I'm using this as a reference for my 16x16 pole shed. Just throwing in an extra post on the sides for support so will have 9 posts total. Hoping for a 5 foot wide sliding barn door style in front so I can finally fit my mower inside easily. Thanks for the work in providing the blueprint for me. Cheers
This is exactly how I built my 8x12 pole barn shed. First time ever building something like this. Used the Sketchup design to get my head wrapped around the build. It was actually super easy.
Wow, thansk! This is just what I'm looking for. Why do you have to add the boards to the outside of the roof and those boards perpendicular to the rafters?
Those boards are what the steel gets screwed to. The outermost boards on the roof are called Purlins, and the outermost boards on the walls are called Girts. These boards need to be perpendicular to the ribs of the steel. They also of course add sheer strength to the whole building. You'd be surprised how strong a pole barn frame is. Then add the steel, and its solid.
Shouldn't you have your front and back header directly Over the posts. If you nail or screw the header to the post the roof load will only be the sheer strength of the nails or screws which isn't very much. Say 300 sf of surface area with 2 or 3 feet of snow on it. Shit tonne of weight.
100% correct. The posts should be notched out, and the headers sitting on it. Especially with a larger building. This is only an 8X12 shed, so only 100sf of roof. When I built it, I used 3 (1/2") carriage bolts in each post on the header. So that front header has 12 carriage bolts, and then back header has 9. The building has been standing for 6 years now with absolutely no sign of failure anywhere. I live in Iowa.
ah! Yes, I probably could/should have added those. This was really just supposed to be a demonstration on HOW a pole barn is pieced together, not really a "how to" per say. The front posts will be spaced differently depending on how wide of door you have. The back middle post is just....right in the middle. Roof rafters are spaced 16" a part, and horizontal 2x4's on the walls are spaced 24" There are a lot of different variations that could be made to this, which changes the measurements.
The shed is 8’ front to back. Not really sure the length of the rafters. I made this while I was building my own shed. It’s really just meant to show the anatomy of a pole barn, and not really give specific measurements, because you can customize it to however you want.
@@ShopTherapy623 yes. Sorry I don’t know the terms. If the longest one you can buy is 16ft, but mine needs to be 18ft, how do I use two pieces? Where would I do a butt joint somewhere?
@@gdot9046 ahhh I understand now. The piece we are talking about is called the “fascia board.” So there are 2 options. Butt them together right at one of the rafters, so they can both be nailed to the end of the rafter. The other way is to butt them together in between the rafters and then use a backer board to nail them to each other. I prefer the second way as it’s stronger. Let me know if that makes sense. Otherwise I can make a short video for you so you can see it
So helpfull. I saved drawing this by hand
The fundamentals of the simple framing design are very clearly shown by the short video. "Brevity is the soul of wit". Thanks
Thanks for the positive comment! I appreciate it!
I'm using this as a reference for my 16x16 pole shed. Just throwing in an extra post on the sides for support so will have 9 posts total. Hoping for a 5 foot wide sliding barn door style in front so I can finally fit my mower inside easily. Thanks for the work in providing the blueprint for me. Cheers
This is exactly how I built my 8x12 pole barn shed. First time ever building something like this. Used the Sketchup design to get my head wrapped around the build. It was actually super easy.
@@ShopTherapy623 Will be my first time as well. This video made it extremely easy to draw on paper and get a material list. I appreciate it.
Cool video .thank you
Wow, thansk! This is just what I'm looking for. Why do you have to add the boards to the outside of the roof and those boards perpendicular to the rafters?
Those boards are what the steel gets screwed to. The outermost boards on the roof are called Purlins, and the outermost boards on the walls are called Girts. These boards need to be perpendicular to the ribs of the steel. They also of course add sheer strength to the whole building. You'd be surprised how strong a pole barn frame is. Then add the steel, and its solid.
Consider it done my friend
Its exactly how I built mine. Lets see yours when you're done!
Shouldn't you have your front and back header directly Over the posts. If you nail or screw the header to the post the roof load will only be the sheer strength of the nails or screws which isn't very much. Say 300 sf of surface area with 2 or 3 feet of snow on it. Shit tonne of weight.
100% correct. The posts should be notched out, and the headers sitting on it. Especially with a larger building. This is only an 8X12 shed, so only 100sf of roof. When I built it, I used 3 (1/2") carriage bolts in each post on the header. So that front header has 12 carriage bolts, and then back header has 9. The building has been standing for 6 years now with absolutely no sign of failure anywhere. I live in Iowa.
Including measurements would be a great help since you began with sizing.
ah! Yes, I probably could/should have added those. This was really just supposed to be a demonstration on HOW a pole barn is pieced together, not really a "how to" per say. The front posts will be spaced differently depending on how wide of door you have. The back middle post is just....right in the middle. Roof rafters are spaced 16" a part, and horizontal 2x4's on the walls are spaced 24"
There are a lot of different variations that could be made to this, which changes the measurements.
is this style cheaper than stick building?
It depends on a lot of things, but generally yes, and it's usually stronger as well
How long are the rafters? 12 ft?
The shed is 8’ front to back. Not really sure the length of the rafters. I made this while I was building my own shed. It’s really just meant to show the anatomy of a pole barn, and not really give specific measurements, because you can customize it to however you want.
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What are the names of the steps? I need to use two pieces of wood for the front and back roof rafter cover but how do I use two pieces?
Are you asking about the beams that get bolted to the posts?
@@ShopTherapy623 the one parallel to that just above it that ties roof boards together.
@@gdot9046 are you talking about the front and back fascia boards? I’m not sure what you mean by needing to use two pieces
@@ShopTherapy623 yes. Sorry I don’t know the terms. If the longest one you can buy is 16ft, but mine needs to be 18ft, how do I use two pieces? Where would I do a butt joint somewhere?
@@gdot9046 ahhh I understand now. The piece we are talking about is called the “fascia board.” So there are 2 options. Butt them together right at one of the rafters, so they can both be nailed to the end of the rafter. The other way is to butt them together in between the rafters and then use a backer board to nail them to each other. I prefer the second way as it’s stronger. Let me know if that makes sense. Otherwise I can make a short video for you so you can see it