Helpful Hints for Constructing
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COPPER COLOR BARKDUST BAY HARBOR BLUE GOLD RUSH NORTHWEST SLATE TWILIGHT BLACK WOODLAND TIMBER Table of Contents Before Getting Started Page Talk to Local Building Inspector . .4 Items Recommended . .4 Traditional Post Frame Construction String Line Building Dimensions . .5 Square the Building . .5 Setting Corner Posts . .6 Post Location . .7 Grade Board . .9 Girts . .10 Headers . .11 Truss Location . .12 Raising Trusses . .13 Purlins . .14 Bracing . .14-15 Bookshelf Post Frame Construction . .24-27 Options Sliding Door Framing . .16-17 Sliding Door Accessories and Trim . .18-19 Tab Lock Sliding Doors . .20-21 Kwik Frame Sliding Doors . .22 Overhead Door Framing . .23 Overhangs and Trim . .28-29 Windows and Service Doors . .30-32 Storing, handling, and cutting panels . .33 Panel Installation . .34-36 Wainscot and Eavelite . .37 Skylite . .38 Interior Liner Panel . .39 Insulation . .40 Ventilation . .41 Cupola Installation . .42-43 Horse Stalls . .44-45 Gutter Installation . .46-47 Accessories & Trim . .48-50 PAGE 3 Before Getting Started This Helpful Hints Guide has been developed to help you construct your post frame building and makes no representation or guarantee that you will be able to successfully complete your building. It is important that questions be asked before you get too far into construction. Study this manual carefully before starting construction. You can use it as a guide and refer to it during construction. Have you talked to your local building inspector? We suggest you check with your local building official regarding site location, permit procedures, safety regulations and specifica - tions of the materials used to construct your new building. PLEASE NOTE: This Helpful Hints Guide is intended solely to provide general knowledge as to one of the many ways that a post frame building may be constructed. Builders who utilize this guide must proceed at their own risk and are solely responsible for complying with all the building codes which pertain to their community. hereby disclaims all liability for any damages whether consequential, incidental, special or otherwise, which may result from following this Helpful Hints Guide. has many prints available to the builder to better aid them in the construction of the post frame building. (Custom Mini-Prints, Residential Post Frame Blueprints, and Commercial Blueprints. See your store for details.) Before the building is delivered make sure that your site is clear. Prepare the site so it is level 6' beyond the building on all sides. Remember to make sure there is enough room for the delivery truck to move around on your site. The bigger the building, the bigger the truck delivering the building will be. Warning: If metal is not being used immediately, store roofing and siding panels in a dry area out of the sun. See handling instructions on page 33 for more information. Tip: If you plan to have a concrete floor now or at a later date please make sure the material list has been adjusted properly to accommodate this feature. By putting in a concrete floor into your building you may lose the thickness of the floor from your total interior height. Check for proper turning radius and clearance for overhead doors. Items recommended for the construction of your post frame building: • Mason line • Post Frame Building Hammer • Tape Measure • Hand Saw • Framing Square • Level • Chalk Line • Nail Apron • Metal Snips • Pencil • Chain Saw • Circular Saw • Drill • Custom Mini-Print All of the above items can be purchased at your local store. PAGE 4 Traditional Post Frame Construction String Line Building Dimensions • Locate and stake corners of the building. Grade should be level and free of obstructions. • Drive three stakes into the ground spaced about 6' apart and approximately 4' behind each building corner stake. • Nail batter boards to the outside of the stakes, approximately 12" above the grade. • Starting at corner #1, stretch a mason line directly over the top of the corner stakes for one • side of the building. Finish stretching the mason line between the remaining corners to form • the outline of the building. Check for proper dimensions, making adjustments as needed. 6 ft Approx. 4 ft 6 ft Stake e n Lin Corner #2 Approx. 