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I've been thinking about building a pole barn/shop. Metal siding and roof. Like what Menards sells, if you are familiar with them.

So one end would be a garage and the other more of a barn type.

Do concrete floor in the shop side and wood or gravel floor in the barn end. There would be a partition wall in between. Have an overhead door for the shop, big sliding door for the barn side and a walk through door too.

Anybody done something like this?

We just bought our own place. When we lived on the ranch we had a barn that was set up for horses on one end and a garage/shop on the other and it was pretty handy. It was a log structure though.

It'll be next summer at the earliest before I get started. So I'm looking for ideas, things you wish you would of done/not done, etc.

Put up a barn for my tractors similar to what you are describing. I put the shop beside it, and insulated it and finished out the inside myself.

Either way you go, it's work, but you have something worth it in the end.

I planning on building something similar on my farm in the next couple years. Garage on one end and equipment storage on the other.
I'd suggest making sure the ceiling/doorways have plenty of clearance. If your planning on pouring some concrete, I'd put in pipe for radiant floor heating(you can't add it later), especially if there's animals nearby it's a great way to thaw hoses.

That's a nice clean set up Barry...I like....

Hell....I could live there.....

I reckon you could nail on some tin siding, if that's what you are of a mind to do......grin

That's a nice bit of Carpentry right there Don....and I don't say that very often....

I'm am little surprised there aren't any seat cuts on the rafters though....

No Doubt!

Wow! Don!!! Nice!!!!

There is..... Just not full-bearing birds-mouths.....




here is the worst fitting one on the whole building......

the house was fun, too....

72' W x 152' L x 16' H main building. 20' W x 152' L leanto that includes a 20'x32' shop and tack room.

It's coming along.


The lower door is 16' wide x 12' high the upper is 8'x8'


These two are 12'x12'

Kingston, that is looking great! What are you using siding?

Very nice, Kingston!

I used 6x6 posts( cut from light poles) and prefabbed 30' house trusses for mine. 30'x40'

Down in these parts it's real common to use chicken house trusses and 2 7/8" tubing. For pole barns.

Thanks, It's Eastern White Pine that I felled and sawed on site.



Thanks Bob, it's taken few years and needs a few more.