Hello everyone,
I have been on the site for a while now looking for ideas and info on my project.
I am currently in the process of building a 10x32 gambrel style barn with a loft to replace my old motorhome.I got the motorhome for helping build a house for my wifes uncle who owns a campground we camp at.We have used it for going on 3 yrs now and have decided that we don't want to spend money on it as it is stricken with water damage.
So we talked to her uncle and asked what he thought about us scrapping the motor home and building a cabin.He thought it was a great idea so I started making plans for what we wanted to build.
I had to stick with a width of 10' so I can snake it out of the woods if I decide to remove it from the campground.I am copying some of the barns that are for sale locally as my inspiration sort of.I am bulding with 2x6" instead of 2x4"s and will be studding it 16" O.C. instead of 24" like these prebuilt jobs are.
I have already Bought all my floor materials and have the floor framing built.I made plates out of 1/4" steel to bolt two 16' 4x6" together to make four runners to place under the cabin.
I then built two 10x16' floor joist assemblies on my trailer.Then hauled them to the campground to install them.
My campsite is sloped so I had to block up the runners to get them leveled out.I will have pics posted here soon.
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Here is a few shots of the angle brackets that are anchorung the floor to the runners
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Interesting project. It looks like you have a sturdy platform.
Are you able to do all the plumbing and wiring in the outside walls? Looks like servicing anything in the floor might be difficult when it is so close to the ground.
John,
I am building this real similar to an RV inside mechanicaly wise.I plan to reuse the power supply from my motorhome to supply 12v. for my lighting throughout the cabin.I have a 30amp service at my site.So I want to limit my power usage in case i want to run an a/c unit.I will be using a small 110 water heater which looks to be new that is in the motor home now.
Some other campers have LP on demand water heaters mounted out side their campers on cover poles.Seem to work great that way.So there is another neat option..
I had originaly planned to build my floor joists to allow placement of holding tanks in between them.I am running out of time so I went ahead went ahead and framed it conventionaly.That way we have a place to camp this year. ;)
I might either put in a raised floor for the shower/toilet to allow roome for my holdig tanks.Now what i have going for me is do to my site being steeply sloped the cabin is over 18" from the ground to the bottom of the runners.So on the backside on the north end of the cabin I could possibly mount my tanks under the bottom.Only issue is if I ever was to move the cabin.
Lots of ideas to incorporate ,but right now I just need to get this sucker finished.
I am currently the talk of the campground.Everyone is rubber necking when they drive by my site. :)
We did get all the flooring nailed down today!So now I have to move onto the walls.Pics will be available tomorow I hope. ;D
Interesting build with a combination of the two (camper and site built) technologies.
Thanks for letting us come along.
I sure hope it turns out real nice.The wifes uncle wants it to be like a show place for the campground.He is talking about replacing the his dads motor home with a smaller version of our cabin.I have heard a few others are interested also.funny thing is the season hasn't really even started yet.Only seen a few peeps out there checking over thier camps to see what old man winter did to them.(or the squirrels) d*
Hi jackel440,
That looks like a cool project. I went out and bought one of those gambrel buildings, it cost a lot of money and could have been built for much less but anyway - it's a nice building. Ours is a 12x32 with a loft but the loft isn't very high. It is 2x4's at 24" o/c framing. It looks like your going to have a really neat time building yours. Thank you for posting your project sir.
Quote from: ajbremer on March 13, 2012, 05:51:01 AM
Hi jackel440,
That looks like a cool project. I went out and bought one of those gambrel buildings, it cost a lot of money and could have been built for much less but anyway - it's a nice building. Ours is a 12x32 with a loft but the loft isn't very high. It is 2x4's at 24" o/c framing. It looks like your going to have a really neat time building yours. Thank you for posting your project sir.
Yeah thats pretty much exactly what I'm building.I too said I could build it alot sturdier for alot less.So thats what I am doing.I think I will have the structure up for less than 3K$.I have the floor done for about $850 I believe.I really like those barns ,but just couldn't justify the $6K price tag on the 12x32.Plus I would have to special order as they don't make a 10x32 as a stock item.
