Pole barn questions

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   I was wondering if any users have experience with pole barns.  Trying to stabilize a pole barn where half of it is like a lean to off the old dairy barn.  The front of shed is regular full trusses.  The back half is made up of half trusses that are attached to the barn.  The barn is not structurally sound and need to do something.  Those six back trusses do not have poles and are only attached to the side of the barn wall.  My plan is to laminate 2x6s to make poles on the side attached to the barn where the long end of the truss would be laminated into the pole.  The bottom of the new poles would be attached to the concrete floor using some metal brackets.  All the poles would then be braced and could remove the rest of the old barn and then close in that side with tin?  Wondering if this is a sound plan or if there were other ideas.

Edited by Greg(WI) - 04 Aug 2025 at 4:44pm

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Greg(WI) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bronze Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Wisconsin Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg(WI) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Pole barn questions Posted: 04 Aug 2025 at 4:14pm
	I was wondering if any users have experience with pole barns. Trying to stabilize a pole barn where half of it is like a lean to off the old dairy barn. The front of shed is regular full trusses. The back half is made up of half trusses that are attached to the barn. The barn is not structurally sound and need to do something. Those six back trusses do not have poles and are only attached to the side of the barn wall. My plan is to laminate 2x6s to make poles on the side attached to the barn where the long end of the truss would be laminated into the pole. The bottom of the new poles would be attached to the concrete floor using some metal brackets. All the poles would then be braced and could remove the rest of the old barn and then close in that side with tin? Wondering if this is a sound plan or if there were other ideas. Edited by Greg(WI) - 04 Aug 2025 at 4:44pm

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thendrix Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 5079	Post Options Post Reply Quote thendrix Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 2025 at 4:28pm
	Our pole barn is a 40x60 straight open barn with posts on 12ft centers and trusses on 5ft centers. Top pitch is 5/12 and bottom is 2/12. Ours is braced with 2x6s in an L shape running the length of the barn about 3 feet below the truss bottoms. Then we took 2x6s on a 45 from the L shape to the side of the trusses. Braced ours side to side and laterally very well. We've had a few cases of 60+ winds and it's still standing
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steve(ill) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 87393	Post Options Post Reply Quote steve(ill) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 2025 at 5:43pm
	seems like you have HALF TRUSSES attached to the outside wall of the old barn.. making this a lean to... YES.. if you make posts out of laminated 2 x 6 and set one at each truss and attach at the bottom and top of the truss to the post, you will make a TEE out of it which is exactly what you want from an Engineering point of view... Pinning to the concrete at the base should be fine. No need to drill and bury the post.
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