4 ft Maso Wi dth Corner #1 Corner #3 Batter approx. ngth Boards 12" Le Corner #4 Call your local digger's hotline to check for underground lines before digging. Square the Building • Measure 6' from any corner along the sideline and make a mark. Measure 8' from the same corner along the end line and make a mark. The diagonal distance between the marks should be exactly 10'. If not, adjust a line at the corner to fit. Repeat this process at the next two corners. • To square mason lines, measure diagonally. To be squared, their measurements need to be the same. Adjust as necessary. Make sure your sidewall and end wall dimensions 6’ are correct. 8’ 10’ Diagonal B l A na go Dia Diagonal A = Diagonal B PAGE 5 Set and Plumb Corner Posts Dig holes at least 4 feet deep, any less will compromise your wind loads and frost level. Grade Dig the corner holes first. Tamp the bottom of the hole to avoid settling. Place a concrete pad in the bottom of each hole. P Secure treated anchor blocks ¹⁄8" from the bottom of O each post with 4" nails on each side of the post. Embedment depth (4' Minimum) S Treated Repeat for all posts. These anchor blocks increase the Anchor building's wind uplift rating. Post T Blocks Note: If treated anchor blocks are wider Concrete footing than the post, use the following pattern. Anchor Blocks Thickness of Footing Place a concrete pad and post into each corner hole. See your mini-print for the correct post length. Width Stand the corner post vertically in the hole so the longer width sets perpendicular to the wall and the shorter width runs parallel to the wall. I.E. for 4x6 post, the 4" dimension runs parallel and the 6" dimension runs per - Corner Post pendicular. For buildings with bookshelf girts refer to page 24. Check for plumb with level Fit the sides of the post into the corner of mason line on two sides layout, allowing room (1½") for girts between the mason line and the post for both the sidewall and end wall. The outside of the girts is the final dimension measurements for the building. Keep checking to make sure the post is plumb and in Mason 11⁄2" line with the mason line. String Nail a temporary 2"x4" brace on the inside of the corner post near the top extending to stakes in the ground. Bracing should be applied in both the sidewall and end Endwall 11⁄2" wall directions. Corner Post 1 - Fill the hole with dirt and tamp solid. 1 ⁄2" - Repeat this with all corner posts. Sidewall PAGE 6 Locate Sidewall Posts Temporarily tack a 2"x4" block on the end wall side of the corner post, approximately 1' up from grade. Sidewall Measure to your particular spacing along mason line, Post stick a nail in the ground directly under the mason line. Corner Continue down the sidewall in the same fashion. At Post each nail location, dig a hole on the inside of the string for the sidewall posts. 2x4 Block on end wall Jamb Posts (Door Posts) Note: For overhead doors the door width is measured from inside of post to inside of post. Level For sliding doors the door width is measured from center cing Spa of post to center of post. Post Measure to your particular spacing from the temporary 2"x4" block on the corner post to the closest Nail edge of the first sidewall post. Set in pads and posts. Allow room for girts between the mason line and post. Make sure the post remains plumb. Sidewall Post Fill hole with dirt and tamp solid. Sidewall Post Measure to your particular spacing from far edge of the second post to the closest edge of the next post. Set in pad and post. Allow 1½" between the mason line and post. Make sure the post remains plumb. Level Fill hole with dirt and tamp solid. Continue down cing the rest of the sidewall. Spa Post Repeat procedure starting from the same endwall, on the opposite side. Nail Endwall Posts Using mini-print specifications, extend endwall posts up to the top of the roofline. Roofline In order for stability and safety in the construction end wall end wall end wall process, posts on end walls should be set an equal Post Post Post distance apart and are not to exceed 10' on center. (Excluding door openings.) Grade 10’ Max 10’ OC Max 10’ OC Max 10’Max “It’s easier to change ideas before C C C they’re set in concrete. L L L Prior planning prevents poor perfor - mance.” PAGE 7 WAINSCOT TruSSES LAmINATED COLumNS PurLINS GrADEBOArD ANCHOr BLOCkS GIrTS PAGE 8 www.midwestmanufacturing.com END GAP DISTANCE FOr EvEry 16' OF PLANk Install Grade Board Current Maximum Expected Temperature Composite Grade Board: Temp 70 80 90 100 110 120 40 3/32" 1/8" 5/32" 3/16" 7/32" 1/4" 1. Locate the corner post with the highest grade. 50 1/16" 3/32" 1/8" 5/32" 3/16" 7/32" 2. Place nail at post, setting building grade. 60 1/32" 1/16" 3/32" 1/8" 5/32" 3/16" 70 --- 1/32" 1/16" 3/32" 1/8" 5/32" 3.