Yes they are short inside ,but thats do to the hieght restrictions so they can be hauled down the road.I plan to have a 5' tall loft.which is from the top plate to the top of the rafters.So it will be a little taller inside.
Trying to find a place to get a good deal on ordering the treated t1-11 siding.Which has turned out to be a little pain in the batooty. ::)
Well anyways I just decided I'd build mine.I have built several pole barns and some remodels so I figure I can handle this.
here is a few pics of the floor getting finnished
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Here is a little dancing of me and the kids after we completed the floor
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Thanks for posting
I always love to see the 'completed floor dance' pics!
Well we have managed to get one end wall and one long wall framed and standing up.Hoping to have the other end wall framed up tomorrow night.I have some pics that the wife took.I will have to get them loaded up later.Hopefully I will have some more to update tomorrow night. :)
Ok Jackel440
It'll be nice to see those pics. Did you get some help from your danc'in crew? Those kids look like their having a great time on the floor.
Quote from: ajbremer on March 22, 2012, 11:45:51 AM
Ok Jackel440
It'll be nice to see those pics. Did you get some help from your danc'in crew? Those kids look like their having a great time on the floor.
Yeah they have been helping alot.Well when I can pry them away from the play ground anyways.LOL!
We managed to get the other end wall framed where the roll up door goes.Then stood it up and got it all braced.Had an impromptu birthday party for my Daughter who turned 12 today :)
we just got home so I haven't got any photos loaded yet.Then I am working 12hrs all weekend so I imagine I won't get back to the cabin till maybe tuesday.
So maybe tomorrow i'll have those pics.
How do Jackel440,
A roll up door? Are those the types of doors that you see in storage units and such, kind of like a garage door? It would be cool to see your floor plan.
Anyway, thank God for overtime - let's just hope we spend the money on wood.
Quote from: ajbremer on March 23, 2012, 04:40:08 AM
How do Jackel440,
A roll up door? Are those the types of doors that you see in storage units and such, kind of like a garage door? It would be cool to see your floor plan.
Anyway, thank God for overtime - let's just hope we spend the money on wood.
Yeah its gonna have an 8x7 roll up door in the end.That way i have a 8' deep garage in the end for my golf cart,or motorcycle,chairs,and any other stuff i keep at the campgrounds.Plus it will have fold down beds on the wall.That way my brother n law and his fiance can have thier own room.We all camp together and they camped in a tent before now.
I have the floor plan in my head not really down on paper.I will have to draw it out some time for you guys.
This is the garage end as you can tell.
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Pic of the side wall.The middle window will be the living room area
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one more for ya
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We got the treated T1-11 siding ordered from Menards.that was a nice $1K hit in the wallet.10 day lead time on it so Hopefully it will be here by next weekend.
Still need to buy windows and doors.
I still have one more wall to frame,but do to weather and working 12 hours all week.We haven't been able to get back out there to the campground to work on it.
I am hoping to work on it a few evenings during the week and all next weekend.
Wow sir,
$1000 for your T1-11 treated, how many sheets for that much or should I say how much a sheet and how thick?
Your windows on the long walls need headers, the rafters and floor will bear down there. A few flatways 2x's are probably going to lose that fight over time, for up to a 3' opening in a building of that size a couple of 2x4's on edge would do it. There is a good pdf on framing garage doors with narrow sidewalls on the APA website, " narrow wall portal frame" or similar title. As you can imagine, a big hole in the wall with narrow sheathed sidewalls is pretty soft if the wind pushes on the side, they show good reinforcing methods.
I think one of AJ's guys commented on his low bracing, I'm seeing the same thing here. A really good brace is jammed in the corner of top plate and stud, nailed, then it runs at a 45 to the floor where there are 1 or 2 blocks high nailed thru the floor into joists, the wall is plumbed and the brace is nailed to that floor block. When you are tying parts in above you don't want anything moving under you.
There's a pretty neat off grid nearby. The guy made half circle end walls and rolled the roll up garage door metal over it. I think he was moved in before she got the front door back on the hinges :D
The treated T1-11 was $38 and some change a sheet.That was the best deal I could find.I searched high and low and couldn't find it anywhere else except for menards at that price.Everyone else was over $50 a sheet.One place argued with me and said they don't make it,and have never sold it. ???
Don P
I have to do some additional framing on a few windows.
The barn that I have kind of copied mine off of is just framed with one 2x4 over every window.The windows are 24" wide except for that one in the middle.
I am going to be putting in some metal bracing on the garage wall end opening like you were reffering to.I still have the front wall to frame this weekend and hopefully get started on the gambrel trusses this weekend.
Well we managed to get the front wall all framed and standing up.Reframed the headers above the windows the correct way.We house wrapped the end and back wall.Made a damn on the sill to stop any water in case of leaks.installed new low-e windows.Then we started installing the siding.Really starting to come along now. [cool]
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Window taped and sealed in.
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Hey, that looks real good jackel440!
That siding is nice. I would like to look around for siding like that, is it guaranteed?
I have one of them Derksen buildings and the siding is very similar and I've always thought that the two buildings together (my 20x30 countryplan and my Derksen building) would look nice having the same siding BUT when I went to my local Lowe's to find some of it they didn't have it stained the same way the siding on my building is - it was just plain.
Even if I was able to find the T1-11 stained/guaranteed siding I'm not sure how it would hold up, any indication of your sidings durability? I also notice that a lot of those buildings fade after some years.
Here's a link to a picture of my Derksen building:
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Quote from: ajbremer on April 11, 2012, 04:57:36 AM
Hey, that looks real good jackel440!
That siding is nice. I would like to look around for siding like that, is it guaranteed?
I have one of them Derksen buildings and the siding is very similar and I've always thought that the two buildings together (my 20x30 countryplan and my Derksen building) would look nice having the same siding BUT when I went to my local Lowe's to find some of it they didn't have it stained the same way the siding on my building is - it was just plain.
Even if I was able to find the T1-11 stained/guaranteed siding I'm not sure how it would hold up, any indication of your sidings durability? I also notice that a lot of those buildings fade after some years.
Here's a link to a picture of my Derksen building:
https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m489/ajbremer/1-22-2011-01.jpg (https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m489/ajbremer/1-22-2011-01.jpg)
Thanks! Yes its coming along slowly but nicely!
My building is based off the same style building.They are made by Builtrite Buildings LLC around here.They use treated on thier buildings as well.Took me along time to find a place to order it.Menards was the best deal in town that I could ever find.
Now my siding is not stained regular T1-11 so don't be confused.Mine is AC2 treated that I special ordered from Menards for just over $38 a sheet.Which was only $10 more than the regular stuff.It is 5/8" thick with grooves 8" o.c. ,and let me tell you that stuff is HEAVY!!
I needed my siding to be pretty much maintnance free.I didnt want to have to paint or stain it every other year to keep it from rotting.
Only took 8 or 9 days for the store to get it in ,and there was no minimum to buy.
I love how it looks so far.I plan to use cedar siding on the gable ends above the siding to give it a rustic look ,and not just like a mini barn.
i paid $34/sheet for the same siding but not treated from lowes. unfortunatly its the only game in town for me. if you plan to paint it i will tell you that stuff is like a sponge. i used three gallons on a ten by ten and it could really use another coat.
im notbsure if i would want to use the treated on a house. my wife has alergies and i worry about interior air quality.i will use the t1-11 and later down the road i will put siding over it.
Managed to get alittle more done this past week.I have had to work 12hrs all weekend so I went out thursday to install the rest of the front windows,wrap and maybe some siding.
Managed to get alot done in four hours with the help of the kids and my wife before I had to get a couple hours before work. d*
Kids hamming it up for the camera
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The weather was supposed to turn to crap here with rain and stuff so we loaded all the 2x4 for the trusses into the truck.I brought them home so I could go ahead and build them at home then just take them out and install them.
Hopefully this week I can get that done this week if things go well.I need to get this roof on and then get the garage door and an entrance door. ;)
I finally got a chance to start on the trusses tonight after getting home from the doctors office.
