It has just hit 2 years since I had my pole barn built and decided to share everything i have done to make it what it has become in the last 2 years.

I did everything my self except build the pole barn, the concrete floor and hook up the panel box. It is very satisfying to be able to stand back and see that i did almost everything my self and easily saved over $10,000 by doing so!

I used Pioneer Pole Building and they were absolutely fantastic to deal with. I was having quotes and estimates while we were looking at houses. When we finally found a house i finalized the quote and began a half year process to get everything lined up between permits and hearings and finally began construction just over a year from buying the house.


First thing was i was responsible for the site to be ready and leveled so i borrowed a friends bobcat and went to town one weekend.

White flags are the corners where the building will be.

 

2 weeks later they delivered all the building materials and scheduled a build date! and 5 days after the delivery they were there early morning and got right to work. Each person had a task and with out hesitation measuered and marked off where the holes needed to be built and began drilling and not even a hour later from showing up, their bobcat was loaded back on the trailer and we waited for the county inspector to come look at the footer holes.

almost 2 hours later they were back to work!

 

Each person carried out items to each footer until all the posts and concrete mix were at the footers.

 

One would hold the post, other would check and make sure its leveled while the other guys dumped and mixed the concrete bags

 

Only 2.5 hrs in

 

All completed by 4pm on the same day!

 

The following week they had someone install the garage door and the next day i had gravel delivered for the concrete

 

The next day they came out and poured the concrete and i back filled the gravel so the edge wouldn't get messed up

 

a little out of order but between the garage and the concrete a friend and i hung the gutters so the county could do their final inspection.

 

pulled the rest of the fence up to start back filling

 

before, my big pile of dirt from leveling the site, getting rid of the dirt pile and back filling

 

All done and gravel spread down the side for drainage

 

I had to upgrade my house electric before i could run power to the garage.

New wires ran and new panel boxes mounted and ready for BGE to hook up.

But first i had to remove the bushes out of the way for BGE to hook up. Its now May 2016...

 

before and after the vegetation that was required by the county to have between the garage and the property line.

 

Mean while during the winter i was installing the interior frame and insulation and working the a string light from a extension cord ran to my house.