| Also known as post and beam or post frame | | | | to the builders in case problems arise during |
| construction, pole barn building is a traditional | | | | construction. |
| construction method well suited to large, open spaces. | | | | Customary uses of modern pole barn and garage |
| Post and beam homes typically have open formats, | | | | building kits include one-, two-, and three-car garages; |
| high ceilings, and exposed beams, resulting in a rustic, | | | | barns; warehouses; machine sheds; horse stalls; indoor |
| yet modern, feel. When combined with contemporary | | | | riding arenas; and run-in sheds. For storage, nothing |
| building materials such as pressure treated wood and | | | | surpasses a pole building. It's not uncommon for |
| steel, pole barn construction is ideal for barns, garages, | | | | customers to erect a pole building for storage with the |
| storage spaces, and agricultural and industrial buildings. | | | | intention of using it for other purposes (play areas, |
| In pole barn construction the posts (the verticals, also | | | | offices, etc.) in the future when they can afford it. |
| called poles) and the beams (the horizontal structures) | | | | Pole barn packages are part of the growing |
| are typically exposed. Traditionally the posts and | | | | movement to find alternative to on-site stick building. |
| beams were attached to each other with mortise and | | | | Along with log cabin kits, modular buildings, and mobile |
| tendon joints, but now metal fittings connect them. | | | | homes, pole building kits provide relatively inexpensive |
| Old-fashioned barn raising involved gathering the | | | | ways to erect residential, commercial, agricultural, and |
| community to raise the post and beam structure. It | | | | industrial structures. In addition, they minimize wood |
| was a great system for building settlements in the | | | | waste, limit destruction to building sites, and provide a |
| New World. | | | | much more efficient use of labor because there is no |
| Twenty-first century pole buildings arrive at the building | | | | waiting around for supplies, lumber, or hardware. And, |
| site in pieces, ready to be erected by a team of | | | | because each barn building kit is customized, |
| workers. Manufacturers of pole building kits provide all | | | | customers pay only for what they want. |
| the hardware, lumber, siding, roofing, and accessories | | | | Most children play at building, starting with Lincoln Logs, |
| needed for the desired size and style of building. | | | | going onto LEGO, and then graduating to sophisticated |
| Blueprints, elevations and perspective drawings, and | | | | models and real-life tree houses and playhouses. It |
| detailed specifications make it easy for contractors | | | | seems as if putting things together to make structures |
| and do-it-yourselfers to put the kit together. Customers | | | | is a natural human instinct. With pole barn kits adults |
| can choose different types of siding, roofing, windows, | | | | can continue to expand their desire to create shelter, |
| and hardware. | | | | whether they choose to erect the buildings themselves |
| Manufacturers offer both standard and | | | | from the kits or hire someone to do the work. In either |
| custom-designed kits, any of which are delivered in | | | | case, customers get the pleasure of seeing the building |
| one or two loads within a month or so of ordering. But | | | | they need built on their property quickly, efficiently, and |
| the manufacturers' roles aren't over once the kits are | | | | cost effectively. |
| delivered; they continue to provide practical assistance | | | | |