Best Barns BBRN1034 Installation & Assembly

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Best Barns USA

Assembly Book

Revised June 19, 2017

the Mansfield

Manufactured by Reynolds Building Systems, Inc.

205 Arlington Drive Greenville, PA 16125 724-646-3775

12' x 12'

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SHED KIT

These instructions will construct a 12'x12' Mansfield building If you received two books,

use the one with the latest revision date.

The material that is included in our kit is listed on the back page. The optional floor package, if ordered, will be supplied by a local lumber supplier. Our kit does not include the shingles, the quantity needed is listed on the back page.

Our framing lumber is imported to provide you the highest quality available. However, if you need to replace any lumber for any reason please do so and we will reimburse you.

Our 'Deluxe Mansfield' includes pre-built barn doors, pre-cut siding and roof sheathing for EZ assembly.

IMPORTANT: Unpack the material from the pallet, then unscrew the bottom 2x4s from the pallet runners. The bit for the screws is packed in the hardware bag. Remove the 4x7 OSB panel from the sheet goods pallet, it will be used for roof sheathing.

Stacking the boards, ac boards have colored ends. All the wall studs have black ends, stack these boards together. Do Not discard any material until your building is complete.

If you have any questions about assembling the kit, call 800-245-1577. If you are calling after normal business hours, call 724-866-HELP (4357) or email to help@barnkits.com.

Before you begin construction, be sure to study this assembly manual. A permit and check all pertinent building code regulations.

Thank you for your purchase. Bill & Linda Rinella, owners

The siding is made with grooves cut into the face, the long edge is beveled so that the siding overlays where they butt. The siding is primed. You will need

to apply a finish coat using latex acrylic paint.

To identify which edge we want you to use, we will refer to the edge as either the 'LAP' Edge or the Tongue Edge. Nail siding with 8d galv. nails, spaced 12" apart.

cording to size, will make them easier to find when needed.

lso, obtain a building

Tongue Edge

Some

LAP Edge

Tool List

Hammer & Hand Saw Framing Square & Level Power Circular Saw

Power Drill/screwdriver Measuring Tape 2 - 8' Step Ladders

Always wear safety glasses when cutting or nailing!

Constructing Details for Deluxe Floor System

Deluxe floors include 4x4 runners, standard floors do not

Shown below is a typical wood floor. Depending on your area, the construction may have to be changed to meet local codes. When using a concrete slab, use the same overall foundation measurements. Install foam sill sealer as a moisture barrier between the concrete and the wall plates. Foam sill sealer can be purchased at home centers in rolls 3-1/2" or wider.

1. Cut (2) two 2x4-12' joist headers to a length of 12 '- 0". Layout for 16" on center spacing. 'X' marks where floor joist will be placed.

2x4 Joist Header

X X

16"15-1/4"

X X

16"

X X

2. Cut 2x4-12' floor joist to 11'-9". Treated lumber may be thicker than 1-1/2". Take this into account when cutting the length of floor joists. Shorten joist measurements if necessary to obtain 12'-0" building width.

12' - 0" Floor Length

idth

12' - 0" Building W

DOOR WALL

4x8 Flooring

4x4 Treated Runners

2x4 Joist 11' - 9" Long

Material Description 12' x 12' shed

2x4 Joist Headers 2 pcs. 12' 2x4 Floor Joist 10 pcs. 12' 4x4 Treated Runners 4 pcs. 12' Flooring 5/8" or 3/4" 5 pcs. 4x8 Screw Floor Nails 2 lbs. 8d Galv. Box Nails 1 lb. 16d

To keep 2x4 frame from moving, toe nail to 4x4.

It is important that the floor be level and square. Before nailing the flooring, measure the floor diagonally (corner to corner). Then measure the opposite corners. These measurements will be the same if the floor is square.

Step 1 Assemble Trusses

Building Tip: To aid in the assembly of the trusses, temporarily screw 2x4 blocks to the floor. There are short 2x4s, that may have an angle on one end, supplied in kit.

