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With a residential pole barn building, anything is possible. These versatile structures can be as simple or as luxurious as you’d like. Their build time is much shorter than traditional residential homes, and they’re a cost effective choice for those looking to build a home. The best part of pole barn living is their extensive customization opportunities. And don’t forget to check out our offerings for commercial and agricultural buildings.
Pole barn homes utilize a different foundation system than traditional homes. Traditional homes usually use a concrete foundation, but a pole barn foundation is built from poles installed directly into the ground. This system eliminates the need for load-bearing walls and allows for wide-open, highly customizable floorplans. The flexibility of pole barn design allows you to use space exactly as desired, ensuring every square foot of your home serves a purpose and fits your lifestyle. To ensure your complete satisfaction, we create a 2D and 3D CAD design of your residential pole barn before the building process even starts.
Insulated pole barn hobby shops with ample space, full customization, and year-round protection.
A garage building is the perfect spot to store your extra equipment, additional vehicle, boat, etc.
Custom post-frame homes with large workshops and living spaces built for comfort, work, and storage.
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We build custom residential pole barn homes tailored to our client’s unique needs and lifestyles. Contact us to learn more about how we can help build you a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
This is a huge topic of discussion over the past several years and the answer is constantly evolving. Post frame will offer several advantages including, but not limited to, the following: ability to build large, clear spans for wide-open interior spaces, tall walls that do not require additional bracing or sheer support, eliminate the need for plywood/OSB substrates (although it is often recommended, a topic bearing more discussion), unique looks and architecture, so forth. Convention homes often look very similar and especially today can lack uniqueness. Conventional is good for complex rooflines (many hips, valleys, elevations) or non-symmetrical perimeter layouts. Post frame will lend its advantages to more symmetrical layouts (in other words more ‘rectangular’ with gable roofs). If a client wants the cost and low maintenance advantages of exposed-fastener metal roofing/siding then post frame is certainly a viable option. Post frame can also save money by reducing the cost of expensive concrete foundation systems, although it is perfectly fine and normal to construct post frame on concrete foundations. It simply reduces the cost advantage somewhat, but there are many foundations options to choose from and this should be discussed w/ a post frame professional in detail.
There are many storm shelter options that can be considered and these will actually be safer in most cases than a regular basement.
This will depend on HOA restrictions, city codes, or other factors. Often you can do whatever you prefer, but sometimes you will have constraints you must abide by. Sometimes you can use metal siding/roofing but simply have to choose an accepted profile. It may sound odd, but often a common ‘9” or 12” on-center metal panel (often referred to as ‘ag-panel’) is not acceptable. There are often acceptable alternatives you can select from. Further, you can certainly utilize post frame for more conventional looks such as garages with vinyl siding and shingle roofs.
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