Pole Frame Garage

[PGSigns]

Your average is not real good. Something we learned doing mine gloves always when doing metal. Hopefully yall get through the rest with no more injuries.
Jimmy

[Dieselwrencher]

Dang! Sorry to hear of you and your friend's injuries! That metal is stupid sharp! The insulation looks great though! Isn't it nice to be able to put stuff in it now? It's a double edged sword at this point. You're so close to the end but it feels like so far away from getting in and working on projects in it.

[rharris]

I am going to try to keep it somewhat empty until i am done working on it. We had a productive day today. We got 27 pieces of ceiling liner up. We had 2 guys on separate scaffoldings and 3 guys on the ground. There are 3 stacks of 13 panels that we predrilled - i wanted straight screws. We started in the opposite end corner of the man door so when you come in the man door you can't see the overlaps. The doors are getting installed on the 18th, so i have to have the ceiling completed.

[PGSigns]

Great progress. Looks good.
Jimmy

[Dieselwrencher]

That looks really nice!

[rharris]

The overhead door installers do not want ribbed metal up to the edge of the door frames due to his track and opener brackets. Most times you see the door 2x6 is exposed or painted. Since the entire inside of my building will have metal panels i didn't want the wood exposed. I had the Amish store bend some pieces to accommodate. I think it turned out really well. Ribbed panels and J-channel will go between the doors. I'm also happy with the soffit lights. I knew they would not give off much useable light, but i think they look great. I'm thinking about hanging hubcaps where the light hits the clay above the doors.

[PGSigns]

Coming along nicely.
Jimmy

[rharris]

Doors are in

[PGSigns]

Doors look nice on it. Almost time to start filling it up.
Jimmy

[racecougar]

Originally Posted by rharris

struggling with the ceiling insulation. If i blow in, i will need to block off the eves to keep the insulation from going down the walls and out the soffit vent. They make rafter mates, but they are for 24" OC. I have 48". Putting two together don't work so nice. The rafter mate keeps a channel of vented air from the soffit vent up to the ridge vent and allows a spot for the blown to rest against. Thoughts?

I know I'm way late to this party, but when I built my shop, I utilized 10mil plastic sheeting to create my own insulation baffles. I also installed sheeting to create a vapor barrier above the ceiling sheetmetal. Since I work alone, I used a drywall hoist to get each panel up near the ceiling, slid it onto two deadmen made out of 2x4 off-fall, then attached it to the trusses. I ended up blowing in about R-55 of fiberglass in the ceiling (I bought more insulation than I really needed, and I wasn't going to take it back). With R-19 batts in the walls, and the building sealed up as tight as it is, heating and cooling my 30'x60'x12-1/2' building takes next to nothing. I've been enjoying the building for a great couple of years now.

Good looking build you've got going on!