Crater Lake, Oregon vacation property build thread - BASE CAMP ⛺️

[Hojack]

Ordered my R-15 23” 2x4 insulation for the walls. This product has been hard to get and have been on Home Depot’s waiting list. They finally emailed me it was in but limited to only one. Thankfully that’s all I need. While shopping yesterday I briefly looked at their 100% water proof flooring. Here’s their choices. I picked the one I liked and had Ryder also decide. When I asked him which one found out we liked the same one. Which one do you like?

 

[Big Ed]

Top, far left.

 

[Hojack]

IdeaRoom for Buildings

Looking at starting with a pole barn and living quarters before a cabin. A shop would allow storage of materials, tools and equipment.

 

[Big Ed]

Looking at starting with a pole barn and living quarters before a cabin. A shop would allow storage of materials, tools and equipment.

That was my original idea, except for the living quarters. I need level ground first.

 

[ZackR]

A shop before a house is a great plan.

Imagine how much easier it would be to build a house with a dry and secure place to store all of the tools and materials.

 

[ntsqd]

My ideal house is a 10 car garage with a studio apt. in some, but not all of the mezzanine.

Oddly, I don't think that my wife agrees....

I'd put a complete bathroom in the shop building.

 

[Hojack]

Got into the teens at my house under a brilliant crisp star filled snow covered New Years night. In central and eastern Oregon it was down right arctic cold

Definitely a frigid night in Oregon.

Oregon’s icebox Seneca, Oregon

 

[Hojack]

Looks like the Monitor style pole barn is what direction I’ll be going.

Monitor Barn Style Garage

I am considering several building options in steel, pole barn and stick built and after much thought (and some feedback from this forum), I have decided to build my shop in the style of a monitor barn which is my favorite style of barn. It would give me a full height loft around 800 sq ft and...

www.garagejournal.com

Monitor Style Pole Barn Plans

 

[Ol Yeller]

Looks like the Monitor style pole barn is what direction I’ll be going.
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Monitor Barn Style Garage

I am considering several building options in steel, pole barn and stick built and after much thought (and some feedback from this forum), I have decided to build my shop in the style of a monitor barn which is my favorite style of barn. It would give me a full height loft around 800 sq ft and...

www.garagejournal.com

Garagejournal is an excellent resource.

 

[Hojack]

Garagejournal is an excellent resource.

This is exactly the type of design I was looking for.

 

[Jetlander]

Great thread and amazing progress. Your path is one I’ve always dreamed of taking, but for now, I’ll be living vicariously through this thread! Sub’d.

 

[DRANGED]

good times last week!!

4 hours from bend to K Falls, 12 from Winnemucca to K falls on the 26th...

 

[Hojack]

@DRANGED
Dang you drove right by the property…
Yesterday’s storm here in Oregon closed many highways. Through the Columbia River Gorge, over the Cascades, along the Blue Mountains, and some are still closed. This winter has been great for the building snowpack.
Travis and I are headed there Saturday morning to check things out. Want to check the snow depth out and see the winter wonderland.

 

[Big Ed]

Looks like the Monitor style pole barn is what direction I’ll be going.

Don’t they call that a barndominium?

 

[Hojack]

Don’t they call that a barndominium?

IDK, I saw one of these barns on a job last Monday in the snow and imagined it on the property. Started looking up pole barn styles and found this style. From all the ones I read it was called a Monitor. Whatever its actually called, I dig it. Not sure on size yet. Need to meet with a pole building company local and get designs to submit to county.

 

[Big Ed]

Don’t they call that a barndominium?

That’s what I’ve heard it called, and lots of search results. Maybe some ideas that way.

 

[PAToyota]

Monitor-style barn is the "shape" of the building.

Barndominium is just a barn with living quarters in it - I guess from condominium...

The main issue I have with a barn with living quarters (or shop with living quarters) is putting all your eggs in one basket. I have a detached shop so that if (God forbid) the welding, grinding sparks, or flammable materials catch things on fire my house doesn't burn down too.

 

[PIP]

My shop is built in that style, but I built it from steel so it would be harder to burn down. I wanted the taller center section for a bridge crane, but didn't want to spend the bucks for the crane and steel roof to span the full 65 foot width. So I made the crane bridge 35' wide and each side is 15'

An architect once told me that people like to use the Moniter barn roof style where they want a larger building to appear less obtrusive. The eve height of the building has a large part to do with how a building's size is perceived so this design can give you a tall building while not standing out like a sore thumb.

 

[PAToyota]

You'll actually find barns of that style where the center section isn't substantially higher than the side sections - like this:

Initially, the style was somewhat like the ridge vent design you have on houses today. The raised section created a chimney-effect to draw air through the structure. This airflow throughout the structure improved conditions for livestock as well as for keeping hay and other storage from molding and mildewing.

 

[Hojack]

Trip to check out the property after the recent snowstorms battering Oregon. Heavy wet snow with over a foot then rained and settled the base to about 30”. The design of the pumphouse worked great shedding snow off the side of the pump houses and keeping the entry way clear.