How To Add A Side Roof To A Pole Barn

Dear pole barn guru.

How to add a side roof to a pole barn.

I have a 24 x 30 x 10 eve pole building garage that i would like to add on a 16 18 extension to. One building is a 2 car stick built garage the other is an pole barn for a total size of 24 60 they are attached at the roof. Roof joists are 4 on center. If the lean to is enclosed on the low eave side the new lean to roof outside columns must now carry the wind load against the top half of the new wall plus the entire roof.

A change in roof pitch between the existing building and the lean to or the lean to high side being lower than the existing structure. The cost to build a pole barn house runs 15 000 to 35 000 on average with most spending 10 to 30 per square foot exact prices depend on the size. Over the years the methods for attaching metal siding to pole barns have improved so that the average do it yourselfer can do the job to save money. There is a 12 overhang on all four walls w eve troughs on the sidewalls.

Step 1 draw out the plans for your lean to pole barn before building so you know what size lumber to buy and how large an area to clear. Learn how an experienced framing crew applies 36 5v siding to the exterior of a pole barn. I have a 30x50 metal pole barn. Long story short needs existing vinyl siding asphalt shingle roof replaced and a couple poles in the barn.

Adding a lean to on a pole barn. The enclosed part and porch i am not worried all that much about but getting the lean to part i am stuck on. I would like to add a lean to to the 50 side and have a 30x15 20 enclosed shop area and a 20x15 20 porch on it. Steel siding can be installed on a pole barn to seal off the barn s interior from the elements.

This metal is the same type that is used for the roof of the barn. To raise the barn roof simply use a series of 5 ton or larger bottle jacks on the floor at the base of each post with a 4x4 timber atop each jack. I did something like this when i conserved a barn built by henry ford in 1873 except i used 1 2 thick plates by the width of the timber which varied from 8 11. I m in the early stages of replacing two attached buildings.

The lean to can be placed to either begin at the same height of the existing building eave or the high side can be placed lower along the original building wall. Pole barns are built on supporting poles durable and easy to maintain. Build the barn with the poles on one side taller than the poles on the other with a flat roof and you have a lean to pole barn.