I layed everything out ,but somewhere things were a little off.I got everything were i wanted it and then put down blocks to hold eveything in place.Pulled the tape and I am off about 3/8" somewhere.Well actually about 3/16" time you split the difference.Thats not that big of a deal I guess,but i might try and get that out of it. [noidea'
SO I guess I will be trying to figure out whats up with that before I start cutting all the pieces. [chainsaw]
beginning layout of gambrel trusses
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First pattern boards cut.
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Jig made up and pattern boards layed in.
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Measure twice cut once! ;)
Quote from: suburbancowboy on April 18, 2012, 03:18:56 PM
Measure twice cut once! ;)
I think its measure 10 times and cut 2 twice then get another board! d*
Ran out to the campgrounds after work and tried to get the rest of the front wall siding installed.Had to cut every stinkn piece! d*
Oh well we got almost all of it up except for one piece.The battery was dieing in my Paslode nail gun and it was going to be an hour to charge it so we called it an night.I plan to go up tomorrow after work and finish it and the garage door wall too.
Now onto the pics :)
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another shot
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and one more.
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Now if i get the rest of the siding done it will be time to knock out those trusses.
is that 2x4 overhanging the siding on top? whats the reason for that? wouldnt the siding normally go up to the top?
and could that be the source of you missing 3/16"?
Quote from: CjAl on April 19, 2012, 10:42:48 AM
is that 2x4 overhanging the siding on top? whats the reason for that? wouldnt the siding normally go up to the top?
and could that be the source of you missing 3/16"?
That is a 2x6 that is providing my small overhang.It was easier to do it tht way than try and rip a piece to fill it in later.That is how they do the buildings I am copying.I decided to do it this way to save me the hassle of all the cutting and nailing over my head.
This overhang is only on the eave sides.
My 3/8" i am missing is in the squareness of my truss not the building.
I did get the rest of the siding on tonight and I do have to say it looks good.
I also picked up my roll up garage door and my entrance door.I will put those in after i get the roof done.
Heres a few shots of tonights accomplishments
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I was busy tonight after work.I got all the boards for the trusses cut except for about 62 more plywood pieces for the joints. d*
I did manage to get one truss assembled before I came inside for a shower and a bite to eat before bed.Thought I would upload these pics and then off to bed for work tomorow.
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I finally got all the trusses built last night after work.I for once didnt have to work 12 hours ;)
I hope to take them out and install them tomorrow if the weather cooperates.I have to get this thing closed in as the weather is be crappy here lately.
Here is a few shots of them completed.
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All 17 of them completed
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Hopefully I will have some good progress pics in the next day or to.Now if the rain would quit I need to mow my yard/hay field d*
Hauled trusses out to the campground and got them put up then got 3/4 of the decking installed.
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Hi Jackel440,
Hey, awesome job on those trusses. Thanks for putting in so much time on those pics and posts.
Is that the first roof you ever did? Are you going to use metal or shingles?
Keep up the great work. Oh, BTW, it's awesome that your kids are helping out.
Quote from: ajbremer on April 27, 2012, 04:57:40 PM
Hi Jackel440,
Hey, awesome job on those trusses. Thanks for putting in so much time on those pics and posts.
Is that the first roof you ever did? Are you going to use metal or shingles?
Keep up the great work. Oh, BTW, it's awesome that your kids are helping out.
Thanks for the compliment.My son was snapping pics while we were working when he wasn't getting things for us.
No this isn't the first roof i've done.I have built a couple of pole buildings and many barn additions around the farm.
I will be using metal on the roof.I hate shingles.They are so cheaply made now days.I hear of all the problems of people losing shingles from thier roofs that aren't very old.So I don't have a use for shingles.Plus they go up quick and cover the roof quickly.
I like to keep the kids active in our adventures.We don't get to go on trips and stuff,but we do work together on projects if they can help. [cool]
I had hoped to go finnish the decking tonight ,but i couldn't get my help back tonight.So we came back home after work and cooked out on the grill.Supposed to rain tonight so hopefully i can get out another night and get it finnished up.
Then get the gable ends framed in and windows in.
I got Stainless Steel plates made up for a threshold across the garage door opening.So I won't have to worry about rain water on the opening.
