Mike The Pole Barn Guru - Making Pole Buildings Easy

Foam boards—rigid insulation boards—can be used to insulate almost any part of your pole barn, from the roof down to the foundation. They provide good thermal resistance. Foam board insulation sheathing reduces heat conduction through structural elements, such as wood wall girts and roof purlins. There are some who would feel the best application of [...]

One of my favorites is when new clients want to climate control their building and also choose to use sliding barn doors. If you are unfamiliar with sliding doors, they are typically made from 1-1/2” thick steel or aluminum members which are screwed together at joints and then sheathed with steel siding. The doors are [...]

As I said yesterday, reflective insulation inhibits heat transfer by thermal radiation. It does not necessarily protect against heat transfer by conduction or convection.  Why do you need to know about reflective insulation?  It could mean thousands of dollars saved over the years for heating/cooling, in what you choose for roofing materials, and what lies [...]

Reflective insulation inhibits heat transfer by thermal radiation. It does not necessarily protect against heat transfer by conduction or convection.  Why do you need to know about reflective insulation?  It could mean thousands of dollars saved over the years for heating/cooling, in what you choose for not only roofing materials, but more importantly, what is [...]

For clients who are concerned about column rot, decay or insect attack of pressure preservative treated wood columns there are some solutions. One of them is a product patented in 1994 by Homework Design, Inc., called Plasti-sleeve®. Now in use in tens of thousands of buildings nationwide, Plasti-sleeves® are the original wood column protection beyond [...]