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Pole Barn Guru Wednesday!

Bonus Wednesday! The Pole Barn Guru has been inundated with questions. Let’s answer a few more. Move a hay barn? Building a Shouse, and the answer to “What all is in the pole barn kit?”

DEAR POLE BARN GURU: I may move my 40 x 60 hay barn, wooden trusses, 6 x 6 poles. How much do you think this barn would weigh? Thank you. DAVID in HILLSBORO

DEAR DAVID: How you would ever move this without destroying it is beyond me. Personally, I would build another barn. Approximate weight should be somewhere around 12,000 pounds – if you do try it, make sure to film it for YouTube (as either a success or a failure would be highly watched).

DEAR POLE BARN GURU: I would like to build a roughly 60′ X 40′ house over a garage. I’m not sure if I want 3 or 4 garage doors. I was thinking of maybe making 1 side tall enough for a lift. Is this possible for you and if so would you have a rough estimate on price? Thank you JEFF in SHAWANO

DEAR JEFF: Pretty much anything is possible – you are only limited by your imagination, budget and available space. I always caution clients to give some real consideration to living above their garage (like we do), due to potential accessibility challenges at a future date. Whilst we think it will never occur to us, roughly 10% of all Americans will face mobility challenges in their lifetimes – in our case it was my lovely bride becoming a paraplegic due to a tragic motorcycle accident.

A Hansen Pole Buildings’ Designer will be reaching out to you to further discuss your wants and needs.

DEAR POLE BARN GURU: What all is in the pole barn kit? Does it include exterior wall covering material, roofing material? Can a buyer determine number of walk through doors and windows?

Thank you in advance. PAM in BOYD

DEAR PAM: A typical fully engineered post frame (pole barn) kit from Hansen Pole Buildings includes two sets of full sized 24” x 36” blue prints detailing locations and connections of every piece of material. Our third-party engineers also provide complete calculations to verify all materials are structurally adequate.

You will receive a detailed Materials List of all components, as well as listing their function on your building. We provide a 500+ page Construction Manual, walking you step-by-step through every phase of your assembly process – including detail drawings and actual photos. If this is not enough, we provide unlimited Technical Support from people who have built post frame buildings!

Typically we provide everything you will need to erect your beautiful new building other than concrete, rebar and nails normally driven from a nail gun. You can have us customize your building down to length, width and heights in fractions of an inch, any possible roof slope and whatever combination of doors and windows will best meet with your wants and needs.

Your only limitations will be your imagination, budget and available space!

This entry was posted in Pole Barn Questions, Constructing a Pole Building, Pole Barn Planning, Budget, Pole Barn Homes, Post Frame Home, Shouse, Shouse and tagged weight of barn, move a barn, house over shop, pole building kits, shouse on September 23, 2020 by admin.

Pole Barn Kits

All Cheese Does Not Come From Wisconsin

In providing pole barn kit (post frame) packages all over the United States, we do NOT ship roof trusses from our facilities in Browns Valley, Minnesota. Hansen Pole Buildings is about being efficient for our clients, which means outsourcing components when it is the most practical solution. As such, we have developed relationships with roof truss manufacturers all across America.

When a website comes across my desk with, “BEST PRICE GUARANTEE ON POLE BARN TRUSSES FOR SALE” I just had to check it out – even though the website (in my humble opinion) is one of the cheesiest productions I have ever seen.

My spelling hat right away catches the word “Manufacure” boldly displayed on the website!

Having spent my entire adult life either manufacturing or purchasing trusses all across the U.S., I am afraid I call B.S. on this one.

When I see stuff like this, I just can’t resist checking everything out.

Nowhere on this website (or many other ones I found which are owned by the same person) does it give any address – but I did a reverse search from the phone number and found…..

The “business” or “businesses” are located in a small Northeast town. The owner appears to be a small time remodel contractor under more than one name. I could not find any information at all on him or any business of his with the Better Business Bureau, or his state’s business registration division.

pole barn contractor Besides offering the Best Price Guarantee on pole barn trusses, he also offers a “$250 Guaranteed Best Pole Barn Kits Prices on Pole Barn Kits For Sale”!! On the website is “Our Experience Counts”…. considering I know pretty well everybody who is anyone in the pole building industry – they may not be counting very well.

Not interested in pole barn kits or pole barn trusses today? Don’t need a remodel, deck, drywall or masonry work? Don’t fret, as the same guy also offers a book (appearing to be of similar quality to his websites) on “Retail Furniture Selling Techniques”. I am just scratching my head on this one.

I didn’t take away a lot from Architecture school, but I did learn, “Presentation is Everything”. A great quality website doesn’t guarantee a great buying experience, however a poor one generally guarantees it will be an experience you will want to forget.

Usually I have no problem listing URL’s for websites such as these, but in this case I feel I’d be sending folks to their doom.

I did go through what materials they use, their basic design, and sorry to say – this is a blog for another day. I’m still trying to recover from seeing so much…cheese, and all in one place.

The moral of the story – thoroughly vet out ANY BUSINESS or individual you are considering making a major investment with. Including us!

Come back tomorrow and I’ll give you tips on how to check out an internet business – such as – Hansen Buildings.

This entry was posted in Pole Building Comparisons, Building Styles and Designs and tagged pole building kits, pole barn trusses, post frame building kits on January 20, 2015 by admin.

Guru: Where is Hansen Pole Buildings?

Welcome to Ask the Pole Barn Guru – where you can ask questions about building topics, with answers posted on Mondays. With many questions to answer, please be patient to watch for yours to come up on a future Monday or Saturday segment. If you want a quick answer, please be sure to answer with a “reply-able” email address.

