Baymule
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@OneFineAcre thanks for posting that! Love the carport barn! Sure gives us some good ideas!
Carport Barn
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OneFineAcre
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Pretty neat isn't it. I read through the link, and on the first one they drilled holes in every piece of the siding through the steel legs, and attached the wood with through bolts. I bet that was a lot of work. On the others they installed a channel on the legs that they can just slide the pieces of wood down, but that didn't look as good with the steel legs still exposed. There are probably other ways around that, you could just install 3 boards horizontally at the top, middle and bottom and run your exterior boards vertically. Or you could just install some sheathing, some tyvek wrap and lapped cedar siding.
Was thinking was it really beneficial to even start with the carport. But, the good thing about using that as the base, if you aren't particularly skilled you are at least starting with a structure that is square with walls that are plumb.
Baymule
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Not to mention that I am definitely rafter-challenged. 
OneFineAcre
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Not to mention that I am definitely rafter-challenged.
I forgot that part. That's a biggie.
That's why all of my shelters at my old place were shed type, low sloped and metal.
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@OneFineAcre, that's where we got inspiration from. However my mom went through and calculated it out and the cost of the carport (free delivery and installation 
), the cost of the gravel to be leveled, and the wood paneling for the siding was still about 1/2 the price of buying a pre-built barn (our only other option since my parents didn't want to build one anymore).
), the cost of the gravel to be leveled, and the wood paneling for the siding was still about 1/2 the price of buying a pre-built barn (our only other option since my parents didn't want to build one anymore).
OneFineAcre
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@OneFineAcre, that's where we got inspiration from. However my mom went through and calculated it out and the cost of the carport (free delivery and installation
I can't wait to see what you build. You said paneling for the siding. You mean you are going to use the 4x8 sheets of T-111 siding, what I call barn siding?
I know when we moved I bought (2) 12x20 carports. We had a nice place for the does, we needed something for the bucks, and another to keep some hay under and the milk stand and no way could we have built what we got for what we paid.
I want to see what you do because I'm going to do something with the ones we already bought, and may do more.
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Yep, T-111 siding. It's going to be painted white to match the rest of the buildings on the property.
My mom already has an idea for the outside, but I'm still trying to figure out how I want everything set up on the inside.
My mom already has an idea for the outside, but I'm still trying to figure out how I want everything set up on the inside.
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ETA: I asked my dad and he said it will be here in 6 weeks or so, or mid-November.
OneFineAcre
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@SheepGirl
Do you have an update? I think the last word was the carport was being delivered.
I'm particularly interested in the detail on how you are installing the siding.
I've got two smaller carports 12x20 that I want to at least side in some fashion.
Plus, we have a contract on the sale of our old house and if all goes well and we close Dec 2nd, I'm probably going to be looking a new larger barn.
Do you have an update? I think the last word was the carport was being delivered.
I'm particularly interested in the detail on how you are installing the siding.
I've got two smaller carports 12x20 that I want to at least side in some fashion.
Plus, we have a contract on the sale of our old house and if all goes well and we close Dec 2nd, I'm probably going to be looking a new larger barn.
babsbag
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@OneFineAcre I LOVE the picture of that barn. We have been tossing around barn ideas too and we were going to start with a carport and then we decided to do stick built because of the cost. BUT we are renting scaffolding when we do the rafters and the roof; not as young as we used to be and ladder work is literally a pain. But looking at that barn picture... I really like that siding, very classy.
I live in CA and in what they call a "wild land fire interface area" so any buildings we build to code have to have either cement board siding or metal. While I am not getting a permit for the barn there is still wisdom in that for those of us that live in a fire prone area. (pretty much all of CA) But the wood siding is so "barnish"...I like it...a lot.
I live in CA and in what they call a "wild land fire interface area" so any buildings we build to code have to have either cement board siding or metal. While I am not getting a permit for the barn there is still wisdom in that for those of us that live in a fire prone area. (pretty much all of CA) But the wood siding is so "barnish"...I like it...a lot.
