Recommendations for Pole Barn builder in Michigan

holemania · Apr 21, 2004

I read bwallen's thread where he had a nice pole barn put up in a couple of days.....good stuff....good Amish construction!

I'm moving to the Midland/Saginaw, MI area in about 3 wks. I'd like to have pole barn (24 x 30 or so) put up (hopefully before winter)....

I'm not inclined or equipped to build it myself, so, I'm looking for suggestions, recommendations or referrals for good builders in that Michigan tri-city area.

Great info on this form....thanks everyone!

Dave

John1 · Apr 21, 2004

Call Central Michigan Lumber when you move in and they can supply you with some reputable names in your area......

Rusty · Apr 21, 2004

Welcome to the Saginaw Valley! Contact Mark Hoffmann at Hoffmann Builders in Bay City. Mark's telephone number is 989-686-8971. Hoffmann Builders built our 72' X 36' barn in 1993, and added another sliding door a few years later. My wife and I are completely satisfied with the barn and with Hoffman's work. Best wishes!

yooperdave · Apr 21, 2004

Try to get a firm time frame in writing.

I bought a Cleary - construction was ok BUT SLOOOOOW /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif.

I latter found out that this was not uncommon from their regional office.

Set a realistic date - and hold them to it.

Good Luck

Yooper Dave

djradz · Apr 22, 2004

Dave, don't know any builders up that way, but I have a related suggestion. If you're looking for an attractive building, use pole construction, but make it look like a garage. Use 9' high regular garage doors, which will seal and keep out the rodents where a sliding door likely will not. Use vinyl siding over OSB, which will give you some insulating effect, and use shingles. One other thing we incorporated was the use of 1-2 foot soffits. Gives the roof some ventilation if you ever decide to put up a ceiling, for looks or just to retain the heat. Lastly, with 10' high walls, we were able to put 8' overhangs on each side, so with the 1' soffits, gave us almost 9' of covered storage on each side. If you've interested, I'll post some pictures. Just let me know.

cperky · Apr 22, 2004

I want to see pictures.!!
I am going to be building this summer

holemania · Apr 22, 2004

djradz,

thanks for your remarks....all good stuff!

i would definitely like for it to be a more attractive building, but if it's gonna raise the cost substantially, i'll probably stay away from some of the aesthetics....

do the features you've mentioned raise the cost alot?

i'm still new to this, so i'm still trying to figure out all the terms as well....i.e. soffits.

yes, please post some pics....the more the better....pics can only help me out with ideas.

i'm hoping to erect some form of a pole barn, storage building, or other for mower, atv storage, etc. before winter....probably not the concrete pad just yet, but at least the building.

thanks again for all suggestions!

Dave

holemania · Apr 22, 2004

Rusty,

thanks for the contact....I spoke with Mark yesterday. it was hard for him to give me alot of specifics, but he said a good rule of thumb to put in the pole barn is about $10 psf....does this sound about right?

John1....thanks for the Central Michigan suggestion as well

Dave

Rusty · Apr 22, 2004

holemania - Mark put our barn up in 1993, so the costs are dated. Total cost was $15,517, or about $6/square foot. 36' X 72' X 10' side wall, shingled roof, ridgevent, 12" boxed aluminum overhang, vented eaves, 2-12' X 10' slider doors, 1-3' X 6'-8" steel entry door, 4-4' X 3' sliding windows, posts on eaves on 6' centers (for stalls by owner), 6 inside posts (also for stalls), 2-gable vents, steel siding.