1. Screw (2) two 2x4 blocks to the 12' wide end of the floor at the top corner, see below.

2. Place two truss legs together. Position the notch in the 2x4s (called a bird's mouth) into the

2x4 blocks. Important: You must have blocks above the truss legs to hold the truss members in place.

3. Secure the tops together with a wood gusset. Apply wood glue between the 2x4 boards and the gusset. Nail the gusset to the 2x4s with 6d common nails. Use 14 nails per gusset.

4. Install a 2x4-90" collar tie between the 2x4 boards. Hold in place with 2x4 blocks. Install

12"x24" gussets to the ends of the collar tie. Glue and nail using 14 nails per gusset.

5. Turn this truss over and apply wood gussets to the opposite side.

6. Repeat 2 through 5 to assemble (4) four more trusses.

Do Not remove blocks from floor until completing Step 2.

Top Gusset

12'-0" between the bird's mouth. Affix more 2x4

12"x24" Gusset

Top Truss Member

2x4 Block

2x4-90" Collar Tie

Install collar tie the same

distance from edge of floor.

Step 2 Assemble Roof Gables

1. Butt (2) two 72" long 2x4s together and secure by nailing a 3-1/2" x 31-3/4" long plywood gusset across the top where they butt together. Use glue and 6d common nails.

3/4" Plywood Gusset

72" long 2x4

2. Place (2) two truss members in the jig. Secure the top together with a barbed metal plate.

3. Remove the 2x4 blocks at the corners of the floor and insert the gable plate assembled above into the bird's mouth. Make sure the 2x4 gable plate is straight. If necessary, tack 2x4 blocks to hold plate straight.

Metal Plate

2x4 Gable Plate

23-1/2" Gable Stud

Screw gable plate to truss leg with 2-1/2" screw.

4. Remove the two 2x4 blocks that held the collar tie in position.

5. Install 2x4x23-1/2" gable studs. Nail through the bottom plate with 10d sinkers and secure the top with metal drive-on plates.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 to assemble another gable. Remove 2x4 blocks.

Step 3 Install Siding on Gables

1. Select one of the gable frames, Turn the gable over letting the bottom plate overhang the floor so the gable lays flat.

2. Install gable siding using 6d galv. nails.

LAP

Edge

LAP

Edge

Gable trim will cover where the siding butts together.

Install Siding on Ends

3. Install siding on the other gable frame.

4. Install 86-1/4" long 2x4s flush with the top of the gable frame.

Use 10d sinkers.

Siding Extends 3/4" Below Bottom Plate

5. Install siding and 2x4son the other gable frame.

Step 4 Assemble 12' Back Wall

1. Position 2x4-68-1/2" boards together and indicate with 'X' marks, where the wall studs will be located. Mark the ends that will butt together with the letters 'A' and 'B'.

68-1/2" Wall Plate

24"

19-3/4"

68-1/2" Wall Plate

2x4-6' Wall Studs

68-1/2" Wall Plate

24"

23-1/4"

2. Install 72" wall studs between the top and bottom plates. Assemble wall frames with 10d sinkers, two (2) nails at each stud end. Nail both wall frames together.

Square wall frame. Measure diagonally (corner to corner). The measurements will be the

same when the wall is square. Install the 1st siding panel with the 'LAP' edge extending 3-1/2" past the wall frame. The

4. bottom will extend 3/4" below the bottom plate. Tip: Use 3/4" trim board as a gauge.

5. Install the other siding panels. Cut the last panel to extend 3-1/2" beyond the wall frame.

The siding will be 1/2" below the top of the wall frame

LAP

Edge

Siding Extends 3-1/2" Past 2x4 Stud

on all walls.

Siding to extend 3/4”

below bottom plate

Step 5 Assemble 12' Long Sidewalls

1. Position 2x4-72" boards together and indicate with 'X' marks, where the wall studs will be located.

72" Wall Plate

X X

24"

X X

23-1/4"

72" Wall Plate

X X

24"

X X

23-1/4"

72" Bottom Plate

2. Install 72" wall studs between the top and bottom plates. Nail both wall frames together.

3. Square wall frame.

4. Install the first siding panel with the 'LAP edge' flush with the end of the wall and extending 3/4" below the bottom plate.

