Hydroswing Hydraulic Doors
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/10/2014
I thought it to be very timely to be sitting down to write articles about hangar doors and to have the Construction Magazine Network email me with an advertisement for Hydroswing® Hydraulic Doors. Having never dealt with Hydroswing®, I began my research by checking out their website (https://hydroswing-hydraulic-doors.com/). I have to admit, I am a […]
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- Tags: Hangar Doors, Hydraulic Doors
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Dear Pole Barn Guru: Do I Need Vapor Barrier?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/09/2014
Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
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- Tags: Insulating A Ceiling, Roof Condensation, Reflective Radiant Barrier
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Dear Pole Barn Guru: Grade First or Set Posts First?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/07/2014
Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
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- Tags: Pole Building Ventilation, Setting Posts, Pole Barn Mold
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Horton Stack Doors
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/06/2014
Last October I was bemoaning sliding doors as a design solution for airplane hangars. At the end of the article (https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/blog/2013/10/sliding-hangar-doors/) I threatened my loyal readers with some other alternatives. This past week, one of our clients asked us about putting a 38’4” wide by 12’ tall Horton Stack Door on a Hansen Pole Building, […]
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- Tags: Sliding Doors, Hangar Doors, Horton Stack Doors
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Pole Barn Mezzanine
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/05/2014
Here is the picture – pole building with a 16’ eave height. (For details on how eave height is defined read: https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/blog/2012/03/eave_height/) Said building has a partial second floor (mezzanine), with the top of the floor at nine feet above grade. Deducting the six inch thickness of the roof system, leaves all of 6’6” of […]
Read more- Categories: Lofts, Pole Barn Design, Building Styles and Designs
- Tags: Second Story; Bonus Room, Loft; Attic Space
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Acquiring a Building Permit
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/04/2014
Unless one has grown up on a foreign planet, they are probably familiar with Hertz® Rent-A-Car. My lovely bride and I rent lots of cars (usually for about 50% of the year), so we are intimately familiar with Hertz. Hertz is not only #1, they also are nearly everywhere on the face of the Earth. […]
Read moreArborist or Tree Feller
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/03/2014
My family and I live on a lakeshore in the woods Northeast of Spokane, Washington – about six miles from the nearest state highway. When our youngest daughter Allison was probably four – we were driving almost to the state highway. A new business had put up its sign. Allison, wanting to show off her […]
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- Tags: Pole Barn Insurance, Arborist, Cutting Down Trees, Giltner Tree Care
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Dear Guru: What is #1 Steel?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/02/2014
Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Questions, Steel Roofing & Siding
- Tags: Riding Arenas, 4H, Horse Riding Arenas, House And Arena
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Dear Guru: Where Can I Get Expanding Foam Closures?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/31/2014
Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
Read moreBox Beam Barns
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/30/2014
A prospect client in Michigan wrote to tell me pole buildings were, “too expensive, going with a box beam barn instead.” Two thoughts leaped into my head, first – pole buildings are so efficient it is hard to believe there could be a more economical choice, and secondly – what the heck is a “box […]
Read moreWeber and Pole Buildings
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/29/2014
I consider myself to be a pretty good cook. Certainly I am no Emeril Lagasse from “Emeril Green”, but I can hold my own. Through experience, I’ve become fairly proficient at being able to throw a meal together, using whatever ingredients are at hand. My bride continues to be dumbfounded by my seeming inability to […]
Read more- Categories: Pole Barn Planning, Pole Buildings History
- Tags: Pole Buildings, Pole Barns, Emeril Green, Emeril Lagasse, Weber Grills
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Rural Builder Magazine
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/28/2014
For those of us in the post frame (pole building) industry, Rural Builder magazine is a must read. Published seven times a year – I always await receiving my Rural Builder in the mail with a degree of anticipation and excitement. I have probably not missed reading (and rereading) an issue in three decades. Until […]
Read moreThe Building Code Ostrich Syndrome
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/27/2014
