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Thanks for all of your advice. It has helped me greatly. I cannot wait till spring to start the project.
Would you recommend 4' on center or 8' on center for 16'x24' building posts?
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8 ft. oc. has pretty much been the standard around here.
4 ft. oc. can't hurt if you are going to have horses, hogs, or big cattle pushing against it.
Frank.
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After a brief glance of your list, it appears to me that you're going to run out of nails long before you're finished framing. You only listed framing nails and roofing nails. I don't think you're going to like driving 16d nails in , what 20, sheets of osb. I recommend 10d for that. You'll need cut, fluted, or powder actuated nails, masonary screws, or similar to attach the bottom plate to the concrete slab. I'd recommend pressure treated 2x's where wood and concrete touch eachother for a number of reasons. It's required by building codes, you don't want to replace rotten wood later, and with horses you know there will be water which leads us back to the issue of not wanting to replace rotten lumber in 10 years. I didn't carefully read your list but the items I'm writing about certainly grabbed my attention.
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I noticed there is no reenforcement for the concrete, or that your plans have indication of a footer. As you don't indicate and area of the country, frost heave could be an issue.
As a horse use, do not put concrete in the areas the horses will be, their shoes are very slick on concrete, do not use tin on the side the horses will be it will cut them up over time or damage their feet. The alternative is to put a footer board over the tin so they cannot get into it.
If you are in northern climes, try making the overhang 10 or 12 feet. Make sure the ground slope is away from the building and stalls even if you have to raise the whole site. without the drainage you will have the problem my neighbor does, their posts are rotting off and they used treated lumber and wrapped it with tar paper to protect the wood but the placement of the barn left water running down the west side and horse urine and manure make a strong solution to begin decay of the wood.
I would not use roofing nails on tin roofing, I would use roofing screws to attach tin, your roof will peal off in a strong wind. On the OSB, use ring shank nails, same problem as the tin.
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I have a 50x60 pole barns building and we put metal over shingles on roof. It last for a long time and no leak issues due to foam insulation.
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