Increase Snow Load

by | Apr 17, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek

Nathan SmedleyHello I plan on building a 40×50 horse barn in the mountains but I need a roof snow load of 97psf. How do I increase this from the current plans?

Piers

by | Apr 5, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek

PamelaGood Morning! We have your 20×30 gambrel with 10ft shed plans. I’m trying to locate a calculation for size of piers. Can you please advise? Thanks and Happy Easter!

Insulating an OLD barn

by | Mar 25, 2021 | AskTheBarngeek

Adrianne 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...