Pole barn warehouse design by Brian Sanborn
Brian Sanborn’s pole barn project is meant to house vehicles, heavy equipment, barracks style dwellings for the workers, makeshift office, and army style classrooms.
All doors are the widest possible with deadbolts. Roofs are solar panel ready. The structure has four air conditioning units.
Windows are double paned and with metal clad doors throughout. The energy savings of insulated windows are good, and metal doors are stronger than wood.
Toilets are commercial flushers with a manual lever to activate, not the toilet tank bowl design. There’s a water holding tank with a water pump to obtain good water pressure for strong flushing, shower flow and irrigation. The terrain elevation is 2400 ft, just 100 ft less than the highest nearby so there won’t be much water pressure from the Barangay source.
There’s a classroom and air conditioned storage for audio visual equipment, so the space is modified furthest from the garage door to extend completely across the buildings width. The structure makes 42 ft long and 15 ft wide. There’s a closet storage space with a wooden combination door from the classroom. The closet storage is 15 ft x 9ft. The classroom is 15ft x 33ft. There’s a wooden door from the classroom to the interior of the garage. Doors are made the widest possible.
All air conditioners are larger and more capable than the dimensions of each room requires. This is meant to make the AC easily cools a room in minimal time.
There’s a closet space for the remaining 3 air conditioned spaces. Sliding closet doors are industrial grade closet doors to prevent eventual slipping off of their runners.
There’s a counter top and deep sink along the interior wall of the garage, a sink drain, and a nearby electrical connection. Shelves and table tops are outsourced as ready to install modules.
The dimensions of the enclosed building are 42 W’ x 60’L x 12’H. The height of the ceiling at the apex is the contractor’s discretion but living quarters and office spaces are 12’ high.
The carport is 60’ x 12’. The carport covers a concrete slab. One garage door is 8’ high x 16’ wide and is mounted on the side of the building that is 42’ wide.
There are three-prong 220 V electrical connections on all wall pillars of the interior. There is one exterior-waterproof electrical connection mounted five-feet high near the center of the carport.
A laundry drain is located next to an electrical connection for a washer and dryer in the corner closest to the dormitories.
Solar panels are mounted on the carport roof sufficient to supply 4000 watts. The solar panel installation includes batteries and an inverter for night use.
There are four LED lights mounted on the ceiling of the carport operated through a motion sensor and on/off switch. The motion sensor is pointed from the far side of the carport ceiling towards the driveway.
A 1600 square ft septic tank is located downhill from the building, away from a path taken by vehicles. The septic tank service spout is accessible to a truck.
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