Pole Barn cost questions

[RichNJKubota]

I had a local pole barn company put up a typical metal sided pole barn. Cost with some extras came out to $10/sq ft. Cost without the extras was about $9/sq ft. This is just for the shell. No concrete or wiring. No site work.
I did not like the idea of metal siding and roofing so I tried every way I could to price out the shingle roof and wood siding. It brought the price up way to high for a barn. If I recall correctly the shingle roof and wood siding doubled the price.
The labor part of the $10/sq ft came out to about $2/sq ft.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I am allowed the metal roof, which I like the looks of anyway, but I can not get around the restrictions on the metal sides. I have 4 choices. Wood, brick, stone or stucco. Somehow, given my choices available, I can't justify anything other than wood for a storage barn!!!

I figure the cost, with wood siding, is probably going to add 50% to the price. So I guess it seems reasonable to assume about $15/sq.ft. for the structure itself.

My biggest problem is going to be getting the concrete to the site (through the woods, down a hill).

Based on what I can glean from other posts, I am thinking that something around $30,000 seems reasonable for something about 24 by 36.

 

[Slamfire]

I'd think stucco would have a lower cost than wood siding. If there are a lot of stucco buildings in your area. I'd think about putting one of the epoxy finishes on that. Sure would last longer than wood.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

In our area (northern Indiana) natural stucco doesn't withstand the elements and synthetic stucco (Dryvit) costs more than brick!

 

[Larry_Van_Horn]

Bob,
Well I am in the midst of putting up a Miracle Truss barn. I wanted the Miracle Truss because of the complete open span. My barn is 36' x 38' with 16' eaves and an 8/12 roof pitch that will make the roof peak about 29 ' high. The barn from Miracle Truss (less the girts, purlins and siding, but including everything else including a 14' x' 16' sliding door, roofing w/ 6 light panels, and 18" overhangs all around) was about $14,500 delivered. I figure the concrete pad (24' x 36 ' will run about $3,000. Girts and purlins are about $1,500. I am going to sheet the building in Hardipanel (a concrete wood look-alike which is used for siding many houses in my area) should run about $2,300. Need to run electric etc, so I figure I will be around $24,000 for a pretty nice structure.

With the 16' eaves and the high roof pitch, I am going to put a loft over 1/2 the building for my office etc. I'll post pictures as things move along.
Best of luck,
Larry

 

[PaulT]

I am currently in the process of building a 28x40 barn with a second story loft in the middle bay (16x28). It is a monitor roof style pole barn type constrruction. I am using metal roofing and rough cut board and batten siding. the total cost of materials will be somewhere around 12000 when all is done. Although I am not adding a slab now, I did have tofill to get to the elevation I wanted at about $2500 for about 200 yd3 of material. that is probably close to the same as a slab for that building. for labor, I think you should double the materials price. If you have a contractor do it all for you, they will aslo tack on profit on the materials, so factor in another 20-25% on the $12k materials cost. You are probably pretty close with your $30k number. I have attached the drawings of what my barn will look like when completed, so you can get an idea of it. I drew up the plans myself in 3-D Home Architect.

 

[PaulT]

The back view

 

[PaulT]

front elevation

 

[PaulT]

side elevation

 

[PaulT]

back elevation