re: Pole Barn/Post Frame vs Red Metal Workshop (24x42 with lean to)

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Glad to see someone taking that stance. Rough cut lumber can be great stuff.

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There is some movement afoot in some areas to allow its use. We had a bill pass in Georgia in 2020 that allowed anyone building a home or a AG structure to use green lumber but it has thus far languished with the governor and is not going to be signed into law.

Georgia was home to some 4500 small lumber producers in 1960. They're currently 184 and almost all of those (maybe all of them) are producing SYP for trusses and pressure treated wood. They have destroyed the sawmill industry in Georgia with building codes written by unelected and mostly unqualified county employees who base their decision making on industry leaders like Georgia Pacific who produce almost every stick of lumber used in construction in the United States.

I have been to several county commissioner meetings in my county trying to convince them to direct the building inspection department to adapt this law which was passed almost unanimously with bipartisan support in our county. So far all I have gotten in return is the stink eye from the building inspection department. They building inspector has the authority to adapt this or any other policy but thus far all I have gotten from them is a verbal approval that I, and just me, can use green lumber IF I can find a professional engineer to sign the design. They nearly had a conniption when I told them I had said engineer on board. They are now trying to crawfish because he is a PE in Georgia but is not "active" (their word) in Georgia. Its a shame that a person has to go through this to do what has been done in this area for hundreds of years and done succesfully. Hard to fight the lumber industry though....most likely all that will ever come from it is they will scrutinize everything I do to the nth degree. We will see.....

50x90 with 18x35 offset porch, last 28' is barn area. Trusses are 2 7/8 pipe welded into Howe's with were dropped into 4.5" pipe. If I had it to do over again, the trusses would be 4" square tube 3/16 wall. I spent too much time with the plasma cutter and templates cutting 5 trusses out then welding them. Started life off as a shed above our pond and the view and location grew on us.