How To Raise A Roof On A Pole Barn

My question is concerning the assembly of my hansen kit.

How to raise a roof on a pole barn.

It looks like i need to raise the roof around 8 inches i seems like this may be possible. Raising sections of pole barn roofs. Then add the 8 inches of. For your reading pleasure i will share.

Be sure you re in compliance with local building height codes before you start. Cut the poles near the top and jack it up with a hydraulic lift on a truck. Raise them up to about 11 feet. Of course i also converted it to a standard 2x6 framed wall structure in the process.

For your reading pleasure i will share. Raising sections of pole barn roofs. Do one side at a time. These beams rest on posts that in turn are on concrete pads.

Reader lonnie in colorado springs has some ideas about how to raise sections of his new post frame pole barn building roof. Was rotting out due to ground contact. My question is concerning the assembly of my hansen kit. Of course i also converted it to a standard 2x6 framed wall structure in the process.

I could have easily raised my pole barn shop roof by 8 when i placed 6x8x16 cinder blocks on the cement foundation under the walls of the shop. Was rotting out due to ground contact. If i cut the joist off near the rafter and raise the floor up the joists. To raise the barn roof simply use a series of 5 ton or larger bottle jacks on the floor at the base of each post with a 4x4 timber atop each jack.

Raising the roof of a pole barn is a lot of work you are basically starting from stratch because even after removing the steel siding roofing removing the trusses and other framing you would probably need to install taller support posts around the perimeter to increase the overall height of the building. The joists are nailed to the rafters on the outside wall and also supported by a 2 beams that run down the middle of the barn.