Traditional Barns vs Pole Barns

Posted by RO on March 3, 2009, 9:11 pm

Any of you guys want to voice a preference, especially from a construction
point of view???

I see lots of pole barns being built. Actually I mean the ones with the
treated posts and I don't see any of the traditional gambrel roof barns
being built.
It seems the traditional barn has a bit more room especially in the
upstairs, but there must be some advantage to the pole barn design - I
assume in ease of construction??

Thanks,
RO

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Posted by Steve Barker on March 4, 2009, 12:00 am

RO wrote:

> Any of you guys want to voice a preference, especially from a construction
> point of view???
>
> I see lots of pole barns being built. Actually I mean the ones with the
> treated posts and I don't see any of the traditional gambrel roof barns
> being built.
> It seems the traditional barn has a bit more room especially in the
> upstairs, but there must be some advantage to the pole barn design - I
> assume in ease of construction??
>
> Thanks,
> RO
>

Four guys did my 30x40 from start to finish in less than 16 hours. No
cranes, but they did have a skid loader mounted auger, chain saw,
circular saw, and nail guns. It was quite amazing.

Posted by RO on March 5, 2009, 11:46 pm

I'm looking at some free Gambrel Barn plans from Canada Plan Service and
with a 38' wide barn you have two rows of 4x4 posts 13' in from each side
and every 8' down the length of the barn - to support the loft floor. I
imagine with a pole barn, you get a smaller upstairs but a larger open area
below.

RO

--
Robert Olin
Bob's Water & Septic LLC
jolin@whidbey.net
http://soilsandseptic.com/bobs.html

> RO wrote:

>> Any of you guys want to voice a preference, especially from a
>> construction point of view???
>> I see lots of pole barns being built. Actually I mean the ones with the
>> treated posts and I don't see any of the traditional gambrel roof barns
>> being built.
>> It seems the traditional barn has a bit more room especially in the
>> upstairs, but there must be some advantage to the pole barn design - I
>> assume in ease of construction??
>> Thanks,
>> RO

> Four guys did my 30x40 from start to finish in less than 16 hours. No
> cranes, but they did have a skid loader mounted auger, chain saw, circular
> saw, and nail guns. It was quite amazing.

Posted by DanG on March 6, 2009, 8:41 am

Robert, the floor support has absolutely nothing to do with the
outside style of the structure. The span of joists will be
determined by their load carrying abilities. Flat trusses could
be designed to clear span the 38' in wood or steel. It will
always be a compromise of cost of materials, height clearances,
ease of construction. You don't mention the depth of the joists
in your plans, but I imagine it is done with 2x8 to span 13 feet.
This will always be subject to load requirements, deflection
limits, and span tables.

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> I'm looking at some free Gambrel Barn plans from Canada Plan
> Service and with a 38' wide barn you have two rows of 4x4 posts
> 13' in from each side and every 8' down the length of the barn -
> to support the loft floor. I imagine with a pole barn, you get
> a smaller upstairs but a larger open area below.
> RO
> --
> Robert Olin
> Bob's Water & Septic LLC
> jolin@whidbey.net
> http://soilsandseptic.com/bobs.html

>> RO wrote:

>>> Any of you guys want to voice a preference, especially from a
>>> construction point of view???
>>> I see lots of pole barns being built. Actually I mean the
>>> ones with the treated posts and I don't see any of the
>>> traditional gambrel roof barns being built.
>>> It seems the traditional barn has a bit more room especially
>>> in the upstairs, but there must be some advantage to the pole
>>> barn design - I assume in ease of construction??
>>> Thanks,
>>> RO

>> Four guys did my 30x40 from start to finish in less than 16
>> hours. No cranes, but they did have a skid loader mounted
>> auger, chain saw, circular saw, and nail guns. It was quite
>> amazing.

Posted by Steve Barker on March 6, 2009, 9:44 am

RO wrote:

> I'm looking at some free Gambrel Barn plans from Canada Plan Service and
> with a 38' wide barn you have two rows of 4x4 posts 13' in from each side
> and every 8' down the length of the barn - to support the loft floor. I
> imagine with a pole barn, you get a smaller upstairs but a larger open area
> below.
>
> RO
>

4x4's ???????? maybe for a treehouse loft.

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