We have built two small barns at my church using laminated beams.
The first was only 20' long which we lifted into place with many hands
and ladders. The second was 30' long, so we rented duct lifts to pick
up the beam and set it into the notches in the end walls. These units
are fairly heavy and require several folks to carry them.


On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:17:19 -0500, "lionslair at consolidated dot
net" "lionslair at consolidated dot net" wrote:

wrote:

I am thinking of building apole barn garage and thought it might be
nice to immitate my roof line of my house since the building will be
next to it. It is a 10/12 pitch.

The barn will be 32 feet. How can I come up with a ridgeboard that
length? I know I will have to somehow tie several shorter lengths
together but what is the best way to do this?

Use a LAM board - a laminated board - they make them to several hundred feet.

Martin