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Now six people living in a three bedroom house is getting very cramp. Need to build bigger .

The size is going to be 40'x80' current house is 24'x62'

Now the plan in my very tiny brain is a post and beam frame but with a (gambral) spelling?? barn roof shape.
But here is the kicker i want to build over the double wide that i live in now.
Buying a double wide has been a pain in the neck sence day one.

Now i was thinking that 8x8 post and 8x8 beams held together with metal fasterns.
The fasterns would be angle iron welded togeather to make them.
The timbers will be made bigger so the metal plates can set in to be flush with the timbers edge.
The timbers will be ancord to concrete pillers about 2 feet out of the ground and 4 feet in the ground.
I would have joist trusses made to span the 40' to get a clear wide open bottom for a woodshop and a garage and
storage space.

Any thoughts you guys have??

Thanks Alot Mr Mom

Fun with design! You could spend a lifetime on it.

My concerns have to do with certifying the timbers are sized right and their grade is good enough. I'm also concerned by the plates and bolts you will be using. I've seen cast iron and steel used for the plates. I guess I should have payed better attention. But I think I used to see a plate design that was a single piece that would span across the post and extend 6"(?) on either side. Seems they were typically ~1/2" thick. They usually didn't recess them. But my memory on this is shaky and it was industrial/commercial buildings I worked in.

Treebucker.....I was going to use somthing like a 8x8 or 10x10 every 8' on center for the post and the same for the beams.
As for the certifying i will ask at the inspector when i get a plan in mind.
The plates will be nothing fansty just like some 6x6x.250 angle iron lag bolted to the post and beam were they meet under the beam. That will keep them from moving apart.
Then i would recess something like a 4"x20" flat bar 1" thick on the sides to keep it togeather. Might run a cairrage bolt throught the plate to help hold it togeather. I came up with a 20" for 10" on each side of the beam.

Thanks Alot Mr Mom