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Location: NC | We recently bought a place and need to build a barn, but don't have much funds to do it. I have seen some of these metal buildings advertised as possible horse barns. I was wondering if anyone has converted one into a barn?
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Location: Kansas | I saw someone post one on facebook! I think if you have the supplies, and are talented I'm sure it would be a super neat idea |
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Location: Texas | I was going to buy one and make stalls but after figuring cost it was expensive. I went to the local metal store and they had a carport kit (20x20), came with roof, poles, and braces. I only have one horse so it works. I have a 15x20 stall enclosed and a 5' covered walkway. Built it less than $1500 I believe it was. |
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Location: Mississippi | We got one to use as a run-in shed that serves two pastures. We added a front overhang to it and used wood to enclose it. It works great; I just wish I had put it at the top of the hill instead of the bottom. It tends to hold water when it rains. We have attempted to correct this and will see how we did once the rain starts again this winter. We put it next to front fence for convenience of feeding in the rain. I don't have any pictures. We used those metal pieces they use on stalls that the boards just slide down into to make the walls - screwed them into the metal posts of the shed. Makes it really easy to remove boards and use tractor to clean out, then you just drop the boards back in... |
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Location: Millen Ga | the really really nice one that went around facebook was a barn for minis, but I dont see why it couldnt be upsized to make a full size barn for big horses too. |
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Location: Central Texas | I have spent the last 6 months researching this exact idea. My conclusion is that it was less expensive in the end to build my barn myself from the ground up. I looked at a metal shed just like the red barn looking one you posted. By the time I made it the size I wanted and had the ground work done and added the extra mobile home anchors and upgraded to 12gauge it came out to almost $7000 and I would still have to finish out the entire inside. I was looking for four 12x12 stalls plus feed room and tack room with 12ft alley.
I too saw the one on pinterest and thought it was a cute idea that seemed like it should be cheaper but for me it didn't work out that way once I really sat down and added it all up. My barn is not done yet but it looks like I will come in just under or at $5000 building it myself. Granted it would have been nice to have one of those companies come in and have it up in a day instead of the months that it will take me to finish. |
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| Yes, we have done it for horses and for sheep. Both were a temporary means to an end while we built more permanent structures.
Do your homework - research costs. Some of those places can get expensive quickly. If you can buy the kit and put it up yourself, the costs are manageable and worth it.
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Location: N Texas | Tanya - 2014-09-10 8:24 AM
the really really nice one that went around facebook was a barn for minis, but I dont see why it couldnt be upsized to make a full size barn for big horses too.
This one? It looks really nice, but I'm worried that buying that much wood can get expensive. I showed it to my hubby as a future project :)
http://homestead-and-survival.com/how-to-make-a-barn-out-of-a-carpo...
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Location: lone star state | They work great as shelters in pastures but wouldn't want one for main barn. They are very thin material and the runners on ground rot if they have contact with dirt and manure. if you put on concrete they would probably last. Also you would definitely want wood walls the metal is so thin that slight bump or kick will go thru sheet metal. The plus is they put them up in couple of hours and you can personalize them to look nice for quick shelter that you don't expect to last for a lifetime. |
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Location: Southern Oregon | I haven't done one yet....but with that being said if my old man doesnt get his hiney in gear and finish out our new to us (used) one into the new four wheeler and razor storage area I have already warned him it will be barn. ;) lol..... He didnt find the humor in it. :) We have a couple of them as outbuildings for different things. We have a 20 by 60 by 20ft high one that is used for the toyhaulers and horse trailer. No issues with rot or anything like that we went for upgrated steel and we also put the time and money into making a raised, packed, level pad for it. |
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Location: Millen Ga | yes thats the one! Thats for a miniature horse farm :) |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I would be worried that a hurricane would send it down the road...also, the stables don't seem very large to me.
I don't have one nor have I seen one in person, I'm just speculating. |
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Location: USA | I had a 'carport' company build the shell for my barn. They put the frame and the roof metal on. We did everything else ourselves. He gave us the name of the metal manufacturer since we were not far from them. We ordered all the metal ourselves and put it up, saving a ton of money. We put in 4x4's at each corner and put the wood walls up ourselves. I have 3 12x12 stalls and a tack/feed room. I did have the carport guy come back and install my barn doors and the frame for my loft. I didn't want a loft across the entire barn and he was able to put the framing up for me exactly as I wanted it. We've been through some pretty major winds, hailstorms, etc... and trust me when I say that barn isn't going anywhere.
My husband is a contractor by trade and we spent many hours in Lowes and Home Depot pricing what was needed to build the shell and having someone come in and put the metal frame up was super cheap in comparison.
Shop around, find out where the metal comes from. Also, we found that building the barn style in your second pic was cheaper than the row style in your first pic.
I just saw you're in NC. What part? I'm 45 minutes from the western NC line. I'll be happy to give you the number to the guy who built my barn frame and also the number to the metal company.
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Location: NC | canrunnr - 2014-09-10 1:29 PM I had a 'carport' company build the shell for my barn. They put the frame and the roof metal on. We did everything else ourselves. He gave us the name of the metal manufacturer since we were not far from them. We ordered all the metal ourselves and put it up, saving a ton of money. We put in 4x4's at each corner and put the wood walls up ourselves. I have 3 12x12 stalls and a tack/feed room. I did have the carport guy come back and install my barn doors and the frame for my loft. I didn't want a loft across the entire barn and he was able to put the framing up for me exactly as I wanted it. We've been through some pretty major winds, hailstorms, etc... and trust me when I say that barn isn't going anywhere.
My husband is a contractor by trade and we spent many hours in Lowes and Home Depot pricing what was needed to build the shell and having someone come in and put the metal frame up was super cheap in comparison.
Shop around, find out where the metal comes from. Also, we found that building the barn style in your second pic was cheaper than the row style in your first pic.
I just saw you're in NC. What part? I'm 45 minutes from the western NC line. I'll be happy to give you the number to the guy who built my barn frame and also the number to the metal company.
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| Check with Southerlands, Home Depot or Lowe's about kits for Lean Too's. Several years ago we just bought a kit and put it up ourselves. We didn't use it for anything except a shclter barn in a pen but it was good and cheap.
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| I know several people who have had horses kick through the metal and tore their legs up. I have a metal barn and we added a solid wood wall on any metal walls horses were exposed too. |
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Location: NC | rodeomom3 - 2014-09-11 7:34 AM I know several people who have had horses kick through the metal and tore their legs up. I have a metal barn and we added a solid wood wall on any metal walls horses were exposed too.
good point and definitely something I have been thinking we should do. Which then doesn't save you much on wood costs except I guess you can buy untreated wood since it will be in shelter away from elements and would only need to go up to kicking height... |
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| HorsesNHarleys - 2014-09-11 7:41 AM rodeomom3 - 2014-09-11 7:34 AM I know several people who have had horses kick through the metal and tore their legs up. I have a metal barn and we added a solid wood wall on any metal walls horses were exposed too. good point and definitely something I have been thinking we should do. Which then doesn't save you much on wood costs except I guess you can buy untreated wood since it will be in shelter away from elements and would only need to go up to kicking height...
Yes, we did ours to kicking height- used 2x6's. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Metal and horses don't mix. Plus how are you going to anchor that down to the ground. I've seen people here buy those things to back their RV's in and some even have the single stalls with a roof on them. We get a strong wind and they end up in the next county. No way I'd put any money into anything line that. I like well anchored pole buildings myself.  |
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