Does anyone know of a great company for building a horse barn?

Question

Cany any of you give me a good company fo building horse barns in southern IL? Or help me find one or any tips that i would need to know. Like not using a certain type of wood or something of the type. I'm going to build a 8-10 horse barn. And to tell you the truth i have no clue how much this would cost me. And your problems that you have had with any company. Basically i just need advice and some great suggestions

Thanks for reading this i hope you reply

Answer 1

ya, u got to home depot, buy wood, nails, power tools, and make a building plan

Answer 2

We got all of our supplies from 84 Lumber and built the barn ourselves. I've also seen good barns from Apple Valley Horse barns. With them, you order the blueprint and buy the supplies yourself.

http://www.84lumber.com

http://www.applevalleybarns.com

Answer 3

MD Barns are good.

http://www.mdbarns.com/

Answer 4

The Amish in Pa make great barns. They deliver any where in the us. Heres  a sites horizonstructers.com . Also they put it together on site. Just google amoish barn builders to find more.

Answer 5

www.pro-technologies.com

Answer 6

A lot of people are putting up those steel buildings made by companies like Cleary or Morton because they are more economical.  But personally, I don't think they suit horses very well.  They dent very easily, all the horse has to do is lean against it a bit.  They also provide no insulation so they are like little ovens in the summer and are quite cold in the winter.  If you can afford it, I would go with a good old fashioned wood barn.

Answer 7

Allrighty - well, I live in California, BUT - we went with a prefabricated metal barn, which is SUPER easy to put up. We also attached metal pipe "mare motels" to one end to extend the barn for summer stalls.

Have the company pour the cement footing (as this has to be exact).  If your county doesn't require cement footers, then just put it in the dirt like they're designed for.  Then you just take the sections, pull them up, and clamp them in place.  The downsides are: it gets hot in the summer - I suggest a raised center aisle-way to let in more air, and a complete center aisle to let the breeze blow through.  It can also be bent - we had an accident where two horses pushed their way into a stall, and tried to go out at the same time - the barn is still sound, but not as pretty as before because the doorway is tweaked a little.  The upsides are: they're easy to install, easy to maintain, and come in many colors that you don't ever have to repaint.

Wood barns are gorgeous when done right.  They're cooler in the summer, but only if you have good ventilation.  Their downsides are: you have to restain them every year or every other year to keep them protected, and I mean restain the ENTIRE barn.  And horses can literally chew your barn away.   Wood is generally more expensive to purchase, build, is more time consuming, and costs more to maintain.  But they sure look neat!

Answer 8

I have to second the person that posted about MD Barns.  We have an MD Barn and had it built to our needs.  One thing to mention, is that other than the concrete pad to install the barn on, the whole thing can be taken down and put up somewhere else if you ever decided to move, plus they are easy to add onto if your needs change in the future.  We haven't had any problems with ours so far (had it for 8 yrs).  Definitely worth looking into.