Pole barn vs Steel frame

[Mud Dr.]

I am planning to build a shop/storage building in the near future, 30 x 40 hopefully. Any feelings out there about the advantages of a pole barn as compared to a traditional steel framed metal building or vice-versa. A local builder will turn-key a 30'x50'x12' pole barn w/ 1-10x10 roll door and 1-3' walk door w/ slab for $17,000.00.

 

[Jaybr]

I had a 30x40 steel arch building on my old place, and a 36x36 pole barn at the new place.

The wood frame on the pole barn makes it much easier for many things, such as electrical, insulation, shelving, plumbing, and you can hang things from rafters. My builder used trusses up top, so I have a 14x36 room upstairs, recently put in steps and floored it so I can use it for storage.

The other nice thing about my pole barn is roof is shingles that match the house, and sided the whole building same as house. It looks like a huge garage, but it's built like a pole barn.

 

[patrick_g]

Jaybr, I did that with my free span steel building (36x48 with 21x48 shed on side.) It is turned 45 degrees and is attached to the end of my house. Shingles are the same and it has same brick wainscot and vinyl as the house. It looks to be just a part of the house. Inside the part I use as a 3 car garage there is a giveaway, the support columns are red iron I beams and the cathedral ceiling soars to 30 feet and the steel trusses are exposed.

I hope to build a pole barn this year. I will site it not too far from the "garage" and will try to color match it to the house but probably without brick or vinyl. Either that or do it in traditional barn red with white trim.

Pat

 

[EddieWalker]

Check out Mueller, Inc. - Home Page and compare prices.

$11.33 a ft is pretty good, but you're at a size that either might be the better deal. I'd be sure to get bids on both types with multiple contractors. Of course, with so much building going on, you might not find too many available. I'm turning down jobs because there is more work out there then people to do it.

Eddie

 

[texasjohn]

My thoughts are based on my experience.

I built a 40X60 Mueller metal building, concrete floor. After almost a year, am convinced it's the right size for me... any smaller and I'd be squeezed in to tight. Not having any center poles makes it all usable space, obviously. I like the open feeling inside... lights hung from roof purlins.... I insulated the inside with radient barrier bubble stuff... full length roof vent.. 16 ft wide roll up door on one end, 14 ft wide on the other.

I think the choice is a personal one, possibly $$ influenced, or by who does the construction.

 

[sr160009]

I am planning to build a shop/storage building in the near future, 30 x 40 hopefully. Any feelings out there about the advantages of a pole barn as compared to a traditional steel framed metal building or vice-versa. A local builder will turn-key a 30'x50'x12' pole barn w/ 1-10x10 roll door and 1-3' walk door w/ slab for $17,000.00.

That sound like a pretty good deal, I have a 40'x40'x12' steel shop with 3 10'x10' rollup doors a 1 3' walk door I built myself for around $13,000.00. I would check around like Eddie said. I think steel or Pole barn it just a matter of personal choice, both are very strong buildings.

 

[john_bud]

It's not very hard to do a pole building. I put an addition on my current one, making it 25' longer (25x32x10' addition) and the cost for materials was $3200. Cost to have it done was between $8000 and $9500. Hardest part was putting the rafters up. But we did it by hand, renting a machine to lift them up to the right height would have made it go much faster!

jb

 

[KaiB]

I'm in the process of designing and pricing my 72x52 pole building. With shingles, 24" of 2x6 treated T&G skirt all the way around, Metal Sales Classic siding, 10 windows and doors, I'm right at $4.65/sqft in materials less door hardware.

I have not priced 1500 sqft of floating slab yet; nor have I calculated the helping labor and crane for the trusses, electric and insulation for the half above the slab.