Hello!
I'm sitting and wondering how to achieve my dream garage that I'm building inside our barn. It was previously a single garage with a ceiling height of 2250, a width of 3200, and a depth of 6000, but now I'm expanding to fit both cars and a little extra. The barn's roof is currently supported by A-trusses attached to the edge of a horizontal wooden beam with dimensions 140x140 and spaced approximately 4 meters apart with 200x200 pillars that stand 1400 in from the outer walls. In the area I intend to utilize, the roof has 4 support points (2 pairs) in addition to those in the "outer walls."
The goal is to have the entire space 9000x6000 without any beams running between the floor and the ceiling. I've been looking at installing 3 laminated beams of 115X405x9000 to support everything but wonder if that would be sufficient. We can get quite a bit of snow up here in the north. The outer roof is made of tongue and groove boards, with some form of bark pieces arranged in a puzzle, and then battens with a metal roof on top.
Does anyone have experience with something similar? Is it even possible to build as I envision? Are there alternatives, like I-beams or similar?
/ Peter
I'm sitting and wondering how to achieve my dream garage that I'm building inside our barn. It was previously a single garage with a ceiling height of 2250, a width of 3200, and a depth of 6000, but now I'm expanding to fit both cars and a little extra. The barn's roof is currently supported by A-trusses attached to the edge of a horizontal wooden beam with dimensions 140x140 and spaced approximately 4 meters apart with 200x200 pillars that stand 1400 in from the outer walls. In the area I intend to utilize, the roof has 4 support points (2 pairs) in addition to those in the "outer walls."
The goal is to have the entire space 9000x6000 without any beams running between the floor and the ceiling. I've been looking at installing 3 laminated beams of 115X405x9000 to support everything but wonder if that would be sufficient. We can get quite a bit of snow up here in the north. The outer roof is made of tongue and groove boards, with some form of bark pieces arranged in a puzzle, and then battens with a metal roof on top.
Does anyone have experience with something similar? Is it even possible to build as I envision? Are there alternatives, like I-beams or similar?
/ Peter
A primitive but functional method for making "beams" is as follows: A plank at the bottom + a plank at the top, these are connected with plywood. All with the happy amateur's over-dimensioning. It becomes strong as heck.
I met this guy when I was trying out a garden chair at Jula. He had some ideas.
http://www.skogssallskapet.se/skogsvarden/2004_4/sv06.php
http://www.refond.lby.se/
http://www.skogssallskapet.se/skogsvarden/2004_4/sv06.php
http://www.refond.lby.se/