32x36 Barn Built with Rough Cut Lumber

Originally posted 2009-08-02 by Brad. Brought over from the old Plan-to-Build archive.

I built my 32×36 barn with rough cut lumber cut with my dad’s sawmill. The lumber is long leaf yellow pine which is one of the best framing lumbers available other than various types of hardwood.

Archive Notes

Here is a shot of my dad helping me unload the first load of lumber that we cut.

I guess the barn would be considered a pole barn because all of the weight is on the poles, not the foundation. The poles were treated at a local treatment plant to prevent rot and decay.

I poured a cement floor 4 inches thick with no footer and used the fiber treated cement for extra strength. I formed the foundation, but paid a contractor to come in a pour and smooth the cement. This was the only part of the barn I paid someone else to do.