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This type of construction could easily be done for your boat. It is a DIY type of construction with overhead clearance because it doesn't have rafters. I didn't intend to employ this type of barn construction initially. But after inquiring and being called back by the sales department at the manufacturer, I ended up buying a new barn package that will be delivered on Sunday. I haven't even finished my foundation yet! Any construction project has delays...the biggest with contractors, is the time the take off around holidays. So this thread will follow the construction of my quonset hut style barn project. I bought this barn from Future Buildings. It was a leftover slated for delivery to Louisiana, that was cancelled due to late summer rains that flooded the area. So a deal was had. If you wish to know specifics, you will have to send me a private conversation and we can talk about that there. Long story short on that, they ran a 50% off sale on those barns and extra inventory they had, and I negotiated from there.
This is not my barn, but very similar. I won't add the end walls immediately as I didn't buy that portion of the building. I will build my own end walls with overhead garage door and walk through door. I probably won't add any windows as they reduce security.
You can see from this picture, that the free span provides an open area that without rafter or trusses interfering, you have clearance you just don't get with roof structures that have to be supported from within.
This is also not my order, but it is a similar pallet. This is how it is shipped, and mine was split onto two pallets, and it weighs 5,600 pounds. I also have another pallet for the industrial base plate connectors and hardware.
My building is 20' wide, by 44' long, by 18' high. And even though the straight sidewall is only about 11' tall, the building will easily allow a 14' high by 12' wide garage door on the end wall, as well as room for the walk thru door. And my coach is 12'10" high at including the a/c units and satellite dome, so with 17'10" inside clearance, I should have plenty of room to work on the roof even with it inside, without climbing thru rafters or trusses. With the coach sitting centered in the barn, I will have enough room to fully open the slides and compartment doors, and still get by the sides. And again, even though the side wall is shorter than the coach top height, the roof pitch and free span, allows more than enough clearance for even the slide extension without interference. My pad builder had to come back, take out more trees, and add more to the pad after a 4" rain. Here are a few pics of the pad as I progress...
Here is the layout on my lot...
This is not my barn, but very similar. I won't add the end walls immediately as I didn't buy that portion of the building. I will build my own end walls with overhead garage door and walk through door. I probably won't add any windows as they reduce security.
You can see from this picture, that the free span provides an open area that without rafter or trusses interfering, you have clearance you just don't get with roof structures that have to be supported from within.
This is also not my order, but it is a similar pallet. This is how it is shipped, and mine was split onto two pallets, and it weighs 5,600 pounds. I also have another pallet for the industrial base plate connectors and hardware.
My building is 20' wide, by 44' long, by 18' high. And even though the straight sidewall is only about 11' tall, the building will easily allow a 14' high by 12' wide garage door on the end wall, as well as room for the walk thru door. And my coach is 12'10" high at including the a/c units and satellite dome, so with 17'10" inside clearance, I should have plenty of room to work on the roof even with it inside, without climbing thru rafters or trusses. With the coach sitting centered in the barn, I will have enough room to fully open the slides and compartment doors, and still get by the sides. And again, even though the side wall is shorter than the coach top height, the roof pitch and free span, allows more than enough clearance for even the slide extension without interference. My pad builder had to come back, take out more trees, and add more to the pad after a 4" rain. Here are a few pics of the pad as I progress...
Here is the layout on my lot...
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I'll get some pics of the unload I hope, and the pallets. I had them split my 5600 pound load into two pallets. 
