NH575E
Senior Member
There seems to be some interest in my new storage barn so I thought I would do a thread outlining the details and cost.
I’ve wanted a place to get my backhoe out of the weather. My wife kept saying we need a pole barn but I’m not that into wood due to rot and carpenter bees. I started looking at metal carport type buildings and was about to just buy and open version but I finally decided to get 3 sides enclosed. The main reason I didn’t go fully enclosed was none of the door options I saw were tall enough to drive the backhoe in with the boom stowed and latched. I knew if I had to extend it then park it inside I would eventually forget and tear the building down. I may later look into building some big hinged barn doors to close it in better.
To prepare I leveled the ground then put down a bed of crushed red brick.
The brand building we chose is Carolina Carports.
The design is called a Carolina Barn. This is what they call the vertical roof type. That aligns the ribs in the roof panels like they should be and the trusses are more house like.
The overall size is 42' Wide by 30' Deep
Center section is 18' wide by 14' high. Actual openings turn out to be about 4" short of designated heights so the center is 13' 8" from bottom of gable to ground.
Lean tos are 12' wide by 9' high. Again, the actual height of the opening is 8' 8".
Standard heights would have been 12' legs on center and 7' legs on sides.
I had the frame upgraded to 12 gauge. Panels came standard 26 gauge. Color matched screws were included at no charge.
Other extras include: 3 sides enclosed, front gables covered, 36"x80" walk in door installed in left side.
Colors are Barn Red with White trim. They have 3 different reds. One is bright red and another is purpleish. The Barn Red should look a little better when it fades some.
Cost of the building after a 12% discount and tax was $11,380. I have about $700 in fill and other stuff used preparing the site.
Only two guys showed up to assemble. They were pretty conscientious and you could tell they had done it many times before. Not sure but I think I might have got a better job than I would have if the crew was bigger. It took them 2-1/2 days to complete which is very reasonable given the complexity of the build.
Not crazy about the anchors but it shouldn't go anywhere. The screw anchors were black painted steel about 30" long with two 4" wheels. From the tip to the head was about 26". They also used some straight rebar pegs with a head on them that were about 3' long. In total they used a dozen straight pegs and 35 screw anchors. Both type anchors were 1/2" diameter shafts. Each frame runner got 4 straight pegs driven through holes in the top and 7 screw anchors bolted through holes drilled through the sides. The bottom connector rails across the rear also got 7 of the screw in anchors.
Here are the final photos of the finished barn.
I’ve wanted a place to get my backhoe out of the weather. My wife kept saying we need a pole barn but I’m not that into wood due to rot and carpenter bees. I started looking at metal carport type buildings and was about to just buy and open version but I finally decided to get 3 sides enclosed. The main reason I didn’t go fully enclosed was none of the door options I saw were tall enough to drive the backhoe in with the boom stowed and latched. I knew if I had to extend it then park it inside I would eventually forget and tear the building down. I may later look into building some big hinged barn doors to close it in better.
To prepare I leveled the ground then put down a bed of crushed red brick.
The brand building we chose is Carolina Carports.
The design is called a Carolina Barn. This is what they call the vertical roof type. That aligns the ribs in the roof panels like they should be and the trusses are more house like.
The overall size is 42' Wide by 30' Deep
Center section is 18' wide by 14' high. Actual openings turn out to be about 4" short of designated heights so the center is 13' 8" from bottom of gable to ground.
Lean tos are 12' wide by 9' high. Again, the actual height of the opening is 8' 8".
Standard heights would have been 12' legs on center and 7' legs on sides.
I had the frame upgraded to 12 gauge. Panels came standard 26 gauge. Color matched screws were included at no charge.
Other extras include: 3 sides enclosed, front gables covered, 36"x80" walk in door installed in left side.
Colors are Barn Red with White trim. They have 3 different reds. One is bright red and another is purpleish. The Barn Red should look a little better when it fades some.
Cost of the building after a 12% discount and tax was $11,380. I have about $700 in fill and other stuff used preparing the site.
Only two guys showed up to assemble. They were pretty conscientious and you could tell they had done it many times before. Not sure but I think I might have got a better job than I would have if the crew was bigger. It took them 2-1/2 days to complete which is very reasonable given the complexity of the build.
Not crazy about the anchors but it shouldn't go anywhere. The screw anchors were black painted steel about 30" long with two 4" wheels. From the tip to the head was about 26". They also used some straight rebar pegs with a head on them that were about 3' long. In total they used a dozen straight pegs and 35 screw anchors. Both type anchors were 1/2" diameter shafts. Each frame runner got 4 straight pegs driven through holes in the top and 7 screw anchors bolted through holes drilled through the sides. The bottom connector rails across the rear also got 7 of the screw in anchors.
Here are the final photos of the finished barn.
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