"Peter" wrote in message
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Hi Pete, ya big wuss. When I built my barn, 50' X 30' X
16',

Lessee, that's 15m x 10m x 4.8m. Or about 3/4 the size of
mine......
I did everything myself, including the trusses and the
roof.
Course, I was a lot younger back then.

Probably had 2 fully functional arms, too. When I was a
lot younger I
built a 5400 sq ft 3 storey house - that cured me of
building
multi-storey houses. My current place is ground level.

Yup, OK, you win.




Actually putting the roofing on is pretty easy but it's
not worth the
effort building the trusses as that means getting an
engineer to
certify them - local Govt inspectors are a picky bunch
these days.
Easier to ring up the local truss plant and have them
delivered, with
certification. More expensive, but a lot less hassle. I
can't build a
rafter roof without a lot of scaffolding etc so not worth
the hassle
either even though I have enough 6 x 2 hardwood to do it
(sawed up all
the trees I felled on the site). Was going to weld up
lightweight steel
trusses but the price of steel combined with the need for
engineering
design certs made it marginal. Lot stronger, but so what -
I'll have a
high rolling gantry crane setup anyway.

I ''bypassed'' the inspecors here. I remember making the
wood scaffolding, it was almost as much work as the barn
itself. Made for a nice bon-fire afterwards, though.



I'm going sailing this week. it's gonna be cold, in the
40s.
Brrrr!

Wuss :-) I've just got back from working where the water
temp was 1.5C
and the air temp about the same.


1.5C , that's like what, 55 * f.? Phhtttt!

Double wuss, I didn't go...something came up.



Scotty