Anyone Had A Pole Barn Built?

[vaiger]

I am looking to tear down my old 100 year barn and build a pole barn style metal building. The new barn would be 54x40 and would be a raised center aisle style barn wiht metal sides and metal roof. There are a ton of metal companies out there selling everything from DIY kits to turnkey packages. I am pretty sure I am going to want to have the structure built for me and then I will just do concrete, electric and plumbing.

Have any of you had a metal pole barn built? If so, any recommendations on who to go with?

[Guest PapaB]

I had a 24 by 32 done 6 or 8 years ago by these guys. It included a concrete floor and insulation.

http://www.walts-buildings.com/

I'd call them if I needed another. They're in Lafayette but travel all over. Mine was near Cookeville.

[dats82]

Kind of off subject, but you should look to sell your old barn and not just tear it down. There are people that would love to buy the wood out of an old structure like that. Might give some nice funds to go toward the new one.

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

YEP....reclaimed wood is very in right now and to sell it tp the right person, you can prolly just about finance the new structure....tear it down..stack it somewhere and advertise..

Or have a really neat huge bonfire....

I am partial to cantilever barns

[vaiger]

Thanks, guys. The wood will be reclaimed. The old barn is huge and we were surprised to learn that companies will tear it down, leave us with a clear site and pay us cash. I will probably keep a few pieces to maybe build a farm table out of her something.

I am glad to hear about Walt's buildings. That is actually 1 of the 2 companies that I have a quote from. I was hoping to hear from someone who had a good experience with them.

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[Murgatroy]

Yeah, reclaimed wood is big. There is the whole ecological hippy style that goes with the thinking, then there is the line of thought of how nice the weathered wood looks.

I have never had a pole barn built for me, but I have built two or three when I was younger. I don't swing a hammer anymore for pay, so I don't have any suggestions.

[Dennis1209]

Yep! A 40' x 50' pole barn.

Lot's of room, however...

The price for a concrete floor and front doors was just too expensive, so I opted to not get that. Big Mistake!

It keeps all my farm equipment and other stuff dry but, it gets covered with more dirt and bird crap than if left outside, I don't know what's worse? I think the PB was about $4,000.00 without the floor and front doors?

[vaiger]

Yep! A 40' x 50' pole barn.

Lot's of room, however...

The price for a concrete floor and front doors was just too expensive, so I opted to not get that. Big Mistake!

It keeps all my farm equipment and other stuff dry but, it gets covered with more dirt and bird crap than if left outside, I don't know what's worse? I think the PB was about $4,000.00 without the floor and front doors?

Yeah, i hear you. My existing barn is dirt floor and open ends. Everything gets pretty nasty. We will definitly concrete most of what we are doing. One area will be closed off and have a dirt floor for horses but the rest will have concrete floor. Did you build it yourself or have it built?

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[TSprint1]

We have built, and had built, several pole barns over the last few years. We have five on our place right now. We had Walt's build a portable tack building for us a few years ago. Arranged the whole thing; design, colors, price, etc over the phone. It is probably the best built portable building

I have ever seen. Very easy transaction. A few things I would insist on. Screw...not nail. I prefer coarse thread screws rather than fine thread ones. The coarse ones seem to hold much better. Pre-drill every screw hole in the metal. This ensures that a self-drilled hole does not tear the rubber

washer on the screw head. Never had a pre-drilled screw leak. It's not that hard once the purlins are up, several sheets can be drilled at the same

time. Without fail install some kind of insulation under the roof metal. If you don't then when you have temperature changes, primarily in the spring

and fall, you will have condensation on the bottom side of the roof resulting in drips just about everywhere. Good ventilation helps but won't stop

it. I have used both rigid 4x8 sheets of tongue and groove styrofoam and foil lined bubble wrap. They both work very well. Some folks use the

blanket type insulation but birds and rodents seem to really like to tear into it and make a mess. I have been in many building where folks have

gone back and tried to insulate the underside and nothing I have seen works very well.....everything from spraying stick on foam (which molds

very easily) to rigid sheets between the rafters, etc. Nothing seems to work nearly as good as putting the insulation in before installing the

metal. YMMV.

Good Luck.