Pole Barn — Posts to Metal Roof

Braced posts, girts, crane-set trusses, purlins, dark metal roof installed.

This barn started on April 2 with the first posts going in on a bare dirt pad. We set each post and braced it, then kept going until the full outline was standing. By mid-April the girts were on and the walls were taking shape.

On April 15 a crane lifted the trusses up onto the posts. With the trusses set, we ran purlins across the top. Looking up from inside the frame you can see the full grid of trusses and purlins before any metal went on.

On April 23 and 24 the dark metal roof went on, worked from ladders and a plank along the eave. The roof was covered, with the wall framing still open below.