Old red barn paint safety

by | June 30, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

Hello, We recently bought a rustic house that is finished with beautiful barn siding on the walls. They have quite a bit of remnant red paint. They are from an old barn in Iowa, and I have no idea how old they are. In much of the area, the red color seems to have...
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How To Build Barn on Old Barn Foundation

by | May 3, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

Hi everyone, We live on a property with an old barn foundation (previous owners tore down the barn...assuming for structural reasons). We want to re-build a barn here and are unsure how to proceed. Here are the big questions: 1) There is existing concrete slab, but it...
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Increase Snow Load

by | April 17, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

Hello I plan on building a 40x50 horse barn in the mountains but I need a roof snow load of 97psf. How do I increase this from the current plans?
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Piers

by | April 5, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

Good Morning! We have your 20x30 gambrel with 10ft shed plans. I’m trying to locate a calculation for size of piers. Can you please advise? Thanks and Happy Easter!
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Insulating an OLD barn

by | March 25, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

We recently bought a historic ranch with beautiful 100 year old barns! They are structurally sound but very drafty, to the point snow drifts in. We're in Colorado near a mountain peak at 8500ft elevation, so we get blizzards and a lot of wind. We would like to...
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I have a lot of oak trees. Is it cost effective to use this lumber, to build a barn?

by | March 22, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

Hi, I have several oak trees over a couple of acres that I need to take down. Some of them are too close to the house. Others are too close to the driveway. Some are 16-18" diameter at the base. Many are 12-14". I can drop them and split them for firewood, but we...
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Timber Species, Bugs, and Insulation

by | March 18, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek, Youtube tutorials | 0 Comments

In this video we discuss if different timber species options, Jack Pine and White Spruce, will work in a barn project. Structural data at the link below. https://www.wood-database.com/eastern-white-pine/ https://www.wood-database.com/jack-pine/...
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Concrete Slabs, Footings, and Oak and Pine Timbers

by | March 16, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek, Youtube tutorials | 0 Comments

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Finishing the eves

by | March 13, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

As I was looking through my plans I had a couple questions. It’s looking like the material is actual dimensions , am I correct on that ? Just wondering so I have the beams sized for the metal brackets . The other thing I noticed by looking way ahead as I often do , is...
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Snow Loads

by | March 12, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 Comment

Hello, I was just wondering if you know what the snow loads are for these barn kits? Very interested in building one with my sawmill but looking at all the details before I pull the trigger. Thank you, Abraham Liebel
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