I have a very dear friend who tends to avoid possibly challenging situations, by pretending they didn’t occur. This is known as the ‘Ostrich Syndrome’. Post-frame, as an industry, sometimes suffers from some of the same ailment. I present, for your entertainment pleasure, International Building Code (IBC) Section 1807.3.1, which may very well be both […]
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Dear Guru: Can I Purchase Just Pole Barn Plans?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/26/2014
Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
Read moreDear Pole Barn Guru: Can I Get Perma-Columns?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/24/2014
Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with […]
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- Tags: Polycarbonate Panels, Dog Kennel, Opaque Polycarbonate Panels, Steel Rusting
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Cape May Pole Barn
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/23/2014
Tuesday afternoon I had to get from Cape May, New Jersey to Lewes, Delaware. The choices were a very long circuitous drive, or to take the ferry. Being from the Pacific Northwest, I am used to ferries, they take millions of passengers annually on a myriad of routes across the Puget Sound. I am also […]
Read moreThe Most Asked Question by Post Frame Builders
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/22/2014
My regular “day job” is as Technical Director for Hansen Pole Buildings. This is a fancy title for, “the guy who solves problems when things go astray”. DIYers are frankly hilarious, as they come holding hat-in-hand saying things like, “You wouldn’t believe what I’ve done wrong, it has to be the worst mistake ever!” In […]
Read moreGroupon & Pole Barn Water Park
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/21/2014
For those who have been hiding under rocks, or do not have internet access (in which case you are not reading this article), Groupon (derived from “group coupon”) swept onto the scene in November 2008. Groupon offers one “Groupon” per day in each of the markets it serves. The Groupon works as an assurance contract […]
Read moreThe Theory of Adequate Building Connectors
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/20/2014
I was blessed to have been a member of the then American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) Structural Committee back in the latter half of the 1980s. Blessed because there were many brilliant engineers on the committee who were very focused on moving what had been “pole barns” into the Code conforming “post frame” buildings. […]
Read moreDear Guru: Should I Use Road Base Gravel?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/19/2014
New! The Pole Barn Guru’s mailbox is overflowing with questions. Due to high demand, he is answering questions on Saturdays as well as Mondays. Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch […]
Read moreDear Guru: Should I Add Closures?
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/17/2014
New! The Pole Barn Guru’s mailbox is overflowing with questions. Due to high demand, he is answering questions on Saturdays as well as Mondays. Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch […]
Read moreRamada – More than Just an Inn
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/16/2014
Much of the year I am a “road warrior” – spending two weeks out of every month on planes, trains and automobiles, the next two back at home. Our youngest daughter (now a college sophomore) has threatened more than once to stop by the house when I am away and paste my photo on a […]
Read moreFinger Jointed Lumber
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/15/2014
The recent National Frame Building Association (NFBA) 2014 Frame Building Expo was a reunion event for me with several long-time friends. One of these is Ferg Evans. In the 1990’s I was elected to the first of five terms I was to serve on the Board of Directors for the Machine Stress Rated Lumber Producers […]
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- Tags: MSR Lumber, Canadian Engineered Wood Productsk, LTD, Pinkwood, Truss Lumber
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One Pour Reinforcement Cage
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/14/2014
The original Hansen Pole Buildings column encasement design, had the pressure preservative columns placed to the base of an augured hole. Pre-mix concrete was then poured around the lower 16-18 inches of the column to form a bottom collar. The bond strength between concrete and wood was sufficient to enable the assembly to resist both […]
Read more- Categories: Concrete, Concrete Cookie, Footings
- Tags: Pole Barn Columns, Column Embedment, Pro-footer, Pole Building Posts
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Weyerhaeuser SturdiStep
Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/13/2014
I’ve been buying products from Weyerhaeuser since I got out of college in 1977. Weyerhaeuser has always been cutting edge – coming up with unique ideas and products. I know I freaked out the owner of the lumber yard where I managed a prefabricated metal connector plated truss plant for, when in 1980 I ordered […]
Read more- Categories: Constructing a Pole Building, Pole Barn Structure
- Tags: Wayerhaeuser, Wood Stairs, Steps
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