. Winning bid was one bid above my max.
Hoping to get one bought before shop starts to go up.
 
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