5. Install (2) two more siding panels.

X X

LAP

Siding 1/2" Below Top Plate

6. Repeat to assemble the another sidewall.

LAP Edge

Siding Extends 3/4" Below Plate

Step 6 Assemble Door Wall - Offset Doors

If you want the door opening in the center of the wall, go to Step 7

1. Cut (2) two 11" plates from a 34-3/4" long 2x4. Assemble wall frame using (2) two 72" wall studs and (2) two 11" long 2x4 wall plates.

2. Assemble the larger wall frame using (4) four 72" wall studs and (2) two 58-1/2" long 2x4 wall plates

3. Install a 71-1/2" long 2x4 [red ends], as a header support, on each wall frame.

71-1/2" Header

Support

Red Ends

If you want the door opening on the right, flip the walls and apply siding to the opposite side of the wall frames.

LAP Edge

71-1/2" Header

Support

5. Install 16" siding panel with the cut edge flush with the side of the door opening.

71-1/2" Header Support Red Ends

24"

Siding 1/2" Below Top Plate

19-3/4"

4. Install a pre-cut 16" wide siding panel with the 'cut' edge flush with the door opening. The siding should extend 3/4' below the bottom plate. 'LAP' edge will extend 3-1/2" beyond the wall frame.

If installing the optional window you

can cut the opening in the siding.

71-1/2" Header Support

6. Install the last siding panel. The siding will extend 3-1/2" past the wall frame.

Siding Extends

3/4" Below Plate

Step 7 Assemble Door Wall - Doors Centered

1. Assemble a wall frame using (3) three 72" wall studs and (2) two 34-3/4" long 2x4 wall plates. Use 10d sinkers.

2. Install a 71-1/2" long 2x4 [red end], as a header support, on each wall frame.

71-1/2" Header

Support - Red Ends

3. Cut (2) two more 34-3/4" plates from 58-1/2" long 2x4s and assemble another wall frame.

19-3/4"

4. Cut a siding panel in half lengthways. 5 Select the panel with the 'tongue' edge'. Install this panel with the cut edge extending 3-1/2"

beyond the end of the frame. The siding should extend 3/4' below the bottom plate.

6. Install a pre-cut 16" wide siding panel with the cut edge flush with the door opening.

7. Install the remaining siding on the other front wall frame. Cut the 24" wide siding panel to extend 3-1/2" past the end of the wall fame.

Siding 1/2" Below Top Plate

LAP Edge

Cut Edge Extends 3-1/2" Beyond Frame

71-1/2" Header

Support

Step 9A Set Walls - Doors Offset

1. Secure wall panels together at the corners. Use (4) four 10d coated nails per corner. Nail wall panels to the floor. Nail through the bottom plate. Space 10d sinkers 24" apart.

2. Install the 2x4 door header between the front wall panels. Nail through the wall stud into the ends of the header. Toenail into the top wall plates. Wall trim, installed later, will hide where the siding butts the front wall panels.

3. Install a 2x4-6' boards at both sides of the door opening to hold the wall straight.

Drawing shows a building

with the doors offset.

2x4 Door Header

Step 9B Set Walls - Doors Centered

1. Secure wall panels together at the corners. Use (4) four 10d coated nails per corner. Nail wall panels to the floor. Nail through the bottom plate. Space 10d sinkers 24" apart.

3. Install a 2x4-6' boards at both sides of the door opening to hold the wall straight.

Drawing shows a building

with the doors centered.

2x4 Door Header

Step 10 Install Sidewall Trim

1. Install 1x4-75 3/4" corner trim boards to the sidewall. Install trim flush with the 2x4 top plate

and flush with the siding on the rear & front walls. Use 8d galv. nails, spaced 12" apart.

2. Cut 1x4-6' trim boards to fit between the corner trim boards.

Flush Across Top

Top Plate

1x4 Trim

Rear Wall

Side

Wall

flush

1x4 - 75 3/4" Corner Trim

3. Install trim on the opposite end of the building.

Step 11 Install Gable

1. Install a gable on the left sidewall. The gable siding will extend over the 1x4 trim on the lower wall. NOT behind the trim!

Secure gable to wall by nailing through the gable plate with 10d sinkers. Nail siding along the 1x4 trim board with 8d galv. nails.

2. Install gable on the opposite sidewall.

Important: Bottom edge of siding extends over 1x4 trim. Paint this edge.

Front

Wall

Side

Wall

Step 12 Install 2x4 Tie Plates & Door Trim

1. Cut a 2x4-6' in half and install a 3' piece over the front wall, against the left gable plate. Use 10d sinkers.

2. Install a 6' long 2x4, cut the 3' piece to finish.

3. Install tie plates on the back wall.

Front Wall

2x4 Tie Plate

2x4-6' Tie Plate

1x3-72" Door Trim

4. Install (2) two 1x3x72" boards along each side of the door opening, flush with the bottom edge of the siding. Tack these boards with a couple nails; you may want to move the trim later when you install the doors. Use 8d galv. nails.

5. Install a 1x3x71-3/4" board, that has angle cuts on both ends, across the top of the side trim.

Step 13 Layout Roof Trusses

1. Layout the truss spacing from the left of the building. Measure from the backside of the

2x4 gable frame when marking the location of the first truss. Important: When marking the opposite wall, place the 'X' mark on the same side of the line so your trusses are parallel

when they are installed.

2. Install metal hangers to the tie plate with 1-1/2" hanger nails . The opening should line

up with the 'X' mark, the bottom of the opening, flush with the 2x4 tie plate. Detail 'D'.

Detail 'D'

Inside of Building

2x4 Tie Plate

Measure From Backside of 2x4

19-7/8"

24"

Front Wall

Step 14 Set Roof Trusses

Set roof trusses. Secure trusses to metal hangers with 1-1/2" hanger nails.

Rear Gable

Step 15 Install Eave Soffit & Corner Trim

1. Locate a 5" wide x 24" siding panel that has a 'tongue' edge. Install this panel under the truss overhang at the rear of the building. Cut the length, the 'tongu'e edge should be flush with the

end of the truss. Install the siding/soffit panel with the beveled edge flush with the end of the trusses and the cut edge against the gable siding. Use 6d galv. nails.

2. Install (3) three more full length siding panel under the trusses. Cut the last panel to fit.

3. Install soffit panels on the opposite side. Start with a 24" long panel that has a 'LAP' edge.

Soffit

4. Cut 75-3/4" long 1x4 trim boards to length and install at the corners.

Beveled Edge

Step 16 Install Roof Sheathing

1. Starting at the right end of the building, install 4x6 OSB roof panels and 1x6-6' white pine fascia boards on each side. Install the roof sheathing and the 1x6 fascia boards flush with the 2x4 boards on the right gable. Install the fascia so the bottom edge of the roof sheathing will rest on the 1x6. See detail below. Use 8d galv. nails.

Make sure the trusses are plumb and the roof sheathing meets the center of the truss. Use 7d sinkers spaced 12" apart. Insta will be about 1" below the ridge to allow for ventilation.

2. Cut roof sheathing to length and install at the other end of the building.

ll the top row of roof sheathing. The roof sheathing

Remove From Pallet

Cut to

Length

2x4 Truss

Shingles

48" x 72"

Truss

72" Long Panel

Air Space

1x6 Fascia

3. Install 1x6 fascia trim. Cut 84" long piece to fit.

Optional ridge vent provides

ideal ventilation.

Step 17 Install Gable Trim

1. Install 1x6-87" long gable trim over the 2x4s on both gable. Install trim flush with the top of the roof sheathing.

1x6-87" Gable Trim

2x4 Boards

Step 18 Install Roofing — Not Supplied in Kit

1. Install metal roof edging perimeter of

1x6 Gable Trim

the roof area. If you are not installing

shingles at this time, you can purchase

felt paper to protect the roof sheathing.

Install the felt paper before you install the metal roof edge.

1x6 Fascia

2. Install shingles according to the instructions on the wrapper. If you need more detailed instructions on installing shingles, there are good publications at book stores or newsstands.

Building Tip: Install ridge vent in lieu of shingles caps. Ridge vent provides ideal ventilation, preventing heat and moisture from damaging your building or its contents.

Shingles

Optional ridge vent provides

ideal ventilation.

Truss

Air Space

Felt

Paper

Step 18 Install Doors & Hardware

1. Lay the left door with the trim facing up. The siding on the left door See detail below.

2. Install 5" hinges to the left side of the door frame. To position the hinge properly, hold the rectangular plate against the frame. Use 1-3/4" black screws.

3. Install hinges to the right side of the other door.

4. Before you fasten the hinges to the door

Left Door

extends past the door trim.

trim, temporarily prop the doors in the opening. Leave a space at the top of the doors and between the doors and the side trim to allow room for the doors to expand when they absorb moisture.

If your door opening is out of square, the space around the doors will not be even. You can remove and reposition the side trim to make allowances for this. The side trim does

not have to be flush with the frame of the door opening. You can move the trim in or out to make the door spacing equal.

Barrel Bolt on the back of left door

6. Install a barrel bolt on the lower back of the door to secure this door in place when

closed. You will need to drill a hole for

the round shaft to drop into.

7. Install another barrel bolt at the top of the door.

. Install hinges to trim with 2" screws.

Install Door Latch

Siding Extends Past Trim

OSB Shim

Material Packaged In Component Kit

5 Collar Ties 2x4 90" 18 Truss Rafters 2x4 86-1/4" 48 Wall Studs 2x4 72"

2 Door Jacks 2x4 71-1/2"

4 Wall Plates 2x4 68-1/2"

2 Wall Plates 2x4 58-3/4"

2 Wall Plates 2x4 34-3/4"

4 Gable Studs 2x4 23-1/2"

8 Truss Jig Blocks 2x4 10" 10 Truss Gussets 7/16" 8" x 20" 20 Truss Gussets 7/16" 12" x 24"

2 Soffit Boards 3/8" 5" x 24"

6 Soffit Boards 3/8" 5" x 48"

2 Plywood Gusset 3/4" 3.5" x 32" 10 2x4 Metal Truss Hangers 10 Siding Panels 48" x 75-1/4"

2 Siding Panels 16" x 75-1/4"

2 Siding Panels-Gables 48" x 40"

4 Siding Panels-Gables 48" x 28"

4 Roof Sheathing 83-1/2" Long

4 Roof Sheathing 72" Long

3 1 lb. box 10d Sinkers 3 1 lb. box 8d Galv. 2 1 lb. box 7d Sinkers 1 1 lb. box 6d Galv. 3 1 lb. box 6d Common 1 1 lb. box 1-1/2" Hanger Nails 6 ea. 5" Door Hinges 1 ea. 4.5" Door Latch 2 ea. 6" Barrel Bolts 48 ea. 2" Hinge Screws 6 ea. 1x4 Metal Plates 2 ea. Bottle Glue 4 ea. 1x6 Gable Trim 87" 2 ea. 1x6 Fascia Trim 84" 2 ea. 1x6 Fascia Trim 72" 8 ea. 1x4 Corner Trim 75-3/4" 4 ea. 1x4 Wall Trim 72" 2 ea. 1x3 Door Trim-sides 72" 1 ea. 1x3 Door Trim-top 71-3/4"

ea. Pre-built Doors 32" x 71-3/4"

1 ea. Pre-built Door Header 67-1/2"

Roof Shingles by Owner

Qty.

7 bdl. Roof Shingles 6 pcs. Roof 'drip' Edge 10'

Optional Shingles

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