Category Archives: Pole Barn Questions

Dear Pole Barn Guru: Garage Doors & Dutch Doors

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 04/08/2013
Dear Pole Barn Guru: Garage Doors & Dutch Doors

Welcome to our newest feature: 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 segment.  Email all questions to: PoleBarnGuru@HansenPoleBuildings.com DEAR POLE BARN GURU: Which is […]

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Dear Pole Barn Guru: Snow Melt Drainage

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 04/01/2013
Dear Pole Barn Guru: Snow Melt Drainage

Welcome to our newest feature: 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 blog. Email all questions to: PoleBarnGuru@HansenPoleBuildings.com DEAR POLE BARN GURU:  I have […]

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Dear Pole Barn Guru: Concrete Footing or Not?

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/25/2013
Dear Pole Barn Guru: Concrete Footing or Not?

DEAR POLE BARN GURU: I have read much debate about setting the poles in concrete with no “footing” beneath them vs. setting the poles on a concrete footing and back filling with gravel and earth. Seems to be an issue of rot.  What do you recommend? MYSTIFIED IN MAGNOIA DEAR MYSTIFIED: It seems you and […]

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Ask the Guru: Is Vapor Barrier Required?

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/18/2013
Ask the Guru: Is Vapor Barrier Required?

For those of you just joining Mike the Pole Barn Guru’s Blog – Mondays are now “Ask the Guru” where you can submit construction and building product questions for Mike to answer in upcoming Monday segments of this blog.  If it is a topic Mike is not well versed in, or a new product he […]

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Dear Pole Barn Guru: What Type of Insulation Should I Use?

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/11/2013
Dear Pole Barn Guru: What Type of Insulation Should I Use?

Hansen Buildings new feature for each Monday is “Ask the Guru” where you can submit questions for Mike the Pole Barn Guru to answer on future Monday blogs. Email the Guru at: PoleBarnGuru@HansenPoleBuildings.com DEAR POLE BARN GURU:  I purchased one of your pole building kit packages late last summer, and have just finished constructing it. […]

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Can I Put a Pole Barn on Asphalt? ~ Dear Pole Barn Guru

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 03/04/2013
Can I Put a Pole Barn on Asphalt? ~ Dear Pole Barn Guru

DEAR POLE BARN GURU:  I have a full size tennis court, we want to put a pole barn on the tennis court (we don’t play tennis) The barn would be 30 x 60 obviously leaving an asphalt perimeter larger than the barn around the barn – how would you seal the edges where the barn […]

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Ask The Pole Barn Guru: Where Can I Buy Concrete Brackets?

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 02/25/2013
Ask The Pole Barn Guru: Where Can I Buy Concrete Brackets?

Greetings…and WELCOME to my new blog Feature – Dear Pole Barn Guru! Starting today….each Monday I will post questions submitted to me about pole buildings and pole barn construction, products for use in pole buildings, along with my answers.  Scroll to the bottom if you have a burning question for the Pole Barn Guru, and […]

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Concrete Footing: How Thick Should it Be?

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 12/13/2012
Concrete Footing: How Thick Should it Be?

Alan was a post frame building contractor for years, prior to becoming a Building Designer for Hansen Pole Buildings. If I had to estimate, I’d venture Alan constructed well over 200 of our buildings. Recently, Alan had a client question the thickness of the concrete footings, beneath the columns, used to support the pressure preservative […]

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