Bookshelf Girts Pole Barn

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Bookshelf girts pole barn. In the land where i first became acquainted with pole barn post frame building construction was used a term known as commercial girts. First girt block bottom edge starts 5 1 2 above splash plank bottom. Ring shank nails are used on truss supports and common nails are used on girts and skirt.

These are actually what is more appropriately named bookshelf girts designed so as to create an insulation cavity which would extend 1 1 2 inches outside of the columns. In case you do not recognize the method by the name i gave it bookshelf it is a technique which puts the wall girts between the posts laid flat typically 2 6 s 24 inches on center vertically spaced instead of the usual girt method which puts them on the outside of the posts. We want to hear from you.

This is the easiest quickest and cheapest method for barns not finishing the interior of their walls. Bookshelf girts for insulation. Bookshelf girts for pole barns.

It is quite common for skirt board girts and truss carriers to be scabbed to the outside of the foundation posts. The ceiling i am less sure of. My thought is bookshelf girts with bibs blow in blanket insulation plus 1 5 of xps sheathing fully sealed taped outside of the posts then either attach the steel to the girts through the xps or place 2x4s on the xps and attach the steel to that to maintain an air gap.

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Leave a reply cancel reply. Post frame housing related optikits. Setting girts to project beyond column outsides other than by 1 1 2.