Barndo.....Who has one?

[yuppie]

I'm starting to consider a toybox. Any idea what I'd need to build to fit a SXS or two, a couple boats and bikes? I'm thinking 60x40, but can I get away with a metal building and a mini-split?
Anyone have recommendations on Barndo builders in Havasu?

 

[kimbalee]

We finally got out of commiefornia & exactly 1 year ago put up our barndo red iron in rural northern Nevada. It has been a journey lol but we r both still alive & married! Passed rough plumbing, electrical & framing inspection a couple of weeks ago. Venting, mini-splits & house insulation are next.

 

[DILLIGAF]

We finally got out of commiefornia & exactly 1 year ago put up our barndo red iron in rural northern Nevada. It has been a journey lol but we r both still alive & married! Passed rough plumbing, electrical & framing inspection a couple of weeks ago. Venting, mini-splits & house insulation are next.

Awesome. Yep, if not paying attention can wreck a relationship!

Congrats on the escape. Lol

 

[petie6464]

Been grinding on this for about five years.. I have the dirt and will build one.

What I've learned is the two story's suck at least for me, I've never had a two-story house and certainly don't want one now. With that it's less expensive to build the barn part as high as you need; For me that's a 14' door hight. Then drop the living part down and that will have 9' ceilings. I know people want tall ass ceilings in their homes...you go right ahead.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Been grinding on this for about five years.. I have the dirt and will build one.

What I've learned is the two story's suck at least for me, I've never had a two-story house and certainly don't want one now. With that it's less expensive to build the barn part as high as you need; For me that's a 14' door hight. Then drop the living part down and that will have 9' ceilings. I know people want tall ass ceilings in their homes...you go right ahead.

Have the 9' in the residence side and 14' for the shop side. Put a loft up above the 9' area

 

[petie6464]

Have the 9' in the residence side and 14' for the shop side. Put a loft up above the 9' area

Are you saying your barn height is 14' or the door height?

 

[DILLIGAF]

Roof inside but not the door or ceiling height. Slanted both ways down with the max height inside was probably 14 maybe 15. Walked on this one due to some concerns but we were going to make the ceiling 9 maybe 10 feet. Up above we were going to make a small loft.

Are you saying your barn height is 14' or the door height?

 

[DILLIGAF]

Its would be maximizing space we had even if the loft got used for storage

 

[petie6464]

Roof inside but not the door or ceiling height. Slanted both ways down with the max height inside was probably 14 maybe 15. Walked on this one due to some concerns but we were going to make the ceiling 9 maybe 10 feet. Up above we were going to make a small loft.

Got it, I need a 14' door so I can pull a rig in. So looking at a ceiling hight of 18' peak. Then slope down and living area with 10' or 12' height with a 9' finish height inside. I think it will be the most cost effective way for me to go.

 

[mesquito_creek]

Got it, I need a 14' door so I can pull a rig in. So looking at a ceiling hight of 18' peak. Then slope down and living area with 10' or 12' height with a 9' finish height inside. I think it will be the most cost effective way for me to go.

You will never wish you went shorter, you will only wish you went taller… if you look at the doors on my boat house pictures from the inside, you are looking at 14 foot tall by 12 foot wide doors. You can barely fit a roll up door with 16 foot exterior walls. I understand there are ways to work 14 foot door into a 14 foot or shorter top plate but you are compromising in other ways that are easily addressed with a 16 foot exterior wall height. Red iron style trusses gobble up interior corner volume if you are looking to free span anything very wide. Metal buildings are basically priced by the pound so a foot or two height isn’t a lot of money and the installation is based more on square footage than building height.

But this is my fourth boat/rv garage and I went tall because I wished I had the 3 times prior

 

[DILLIGAF]

Got it, I need a 14' door so I can pull a rig in. So looking at a ceiling hight of 18' peak. Then slope down and living area with 10' or 12' height with a 9' finish height inside. I think it will be the most cost effective way for me to go.

The one i was looking at buying did not have the roll up door or height to add an appropriate one ;(

You got the right idea