• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • paul wheaton
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Leigh Tate
  • Devaka Cooray
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Matt McSpadden
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Building.

While building a house may be out of reach at the moment, let's get some practice putting together medium sized structures.  Pole buildings are a great way to enclose a space.  Conventional pole buildings rely on treated posts in the ground.  Let's build one that doesn't need treated wood!

 
 

Here's one with burnt posts in the ground:


Here are some piers installed in preparation for building a pole building:


Minimum requirements:
  - Build a pole building
  - No treated wood
  - Built upon:
       - Piers/footings, or
       - Naturally treated wood in the ground (not recommended)
  - Braced to handle wind/snow
  - At least 3 walls
  - At least 300 square feet

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - The site before you begin
  - Holes dug
  - Piers installed (if applicable)
  - Pole frame completed
  - Building complete (with measurements if it's not obviously 300 sq ft)
 
Everybody's invited. Except this tiny ad:
GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy
https://permies.com/wiki/270034/GAMCOD-square-feet-degrees-colder
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic