Finally got a photo of the building. What I want to do is built a clean room in half the 40x60 barn.
The space between the lofts on either side is 22' and I'll need a ceiling over that. I'm thinking 10 foot ceilings. Also cutting the building in half with a wall 30' in from the big sliding doors. Also replacing the sliding doors with a garage door.
Trusses (24') are $75 each at Menards - not bad, and I can probably space them at 4' since they only have to support the drywall ceiling. OTOH, after looking at the photo I'm thinking of running 2x8s across the 22' span and dropping 2x4s down from the existing trusses to support them. It's more work, and may not even save any money. Bad idea?
