Has anyone built a pole/post building with 4' between trusses? I have always used 24" centers but I read that 4' or more spacing will work fine. I'm planning to start on another building soon, an equipment shed.
This shed will be a 24'x72' to keep farm and dirt working equipment out of the weather. No permits or inspections needed.
(I leveled, compacted, and graveled the site almost 10 years ago and ran water and power 1000 ft in a trench so the site is ready.)
- 6x6 PT posts every 10', 36" in ground with concrete pad and collar
- Double 2x10 or 2x12 beams
- gravel floor, 10' or 11' to bottom of trusses
- Metal roofing with 2x4 purlins laid flat on 2' centers, 3-in-12 slope
- I usually use 4x8 sheets of OSB under the metal roofing but may skip that here
- Metal siding with 2x4 girts on 2' centers
- Manufactured trusses with 2x6 top chord, 2x4 everywhere else
- Trusses on 4' centers unless I'm convinced otherwise
Any words of wisdom?
JKJ