this 3600 sq. ft. 40 x 80 x 16 with 400 sq. ft.loft, built for a guy with all the toys ............ started on 5/10 and completed on 5/15 including overhead doors erected with just 4 men ,............... Location: Brunswick, Ga.

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Looks good! Do I see some "beams" made out of strips of panel and 18 ga. steel, for example where the overhead door track is connected above?

Posted By Jelly on 22 May 2010 07:29 AM
Looks good! Do I see some "beams" made out of strips of panel and 18 ga. steel, for example where the overhead door track is connected above?

What a great eye! yes because the pitch was so high  over the 12 x 14 ft. OH door, the installer needed a lower point to attach the track to, so we dug a 18" x 18 ft. drop out of the scrap pile capped it with 18 ga. steel track and created a panel beam to support the back end of the OH door track.

That was the only place a panel beam was used, the other ridge beam are the standard 6" w x 14" h steel box beams

The smaller 8 x 8 OH door track is attached to the bottom side of the 12" thick SIP floor skin , that floor panel clear spans 21 ft.

So whats up with the bottom stair landing clearance into the area underneath the loft? Looks a little tight.

Posted By greentree on 22 May 2010 09:33 AM
So whats up with the bottom stair landing clearance into the area underneath the loft? Looks a little tight.

Good observation, owner supplied stairs and we helped install, cut out in panel partition allows for code compliant landing at bottom and access from shop. I believe he is going to alter stair rail/post on last tread to allow easier access from lower room

Owner also fabricated his own steel frame walk in doors making a 6" throat in jamb to accomodate panel thickness

Any siding? drywall going in?

Posted By ls7corvete on 28 May 2010 10:20 PM
Any siding? drywall going in?

No drywall or siding , panel wall joints are simply caulked, roof joints are are taped with a white "perm-bond" pressure sensitive tape.

On the 7th day the owner locked his truck in building and already had several "Home Depot" type storage racks installed