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5Cent

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All poles in except one corner, more concrete needed to help displace the water that keeps filling them up, then putting the cookie on top of that. The worst hole is on the gable end and does not bear weight from the truss, but to ensure nothing sinks, we are swapping out the 2x10 double truss carriers in that area to a 12"LVL to help reinforce/spread truss force across the poles in that corner more evenly. I expressed my concen of another 1" of rain in the forecast the next few days, and the wind. Fingers crossed.

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They didn't work yesterday due to heavy rain down by them, but that rain stayed south of us, with only .01" received so everything had an extra day to dry up thankfully. Footers for those holes were solid this AM.

Things are going smooth today. All poles up, truss carriers and skirt boards on. Trusses set, roof getting finished now with ice guards and ridge vent.

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"J"

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Adam, am I thinking wrong, but wasn’t the standard building practice, walls up first then sheeting on the roof? I’m seeing roof first then walls on lots of pole barns.
 
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"J"

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No idea J. I think all I have ever seen built up this way have roof first then side girts and metal.
My concern would be the trampoline effect in higher winds, especially this time of year. But they have a lot more experience at this than I.
 
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