I am glad you’re asking and would love to hear what others have seen/done!
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So will the fill in the stalls come up over the bottom edge of the wall?
I see there is a bottom horizontal base (2"x4" or 2"x6"?) to which the metal siding is probably attached. I am supposing that bottom board is not supposed to come in contact with dirt, even NSF-type sandy gravel. It doesn’t seem like a good idea to have the metal touching the dirt either because of eventual rust. Is that an issue? Maybe those materials are designed to be slightly covered?
If I were to build such a barn and wanted the walls sealed all the way to the ground, what would be my options? I know some people have complete floors done in concrete. Is a slight gap supposed to stay? Do they maybe use a felt material or some kind of rubber seal? Will your excavator put the final coat of top fill material in to cover the bottom inch or so of the wall in the stalls or leave a gap?
Sorry to bombard you with all these questions. Since this barn is new for you, maybe I should be addressing it to others who have had pole barns for a while.
I am totally impressed with the sturdy structure.[/QUOTE]
You use treated wood for the lumber that comes into contact with dirt (you know, the kind that is sort of greenish and sprayed with weird stuff that preserves it), so it doesn’t rot. The walls go all the way into the ground for my pole barn, there’s no gap.
You also use treated lumber for the poles themselves, they are in the ground. And fenceposts, etc. are treated. It’s a good question!
Everything looks great, vxf111! Congrats!
Looking good.
We did what fordtraktor did, we have pressure treated lumber below the metal to fix the gap. On the outside in the areas the horses contact we removed the metal siding and put wood for a safer kick board.
I see you did not include any translucent panels at all so no natural light inside the barn.
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Looking good.
We did what fordtraktor did, we have pressure treated lumber below the metal to fix the gap. On the outside in the areas the horses contact we removed the metal siding and put wood for a safer kick board.
I see you did not include any translucent panels at all so no natural light inside the barn.[/QUOTE]
No, no panels. We have 5 dutch doors that can open to let light in, the 2 center aisle slider doors, and eventually plan to install some of these…
http://s5.photobucket.com/user/vxf111/media/Fox%20Chapel%20Farm/photo1.jpg.html
Which we own, but didn’t have Pioneer put in. We’re saving pennies to do the essential stuff first. I would rather have windows you can OPEN than ones up high that let light in but you can’t open.
I think that will be fine, I don’t have any panels either but have 2 slider doors and 4 Dutch doors, and it’s fine. I put up a pretty Kensington aisle guard on one end and a gate at the end that opens into the field on the other end so that I can keep the slider doors open. That makes a big difference with air flow and light.
Just spoke with the stall guy. He thinks by the time the site is regraded outside and the fill is added to the stalls-- there will be no gap and no need to add pressure treated wood. He looked at the photos and thought it looked standard/the way it’s normally done, and the fill dirt around the outside of the barn just needs to be graded up again after it was knocked about by the construction itself.
