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New pole shed Advice wanted
I built one by myself for a customer (not counting the concrete work) with a 12/12 roof pitch and lean-to covered potting area and it took me a month full time in high humidity and 93 degree days---never will do it again with only a bobcat. Bought a 40'self-propelled telescoping manlift for next time. Since I did it alone, I used my big bobcat loader and a 20 ft. crane attachment (30' total vertical reach) I made to lift pre-assembled truss-and-girts (3 trusses) that I put together on the ground up and onto the top plates, then slid them back with the crane. I used a pneumatic palm nailer to drive the spiral pole barn nails and the ring shank nails (try holding a 20 ft. 2x12 on a short ladder AND nailing with a hammer without a helper) I bought three cordless 18v screwdrivers and used about 3,000 screws. My arms were sore for two weeks after. While keepingt my balance 2 stories up on a 45 degree angle I had to load the drill with a screw, hold it in place and hit the back of the drill with the other hand to pierce the metal with the screw. Down on the ground I found pre-piercing with a nail saved a lot of time and aggravation. Local codes said I had to use a continuous foundation like a regular garage so I dug the 9" trench with a rented miniexcavator (which I flipped on it's side) (DOH!! $450 for a new door window) and then suspended and braced the poles in the trench and then poured concrete. One course of bottom boards became the forms for the floating floor.
An all-metal roof with no insualtion will sweat like crazy---even a wood and shingle one will too when you heat it and the air temp is low enough to make condensation. Just working and breathing in it for extended times will make it sweat. If you do heat the floor (or even if you don't but want to conserve energy when heating it) you will have to line the foundation trench inside, outside and the bottom, and the floor bottom with 2" or thicker foam to thermally isolate it. (we quoted a 50x100 barn for a guy and it added $10,000 to the price to thermally isolate it). In our area the going price 3 years ago was $2 per covered sq. ft (roof and walls) for labor exc. conc.
If you are business you can depreciate a fully-metal barn/building in about 5 years versus 26 years for a wood and steel structure since it can be disassembled and repossessed by the lending institution if there is loan out for it. There are companies out there that all they do is metal building financing because of the US tax laws.
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