Straight answers on pole barns, steel buildings, permits, and cost, written by the crew that pours the concrete and sets the trusses.
Everything we've written about post-frame and steel buildings, permits, and planning a project in Michigan.
Post-frame usually wins if you're under about 60 feet wide and watching your budget. Steel wins when you need a huge clear span or a shell that meets commercial...
Plan on a 12-by-12-foot stall as the minimum for each horse, then size the barn around your stall count plus aisle, tack, feed, and hay space. A four-stall barn...
A barndominium is a post-frame or steel building finished as a home, usually pairing living space with a shop or storage bay under one roof. The shell goes up l...
A pole barn, also called a post-frame building, is a structure framed on widely spaced wood posts instead of stud walls sitting on a continuous concrete foundat...
A pole barn is usually the cheaper, faster way to get a big detached garage in Michigan. Stick-built makes sense when the garage has to match the house closely ...
In most Michigan jurisdictions, any new structure over 200 square feet needs a building permit, and pole barns are no exception. The main carve-out is agricultu...
Send us a few details and some photos of your site. We'll tell you straight whether post-frame or steel is the right call, and what it takes to get it built.
