Pole barn cost

Craig45 · Jul 8, 2015

Got a estimate for a 40x60 pole barn yesterday and it just about floored me. Guess I wanted more than I can afford. 6 in concrete floor, insulated shop area, loft storage, three insulated garage doors. Six windows. Price was a little over 100K. Guess I'll have to come down in my wants. What would be a bottom line price for just a plain barn ?

Bruce from Can. · Jul 8, 2015

Your pole barn sounds nice,but it is not just a pole barn. The cost of material to build a 40x80 dirt floor ,steel clad barn my friend built last fall was $18,000. Not including any labour cost, with no electricity. What is driving the cost of your building is all of the finish, the floor the doors , the wiring etc. . You can put up the building for far less than the price of your quote , and then finish the building as time and money allows.

IAtractorKid · Jul 8, 2015

They are starting on my Pole Barn in a couple weeks. I'm having a 40x60 with 12ft sidewalls put up. Divider wall so half will be heated and insulated with concrete plus 24x40 concrete approach pad. 2 insulated walk doors, 2 insulated overhead doors, 1 steel slider, 4 windows. Wainscoting, gutters and downspouts. My building with dirt work is right at $45k + electric.

Shop around! I had quotes for the same buiding that were well over $80k. Breaking $100k seems pretty rediculous to me. I'm sure location will affect some...I'm in central IA. Just a plain she'll 40x60 would be in the neighborhood of $24k I would think.

FBH44 · Jul 8, 2015

Make SURE your poles have enough amount of chemical. THis is the various amounts the manufacturers require for premanent structural foundations. Might be special order, but if you sitck the poles inthe ground, this is what you want.
“NatureWood” Alkaline Copper Quaternary ACQ
Minimum 0.60 pcf ACQ for Structural / Building Pole / Foundation Use

“Micro-Pro / Smart-Sense” Micronized Copper Quaternary MCQ
Minimum 0.60 pcf MCQ for Structural / Building Pole / Foundation Use

“Micro-Pro / Life-Wood” Micronized Copper (tebuconazole) Azole MCA
Minimum 0.23 pcf MCA for Structural / Building Pole / Foundation Use

Richard G. · Jul 8, 2015

My son just had a steel 50x100 by about 14 put up to store straw in. No wood. Good to 115 MPH winds. Dirt floor. $24000.
You need to look around.
Richard in NW SC

Stephen Newell · Jul 8, 2015

It ain't that that hard to build. Have you considered building the building yourself? Most of these metal building companies have kits you can just buy for buildings that size and you could modify the plan for the windows. If you don't live in a area with heavy winter snows you could even use wood framing.

TXZane · Jul 8, 2015

I was a pole barn salesman at my previous job in Minnesota. The most basic pole barn cost was right around $6 a square foot for materials only. No dirt work, concrete, labor or electrical finish included in that cost. Labor to build that normally would run around $4-6 a square foot. The pole barns with more options (overhangs, wainscot, overhead doors, etc) seemed like they ran about $15-$18 a square foot labor included in that price. That should give you a good idea of what a basic pole barn will cost if you want to add concrete, electrical and partitions to it later. Don't scrap the idea. A shop with inside storage is so nice to have. I don't think I could ever go without one anymore. I hate letting anything set outside.

Dachshund · Jul 8, 2015

A friend and I put up a 30x40, with a 13x30 "lean-to" on the back in 2013. Took us about a week. New tin on roof, used tin on the sides, bought trusses. Total cost was under $2,000 (IIRC). Dirt floor, no electricity. He actually did about 80% of the work.....

paul · Jul 8, 2015

You are describing a nice shop.

A 'pole barn' in my mind is a fairly simple cold storage building.

Kinda two different things there, you have a whole lot of finish in yours.

You could build in stages, but a person never ends up following through; once you get the corners piled full of treasures, too much work to clean it out to add insulation or floor or what have you.....

Paul

Bryce Frazier · Jul 8, 2015

Here is my 24 x 36, dad and I built it 2 summers ago. Our Cedar Poles, just had to buy lumber and sheet metal. $1200 total, took us 3 weekends...

Sheetmetal was a LOT of money!!! $900 I think!
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WellWorn · Jul 8, 2015

Bryce, around here, a shed like that would be half full of snow for 6 months of the year. Even rain at 30-50mph (not all that uncommon here) will go a long way horizontally.

DoubleR · Jul 8, 2015

Put up your basic building and add the bells and whistles as you go. Cement floor, wiring ,windows, insulation, fancy doors, and such.
You can usually figure at least double the cost of materials to have someone else build it. I've built three smaller ones myself and I am by no means a skilled builder. I was looking at the kits the other day and was rather surprised at the, what I thought, was the low cost for a basic building.

paul · Jul 8, 2015

Heck, I get a good pool of water in my shed from the 2 inch crack under the door, when it blows and rains around here.... Also had a wind storm
that moved a gravity wagon sideways, guessing 90mph microburst, my shed took it, I'm not so sure just a roof would have! Become a sail
plane! Never mind the snow issues around here I won't go there......

