We have an agreement on a house with a 25x70 metal outbuilding. About 50x25 is on a concrete pad with the remaining 20x25 as horse stalls.
There is electric to the building (not enough, 40A - fixable).
It appears there was no effort to trim out or seal the building. Below are some pics that illustrate some of the gaps etc that lack flashing and also give a sense of construction. Pretty typical metal pole barn with metal sheeting, poles,purlins, girts. Rafters are not engineered to hold weight of drywall.
I intend to make the space conditioned. I am taking my garage minisplit and will likely also use dehumidifier.
Lots of questions - you can choose any or all:
For those with similar: How have you sealed and insulated? I hear issues of rodents and bats without having the building trimmed and flashed. Air and moisture intrusion without some air barrier.
Would you leave the present sheathing and add trim/flashing? How to insulate subsequently without exterior sealed barrier re: rodent/air intrusion
Would you pull metal sheathing and add something like Tyvek-foam-plywood followed by re-sheathing (or pick your poison for sheathing method), fiberglass inside?
I've priced closed cell foam and it appears to be too expensive.
For the ceiling:
metal straps and specialty rolls sold for purpose?
Secure metal sheathing to ceiling and blow insulation above?
Do you know anybody that does this kind of work? I only find new building construction like Morton, or suppliers of products.
My hope is to get the shop up and running as soon as possible but given other transactional and move expenses, lower cost is better.
Thanks.
There is electric to the building (not enough, 40A - fixable).
It appears there was no effort to trim out or seal the building. Below are some pics that illustrate some of the gaps etc that lack flashing and also give a sense of construction. Pretty typical metal pole barn with metal sheeting, poles,purlins, girts. Rafters are not engineered to hold weight of drywall.
I intend to make the space conditioned. I am taking my garage minisplit and will likely also use dehumidifier.
Lots of questions - you can choose any or all:
For those with similar: How have you sealed and insulated? I hear issues of rodents and bats without having the building trimmed and flashed. Air and moisture intrusion without some air barrier.
Would you leave the present sheathing and add trim/flashing? How to insulate subsequently without exterior sealed barrier re: rodent/air intrusion
Would you pull metal sheathing and add something like Tyvek-foam-plywood followed by re-sheathing (or pick your poison for sheathing method), fiberglass inside?
I've priced closed cell foam and it appears to be too expensive.
For the ceiling:
metal straps and specialty rolls sold for purpose?
Secure metal sheathing to ceiling and blow insulation above?
Do you know anybody that does this kind of work? I only find new building construction like Morton, or suppliers of products.
My hope is to get the shop up and running as soon as possible but given other transactional and move expenses, lower cost is better.
Thanks.