Pole building design

This shows the 2x4 "sheeting" fastened to the trusses.
The spacing is 24" on center and the roofing is fastened to the sheeting.


This shows foil insulation installed between the sheeting and the roofing.
The siding in this picture has no foil.


This shows the 8' on center 6x6 poles, the 2x8 treated "skirt" at the ground, and the 2x4 purlins that are 24" on center for the wall framing for the siding.


This shows the double "plate" that holds the trusses and the 2x6 bearing block that is nailed to the poles just under the plate and the truss ties that are used to connect the trusses to the plate.
Every other truss connects to and sets directly on top of the pole.
Where the truss connects to the pole, the pole is cut as needed for proper spacing of the trusses.
The 6x6 truss tie is sandwiched between the double plate and fastened with nails from each side. The truss or rafter is nailed to the ties.


This shows the trusses resting on the double plate, which rests on the pole/bearing block.
The trusses are nailed to the ties/poles.

Miscellaneous jobs

A local garden center entrance and storage building.


We designed this building in a half circle to fit the site that was on a mountain side.


A cattle handling facility for a farmer.


A seven foot deer fence around an orchard.


A grape arbor.


A trellis with ivy and jasmine.


A log pavilion that will be covered with a trap.



A chicken house.

Residential accessory/storage buildings

A 12x16 storage house with a 10x12 wing to one side.
Treated plywood siding with 12" on center 1x4 battens, painted white.
5-V galvalume metal roof.


A 12x16 chicken coop with sawmill grade rough-cut, mixed hardwood siding with the spaces between the wider boards covered with 1x3 battens.


This building is 20x20 with a 10x20 shed.
It has 1x8 oak siding with 1x4 batten strips covering the spaces on the wider boards.
The owner wanted a Colonial Williamsburg look


This play house/storage building has been mistaken for someones house before.


This 10x14 storage was designed with a New England fishing village in mind.


This customer said that she wanted a barn even though they were in the city.
We designed this 16x20 with attention given to the lines, including the gambrel roof, the overhangs, and the door and window locations.
Details like the archetectural shingles and the antique replica hinges on the double doors added to the overall look they wanted.

Work shops and storage

This building features eave light panels which is a translucent panel installed just under the eave overhang.
This feature allows natural light in and avoids potential problems that may come with installing these panels in the roof.
Translucent panels come in only a few choices like white, clear and green and may make it difficult to choose a roof color to coordinate with, and while care is taken when they are installed as roof panels, any time there is a transition from one panel to another there is the potential for a leak.
The material used to make these panels are of the highest quality and if a customer wanted these installed in the roof, we would not hesitate to use them.




The roof pitch of this building is a 5/12 pitch designed to match existing buildings.
A 4/12 pitch is the most common for these types of buildings in our area.
A steeper pitch usually gives the building more character as does the boxed end overhang as shown with these three examples.




This building has four 10' ridge vents.
They are about 8"-10" high and allow heat to escape to the outside.
They can not be closed off.
An option that costs less is a vented closure that is installed just under the ridge cap.
This type of closure is similar to the standard closure that is normally installed.
It allows airflow but prevents blowing snow or rain from getting under the ridge cap.



All of the examples here have overhead doors instead of sliding doors.
The overhead door gives a tighter seal, and I think a cleaner look, and can be latched or locked from the outside while a slider is designed to be latched from the inside only.
Openers are also options that only overhead doors allow.
As for the cost, depending on the style, overhead doors are very close in price to sliding doors up to about a 10x10 in size. Once you get into the larger openings like a 12x16 for example, the sliding doors are always cheaper.
An overhead door needs a threshold to close down on like a concrete floor/apron.