Then, I don't think the county allows home sawn timbers any more, need those govt stamps of approval you know....

Mind you I like the shed roof and it looks like it does the job there, just - it isn't for everyone.

Paul

James Williams · Jul 8, 2015

Im in the process of building a 30X40 pole barn. No doors, no windows, dirt floor,with a 200 amp service.Ive got 13,000 invested so far, material only

jimmy

Hay hay hay · Jul 8, 2015

Is the estimate itemized? I bet the upgrade items.... concrete floor, roll up doors, insulated walls, etc are more than 60% to 70% of the cost. A basic building is fairly inexpensive. The bells and whistles add the cost ....fast.

Be sure you have a flat spot. A good level pad on a steep hillside can add $10,000.

Goose · Jul 8, 2015

I put up a 30X48 Cleary building a couple of years ago. 12' side walls, one 10X10 overhead door, one standard overhead garage door, and one walk-in door. The basic building, erected, was $16,000. Concrete floor and slab in front another $6,000. With site prep, lighting, wiring, etc. I now have about $25,000 invested.

Still need to insulate and put heat in it. My intentions were for it to be a shop, but right now we have it half full of personal "stuff" we need to get rid of.

I'll put windows in it when I know the permanent configuration.

Meanwhile, I'm still working in my old 22X36 shop.

Craig45 · Jul 8, 2015

Thanks guys for all the input. I will still do the project but rethink my needs. I will have to hire out all the work as I am 70'years old and can't do what I used to. Craig

dhermesc · Jul 8, 2015

You are getting hosed building of that kind and size.

dhermesc · Jul 8, 2015

http://www.thepolebarncompany.com/kits/

30X40 building, dirt floor - materials only $6642.95

http://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/carports-shelters/post-frame-buildings/30w-x-45l-x-16h-popular/p-2241396-c-9901.htm

30X45 with 16' walls $11,537
With doors and windows.

W_B · Jul 8, 2015

(quoted from post at 14:12:16 07/08/15) Bryce, around here, a shed like that would be half full of snow for 6 months of the year. Even rain at 30-50mph (not all that uncommon here) will go a long way horizontally.

Nice shed, but would never be worth much in Ohio for the same reasons that WellWorn said. Whatever works for you however.

Hay maker2 · Jul 8, 2015

I have been flirting with the idea of build a pole barn for cold storage, 40 x 60 with 16" walls and a 14" overhead doors. The prices were all over. Everyone had a little different idea how exactly the structure should be built. After they told me how they would build it I expalined to them how I wantted it done. I live in snow country and I have shoveled snow off my roofs since i was 10 years old and I am not going to build a new barn that I will have to shovel snow off of. Everyone I spoke to insisted on a 4/12 pitch. I told them that I wanted a 5/12 pitch so the snow would slide better, the builders were amazed that I said that. I aksed them what the snow load rating in my area was and they told me 60 pounds per square foot. I laughed at them and expalined that I am not going to shovel snow off of the roof. I told them that I wanted a snow load rating of 75 pounds per square foot and there eyes opened up. By increasing the pitch and load rating on the 40 x 60 barn the price went up $1200.00. I alos told them that the poles will not be any further than 8' apart.

Every year barns in my area go down due to snow load. All the contractors I spoke to said that I was one of the only people to every question the pitch or snow load and they all agreed with me that the 5/12 and 75 pounds is a better route to go in my area. I had one contractor tell me to let the barn fall down and let the insurecne company fix it....

MarkB_MI · Jul 8, 2015

Contractors in general make their money on upgrades, and that's particularly true of post-frame building construction. If they're a dealer for a major building manufacturer, they probably have a fixed price they have to stick to on the building itself, but anything else they can charge whatever the market will bear.

If you don't mind a little aggravation, you can save a bunch of money by being your own general contractor. Get a price for just the building. Order the overhead door openings, but no doors. Then seek out bids for the floor, overhead doors, interior finish construction, etc. You should be able to knock off 30 percent or more. And you can spread your expense out over a couple years, which might make it less painful.

bill mart · Jul 8, 2015

Txzane, your pole barn numbers are pretty close to what I paid for one in western NY. bill

RedGreenGuy · Jul 8, 2015

5 yrs ago I built 30 x 72 pole building w/16' side walls. R 4 insalltion under roof sheeting to stop condensation dripping. Building material $16,000. Hired contractor to erect for $8000. Had purchased returned whole house of windows from local big box store for 1/4 orginal cost. 1 walkin door. 1 9x6 rollup & 2 12x14 overhead doors. $1200 for underground wire to building. I wired building. Dirt/rock floor for now. $35,000 total cost.

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