Email all questions to: PoleBarnGuru@HansenPoleBuildings.com

DEAR POLE BARN GURU: Forget about quoting me anything, I had no idea you were in MN. MEANDERING IN METHOW

DEAR MEANDERING: Yes, we are “in” MN. We are also in ND, SD, ID, WA, OR, PA, NM, TX…..Have you ever ordered anything from Amazon.com? Amazon.com happens to be based in Seattle, however they ship from both their own warehouses all over America, as well as from third party fulfillment centers.

Think of Hansen Pole Buildings as being the Amazon.com exclusively for post frame & pole buildings. We ship from locations in all 50 states (including Omak and Wenatchee) – our home office just happens to be on the MN/SD border. Truth be told, our home “base” is in South Dakota, which really “is neither here nor there” when we service all 50 states as if they were all in our “own backyard”. We have pole buildings in every state in America, most of them in the Pacific Northwest (a ton of them in WA), which just happens to be prime country for pole buildings.

Chances are good, wherever someone needs a pole building, we are going to be shipping the majority of the building components from locations nearby the building site, within 100 miles or less.

Just like Amazon.com, we are logistical wizards.

DEAR POLE BARN GURU: I have an existing 40′ x 56′ x 12 pole barn. I am wanting to build a 28′ x 40′ x 8′ living quarters in the rear of building. There is no house wrap or insulation now. What is the best way to air seal and insulate the living quarters? A local contractor suggested 2″ of open cell spray, and then fiberglass over that. Will spray foam eventually rot the metal? Could I use a vapor/air barrier over the metal, and then use fiberglass. I guess I would have to remove the exterior metal in order to install house wrap?

I also read where I could install Roxul stone wool insulation directly over the metal, and put plastic over that. Then dryall.

Please help…..THANKS! WAITING IN WEST FRANKFORT

DEAR WAITING: I’d remove the wall steel in the area you want to convert to a living quarters, placing a high quality housewrap over the framing and putting the wall steel back on – use inside closure strips at the top and bottom of the wall panels as well as above any doors and above and below any windows.

I’d recommend the use of BIBs insulation in the walls, rather than batts – it fills all of the voids and results in a higher R value and better system performance.

The spray foam is unlikely to rot the steel, however it is a very expensive solution.

This entry was posted in About The Pole Barn Guru and tagged DIY pole buildings, pole barn kits, Post-Frame, pole building kits on June 30, 2014 by admin.

Shipping Pole Barns Across America

Guest Blog today by Eric Graff, owner of Hansen Buildings~

Shipping Pole Barns Every day Hansen Buildings is hard at work coordinating the deliveries of multiple pole buildings to different site locations across the US. With over 3,000 individual pieces involved in an average size pole barn, this is not an easy feat. Curious how this works? I thought you would never ask.

If location, location, location is the key to real estate then communication, communication, communication is the key to shipping pole barns. Shipping an entire building to a remote jobsite that arrives in multiple deliveries all on approximately the same week is a tough task. At the head of our material delivery department is Justine. She works directly with every single customer who purchases a pole building kit from Hansen Buildings. It is her job to ensure you receive all necessary components on time and in the proper condition and quantity.

With a typical Hansen Building order you will have at a minimum three shipments – lumber and trusses, hardware/entry doors and steel deliveries. Depending on the complexity of a custom building this can be up to six deliveries in rare cases. Do not expect this all to arrive at one time on one very large truck. These shipments arrive on a variety of semi trucks and trailers.

Steel trucks are the largest and you can expect them to be up to 70’ in length. When I asked Justine how customers can best prepare for upcoming deliveries she says, “Ensure all of your contact info is correct including a contact that is able to take phone calls as deliveries are arriving. You must also have a site that is easily accessible to large trucks with a marked location for where they would like it offloaded. When in doubt…ask questions!” As you can see from her response – clearly communication is the key here. The more accessible and updated you are on the status of your deliveries the smoother you can expect the outcome.

Hansen Buildings stays in constant contact with all customers in a variety of methods. We provide a series of emails immediately after you purchase which explains your individual online customer login is the best source of information regarding your project. Once logged in you can view estimated delivery dates of materials as they are scheduled, a detailed material list of all materials included, the current status of your project and view important documents like your invoice, custom drafted plans and detailed construction guide. We also provide online photos of your materials as they leave our warehouse, along with tracking so that you can ensure the shipment arrives in the same condition as it left.

Next best method to ask material or delivery related questions would be emailing our material delivery department directly at materials@hansenpolebuildings.com. You can expect a response within 24 business hours. If you have an urgent question or matter you can call directly at 866-200-9657.

In the rare event that you experience missing or damaged items this can also be reported online through your customer login. We do not intentionally short ship or send damaged items. Damage can occur in transit. Hansen Buildings does have a strict 48 hour policy that you must inventory and report any material discrepancies within this time. This policy is in place for your protection. Do not make the mistake of deciding not to inventory and expect that a damaged item will be replaced weeks or months after delivery. If you do notice any sort of damage as materials arrive document it thoroughly on delivery receipts and if possible take photos right away. This will ensure replacement at the soonest possible time.

Hansen Buildings is constantly watching many pole barn kits deliver across the US (including Hawaii and Alaska!) at the same time and following up with customers to ensure the deliveries go off without a hitch. We work very hard to provide: Your Building. Your Way

This entry was posted in Pole Barn Design, Pole Barn Planning and tagged pole building kits, pole building shipments, custom pole buildings on March 7, 2014 by admin.