John Dirks Jr Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 The door installer did a really nice job. The receptacle I installed for the openers doesn't reach so all I have left to do is fix that. Extension cords are powering them now. [:-bigeyes Click to Enlarge 51.17 KB Never noticed until now but are you using the siding to brace the walls? Marc The girts (horizontal 2x4's) act as lateral bracing. But not only that. There's a double 2x12 truss carrier at the top of the walls. With that, and the posts being planted 40" deep, nothing will move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 The door installer did a really nice job. The receptacle I installed for the openers doesn't reach so all I have left to do is fix that. Extension cords are powering them now. [:-bigeyes Click to Enlarge 51.17 KB Never noticed until now but are you using the siding to brace the walls? Marc The girts (horizontal 2x4's) act as lateral bracing. But not only that. There's a double 2x12 truss carrier at the top of the walls. With that, and the posts being planted 40" deep, nothing will move. Right, but and this is just my humble opinion, the least tolerant member of several intended for bracing will bear the most load. That would be the siding for three walls (the 40 inches braces the wall with the garage opening). When the siding fails, I suspect the bottom 40 inches will then take over for all 4 walls. That 40 inches is good uplift capacity also. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 The only critical bracing in a pole building is in the roof trusses. At 40" depth the poles will survive if the trusses collapse, I've seen it first hand on a building 60 x 200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 There is lateral bracing installed in the roof trusses too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 There is lateral bracing installed in the roof trusses too. That adds nothing to wall bracing, IMHO My own 20 X 25' shop is braced by a metal panel exterior finish, and I live in a 110 mph wind zone. I plan to brace it later with OSB panels on the inside but the real reason is to have a solid wall surface to hang some tools. I'm just making sure it doubles as wall bracing. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Additionally, my building is not too exposed. My neighborhood is heavy with mature hardwood trees. They cut the impact of wind to the building quite a bit. I'm more likely to suffer damage from falling limbs or entire trees. But again, being surrounded on all sides, our trees and buildings are buffered pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 And the soil drains well so it's very rare to have an uprooting of a healthy tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 All of the pole barns I have seen rely on the embedded posts for lateral bracing. The siding does help in stiffening the walls. The roof framing cannot brace the walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 As you can see, we have lots if wind buffer. Click to Enlarge 138.77 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Blacktop crew was in the area and I flagged one of the foremans down who was doing the usual marketing for extra work while his equipment was in the neighborhood. We haggled until he made me an offer I though was a pretty good deal. No more periodic gravel adjusting for me. It turned out better than I imagined it would. I'm real happy with it. Click to Enlarge 65.53 KB Click to Enlarge 60.74 KB Click to Enlarge 64.34 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 It's better than concrete with trees so close. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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