Some reasons to buy or build a pole barn instead of using standard construction methods.

Pole barns can serve a lot of purposes from agricultural uses to homes. How can you determine if a post frame structure or pole barn is right for you, or best suited to your needs and purposes? Here are a few thoughts that might help you to decide:

Building size

If you need a building larger than the standard sizes for portable buildings or standard steel frame carports or garages, without the expense of traditional wood frame or commercial steel frame construction, a pole barn would be right up your alley.

Building type

If you want a plain, open shed, large enough to accommodate a large hay crop and the equipment you used to get it into place, again, without the expense of commercial steel frame construction, a pole barn could be the right choice. Open structures are perfect candidates for post frame construction methods.

Large animal raising and training

Large barns for horses, arenas for training them, and even the bunk house can be built with post frame construction for less than the cost of the standard construction methods. If your needs fall into one of those categories, post frame structures may be right for you.

Post frame cost and versatility

In fact, there is no end to the number of uses for farms and ranches. Farmers and ranchers have long understood the utility of pole, or post frame buildings, and now, the rest of the world is taking notice. These buildings with their simple, strong, and inexpensive construction can be used, and are being used for:

• Agriculture
• Manufacturing
• Commercial business
• Homes

Before your next addition, or construction project, you owe it to yourself to look into this sturdy money saving method.

Pole barns, or post frame structures have been in existence for a big part of mans history. Probably starting with “lean to” type structures with branches thrust as deeply into the ground as possible, with cross branches spanning the top, and leaves, branches, and latter, thatch covering the top.

A modern pole barn consists of 4 or more poles inserted into the ground with a lumber frame built around the top, and joists either attached inside, or on top of the frame, with sheet metal added as a covering. If the barn is intended to be enclosed on one or more sides, a framework is built around the poles to attach the siding.

Pole barns have been used widely in agriculture, and formed the basis for many purposes, such as hay barns, cattle stalls, horse barns, and simple equipment sheds with a flat roof sloped front to back to shed water.

Today, post frame structures have become much more advanced in both materials and techniques. The posts are usually made of treated materials, and the ground contact end sheathed in rot resistant materials. Many of these modernized pole barns are elaborate structures used as homes throughout the country. The siding used today is often double galvanized sheet steel, which is then primed and painted to provide years of maintenance free durability.

If you are in the market for a pole barn, we have a list of qualified representatives from the best pole barn manufacturers.