More High Wind News – Pole Buildings Can Withstand Strong Winds
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/29/2011
Pole buildings can be easily designed to withstand hurricane and tornado wind loads. The article below is from www.technewsdaily.com May 26,2011 and speaks to housing design under high winds. Redesigned Roofs Withstand High Wind Events The tornado that stormed through Joplin, Mo., on May 22 shredded an estimated 8,000 buildings and stranded […]
Read moreLying or Just Plain Stupid?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/28/2011
Yesterday afternoon, one of our senior building designers sent me this instant message: “So what do you do with a customer who is being sold a bill of goods by his contractor? Starting from, client was told he needed to pour footings and build with 2×6 studs because pole buildings ‘move too much’. All the way […]
Read moreTornado Proof: Pole Buildings Can Limit Damage
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/27/2011
Thanks to www.ocala.com May 24, 2011 for their article, “Florida Building Codes Limit Tornado Damage” While surveying tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., University of Florida researcher David O. Prevatt said he was struck by the city’s large number of old homes susceptible to storm damage. “We have to expect this sort of damage unless we […]
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- Tags: Building Code, Hurricanes, Pole Buildings, Storm Damage, Tornadoes
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Pole Barn Truss Spacing
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/24/2011
What do you mean they are not 2 feet apart? Back in the day (early 1990’s) I was on the National Frame Builders Association (NFBA) Board of Directors. One of my fellow board members from the Midwest wanted to take a peek at how pole barns were constructed in the West, so I invited him […]
Read moreHistory of Pole Buildings: Part III Not Just Grandpa’s Barn Anymore
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/23/2011
To wrap up the History of Pole Buildings, the following excerpt was taken from the National Frame Builder’s Association website, www.nfba.org: Countless structures are now erected using post-frame methods, including strip malls, convenience stores, restaurants, office complexes, and many other types of retail, public, commercial and residential applications. Schools, churches, fire stations, airplane hangars, and […]
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- Tags: Post-Frame, Agricultural, Laminated Columns, Posts
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History of Pole Buildings Part II: Who is Howard Doane?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/22/2011
To continue with my History of Pole Buildings, the following excerpt was taken from the National Frame Builder’s Association website, www.nfba.org: H. Howard Doane is credited with being the innovator who, in 1930, first combined the availability of poles and metal roof sheeting into a “modern” building concept. The founder of Doane’s Agricultural Service, Doane […]
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- Tags: Post-Frame, Doane, Perkins, Pole Building, Poles
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History of Pole Buildings Part I- back to the cave man!
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/21/2011
While many old barns exist, it was not until the last century that pole barns developed, first as farm buildings. The following is excerpted from the National Frame Builder’s Association website: www.nfba.org: The post-frame industry has grown steadily in North America, gaining more and more widespread application in the past 100 years. Yet, many people […]
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- Tags: Trusses, Wood, Wood Frame, Post-Frame, Laminated Column
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The Disaster Solution
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/20/2011
When life has been turned upside down by disaster, the building to turn to is a pole building. By the time the wreckage is cleared, your new building has been delivered. Pole buildings offer the ultimate resource when you need a building fast. With simple design meant to speed along construction pole buildings may best suite your needs in a time of emergency.
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- Tags: Damaged Buildings, Disaster, Hurricane, Rebuild, Tornado
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Fastest Pole Building Ever Constructed
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/17/2011
In the early 2000’s the worlds fastest pole barn builder envisioned the next step for the pole building industry. Complete building kits available across the country was his dream. Soon came the day Hansen Pole Buildings was born and today the Pole Barn Guru continues his quest to provide affordable building solutions that meets everyday needs.
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- Tags: Design Solution, Pole Buildings Kits, Post-Frame, Deflection Criteria
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Evolution of The Pole Barn Guru and his Building Philosophy
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/16/2011
In my early years, tremendous quality was not necessarily the strong point. It was the ability to offer a very reasonably priced building and deliver it quickly. My buildings were pretty much the same as everyone else I competed against. Business grew and I started being able to hire employees. Jim Betonte left the steel […]
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- Tags: Post-Frame, Frank Woeste, Pole Building Design
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There’s No Education Like Real Life Business Experience
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/15/2011
In the summer of 1979, home interest rates began to rise. Idaho had a usury limit, home mortgages could not be written for 10% or more. When this ceiling was hit, home construction pretty much stopped in Idaho. I set out looking for other opportunities and ended up in Salem, Oregon. I was offered the position […]
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- Tags: Dry Lumber, Pole Building Trusses, Truss Plant
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Before the Pole Barn Guru
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/09/2011
In order to best understand where one is at today, it helps to know where one has come from. Jump in the “Way Back” machine with me and travel to my roots.
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- Tags: House Framing, Norwegian Builders, Pole Barn Guru
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