Pole Barn Construction
Considerations During Pole barn building.
When you dealing with pole barn construction, there are a number of considerations that you need to keep in mind.
Environment: The environment will decide what material is best for pole barn construction. Generally, the more wet the environment, the less likely you should use wood. Wood may be a great building material, but it tends to rot in humid environments, or where there is a lot of rain. Metal may rust, so try to use stainless steel when possible. In a humid seacoast area, wood may be your best bet, but that’s because the salt will corrode most metals faster than wood will rot.
Use: Consider what will be stored in the pole barn after it’s built. It may sound weird that the use is a factor in pole barn construction, but a barn that is more tool shed or is for your mechanical objects, then metal is arguably best, as it will help insulate the metal inside from the lightning outside. On the other hand, for animals, wood is better as it won’t injure the animals if they hit it (or tear through it, in the case of sheet metal), and is easy to replace. If it’s being used to store hazardous chemicals (such as fuel, fertilizer, or cleaning supplies), using wood in the pole barn construction may be better as the wood is more inert and doesn’t act as a conductor as well as metal, making it less likely that something outside the barn (like fire or lightning) will set it off.
Security: This is going to be a weird one, but definitely needs to be considered during pole barn construction. The reason that it’s weird is that wood is arguably the more secure of the two. Assuming that I’m a thief and I’ve prepared for breaking into your pole barn, I’m going to have two approaches: through a wall and through the lock. If I go through thee lock, then whatever I used for the pole barn construction materials won’t matter. However, my pole barn construction materials will matter if I need to go through it. Sheet metal won’t really slow me down, as even tin snips will cut through it like butter. On the other hand, wood will slow an axe man down. If they want to destroy what’s inside, then whatever material I used in the pole barn’s construction won’t matter.
Aesthetics: A last factor of pole barn construction is what do you want it to look like. Usually this isn’t a factor, as the barn is well away from where anyone will see it. However, if you build it in an urban area, or near the farmhouse, then people will see it. Wood is more old-fashioned, and allows you more decoration. At the same time, it can be harder to maintain than metal. The metal may rust faster, but it otherwise doesn’t require much maintenance and will hold any painting much longer.
Just remember these factors when you build your post barn, and you will much better about it.
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