Things are coming together slowly but we are getting there. ;)
Well between working lots of overtime and the weather not cooperating we finally got the rest of the decking on the roof and the tar paper on last night.
We have to go help with a friends eagle scout project tonight so hopefully tomorrow we will get out there after work tomorrow.I hope to get the gable ends framed and closed in.Maybe get the siding started also on the gable ends.
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Welded together some scrap stainless sheets for my threshold going into the garage bay.
Sanded then shrunk it were it warped to get it back flat.
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heading out to try and get some more done.hopefully more pics of progress tonight. ;)
Hauled out the doors and stuff.I got the garage door threshold installed.looks real nice.started the gable framing but it got too dark to work.
Back at it tomorrow. :D
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Looking good.
Relieved to see I'm not the only one with a messy work shop.
Alan
Quote from: Alan Gage on May 05, 2012, 10:53:06 AM
Looking good.
Relieved to see I'm not the only one with a messy work shop.
Alan
Yeah its a disaster.I have been so busy the last two years I haven't been able to get it organized at all.One of theses days its gonna get cleaned out. d*
Yesterday we picked up our cedar trim and cedar siding for the gable ends.The wife and a friend of ours got all those stained while I finnished framing the gable ends.Heading out today to get those covered and the windows in.Then hopefully the garage and entrance door.
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Had a real productive weekend. :)
Managed to get all the gable ends framed and then put the flashing up.Had john raise me up on the skidloader and then hung the OSB.
I then put a bit in my router with a ball bearing on it and used it to cut the sheeting to match the roof profile and the two window openings.Worked like a charm. ;D
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After lunch we started putting up the roll up garage door.that was a little bit of a pain but it turned out real nice.I am happy with it.
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We then cut the siding from the front door opening and got the front door set in and plumbed up.
Everything was going great until i remembered I left the handle and deadbolt in the jeep at home.So I had to run a 2x4 across the door and screw it shut.Then I had to borrow a padlock so I could lock the garage door as I forgot one of those too. d*
Sure is nice to not have to worry about rain pouring in and also being able to lock up my tools and not haul them back and forth every trip out. [cool]
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The stain/sealer wasn't completely dry so we had to put it inside on a temporary rack till later this week when we can get it installed.
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slow but productive evening.I managed to get my electronic dead bolt installed in the door.I then found out i got a mobile home door handle set.I went to install it and i couldn't figure out why the lock almost fell through the door. ???
I then looked at the package ,and figured it out. d*
So I then started to trim out a couple windows with our stained cedar boards.I have to say I think they look awesome!Getting really excited about getting the ends all done.
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Fantastic job!! It's looking great :)
Time for a little update as I managed to get a little more done here.I trimmed out around the gable end and then got all the cedar siding installed on the end.I need to pick up a piece of 3/4" Z flashing as I am going to run a trim board alomg the bottom of the siding.I will get that probably thursday or friday,and hopefully pick up some metal roofing also.
Anyways here is a few pics for your enjoyment
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A great job you've done by any measure! Thanks for letting us see how it's gone. I remember long before my camp could be considered even half completed, we'd brought in our cots and cookstove, etc. Have you begun to use your place yet?
Quote from: AdironDoc on May 16, 2012, 05:09:21 PM
A great job you've done by any measure! Thanks for letting us see how it's gone. I remember long before my camp could be considered even half completed, we'd brought in our cots and cookstove, etc. Have you begun to use your place yet?
No we haven't used it yet.We have our cooking supplies out there and have been cooking on the campfire though.We will be camping in it on memorial day weekend,So we will probably have a few air mattresses in there d*
Jackel,
Any update? The place is looking great. :) Just wondering, what is the height of your walls and what is the total height of the building? I have to stay under 12' and so am now looking at a Gambrel roof similar to yours.
Jeff
Looks good, thanks for sharing! By portable, does the height meet transporting guidelines to be able to be moved via freeway? I guess with a lowboy it would likely be fine, just curious.
Looks good! I am thinking of doing something very similar to live in while we finish the real house. How are you doing on your budget? ???