pole barn pricing

[possumtrot]

i’m so confused about all the different prices i am getting for polebarns. i’m wanting a common 30x40x14 barn built with a 12x12 overhead door, 1 man door and 4 small windows, with a 4” concrete floor. I’ve got prices from 42k to 65k. are these prices normal now in Ky for a new barn?

 

[MegaVan]

When I looked at doing a 30x40x10 to replace mine I was quoted $40k-60k (Morton on the high end). This was pre-Covid. I haven't had any re-quotes.

Like you - I gave each builder the criteria (size, roof pitch, no electric, 4" slap, 2 overhead doors, one man door). This was purely to benchmark builders against each other. Wainscot etc could come later.

Only Morton and a local builder bothered to quote exactly as requested. All others said mildly offensive things like "well you wouldn't want it like that" or "you shouldn't trust your wife to back through a door that small" and changed the plans without asking.

The prices sound in line with what I've seen since 2019 or so up here (Ohio).

 

[drmarkr]

$35-55/sf. Without knowing what is included in that price, it's going to be hard to give an opinion. Utilities/interior finish/etc?

 

[possumtrot]

no utilities, no interior finishes besides a insulated roof(bubble) 8’ on center post, 4’ center trusses.

 

[possumtrot]

When I looked at doing a 30x40x10 to replace mine I was quoted $40k-60k (Morton on the high end). This was pre-Covid. I haven't had any re-quotes.

Like you - I gave each builder the criteria (size, roof pitch, no electric, 4" slap, 2 overhead doors, one man door). This was purely to benchmark builders against each other. Wainscot etc could come later.

Only Morton and a local builder bothered to quote exactly as requested. All others said mildly offensive things like "well you wouldn't want it like that" or "you shouldn't trust your wife to back through a door that small" and changed the plans without asking.

The prices sound in line with what I've seen since 2019 or so up here (Ohio).

thanks for the info

 

[possumtrot]

$35-55/sf. Without knowing what is included in that price, it's going to be hard to give an opinion. Utilities/interior finish/etc?

no utilities, no interior finishes besides a insulated roof(bubble) 8’ on center post, 4’ center trusses.

 

[Farmall450]

That sounds about right. Concrete isn't cheap, that's the kicker.

 

[Farmall450]

My dad put up a Morton building in 2007 and it's been stout. 1 skylight did start leaking, but they came out and fixed it 10 years down the road.

 

[cactus10]

36’x40’ with 16’ sidewalls. 12’x14’ door and 10’x10’ door with Liftmaster operators. 1 walk through door 4 Jeldwen windows. Building has exterior wainscot and eaves and soffits. 2“ closed cell spray foam on walls and ceilings. Interior concrete 4” floor with bathroom plumbing stubbed in, 36’ wide by 33’ long driveway with 3’ sidewalks all around - $92,000 in SW Kansas. Did all electrical on my own.

 

[AC-WC]

30X40X10, no floor, no electric, no insulation, no wainscot, 2 sliding double doors 10' opening, housewrap, 2' side skylights on the 40' walls at 8 ft high. Amish crew, early fall 2023, $18,500 including tear down of old barn. Early fall 2023 so maybe 5-6 months old northeast Indiana. Agree with others it's the concrete that's getting you.

 

[bb29510]

1/2 of what you going pay is labor, then the doors windows not gong be cheap. concrete, labor is another 1/4

you want go affordable, price pole truss and roofing and do it yourself, no concrete, you can do that later

 

[bb29510]

its $7000 for just concrete, no labor no rebar, no forming

 

[bb29510]

if i had to do over, i do one of those quanto huts like us steel had. just bolt together, weekend work

 

[billconner]

if i had to do over, i do one of those quanto huts like us steel had. just bolt together, weekend work

Quonset huts? I think about a quonset hut house.

 

[liliysdad]

In 2020, I had a 24x30x10 built. All in, with concrete, wainscoting, double bubble “insulation,” 2x 10ft doors and one man door, the bill was $13,200.

A year and a half later, a buddy had a nearly identical building put up by the same company and the price had nearly doubled. I’m sure it’s even more now.

 

[bb29510]

2005 30x36x10 2 roll up doors concrete slab under $5000, insulated, plywood walls and ceiling

 

[ericm]

I got a quote for southern Oregon last fall for a 40x50x14 building KIT, with OSB sheathing, building wrap and their bubble foil insulation ($2k) which I would delete, white metal interior panels on the walls, one person door and one rollup 12x12, for $39k. Figure $10-12 per sq ft for labor assuming the site was already flat. But it's variable by location and labor is even more variable.

You really need quotes from local contractors, not prices from random internet people.

 

[bb29510]

purlins for a 20x20 is $1300, so add some post, some metal rood and then double, that be a 20x40

if you did it piece by piece yourself you could cut 30k out of it, labor is where the money is

 

[3rdgendslmech]

Man....I feel for you guys that are building after covid. Now granted I didn't go as big as you guys but in 2017 I went through DIY pole barns, ordered just a basic 24x32x10, split 12' slider, 36"steel access door, no windows or insulation and paid just shy of $7500. I got off easy on the concrete because a really good family friend owns his own concrete buisness and I was always wrenching on his stuff. I knew he'd never tell me how much the concrete was, but 3 days before the pour, he had a charge pump go out on one of his Bobcats so it kinda evened itself out, even though I'd never charge him what that job really would cost.
Fast forward to today.... it's just about double what I paid. I managed to get most of the walls framed and insulated pre covid, and every 8' wall section (between posts) ran about $200, PT 2x6 bottom plate, 5-6 2x4x10, and 2 rolls of faced R-19, 2.5 sheets 7/16 OSB when it was $9 a sheet.

 

[Jeffh110@]

I just had a 30x40x14 built in KY and it was $55k. 3 overhead doors, a walk door, condensation barrier on roof, laminated posts, gutters, 20x40 gravel pad, overhangs and gutters. I would say you are in the ballpark.

 

[possumtrot]

36’x40’ with 16’ sidewalls. 12’x14’ door and 10’x10’ door with Liftmaster operators. 1 walk through door 4 Jeldwen windows. Building has exterior wainscot and eaves and soffits. 2“ closed cell spray foam on walls and ceilings. Interior concrete 4” floor with bathroom plumbing stubbed in, 36’ wide by 33’ long driveway with 3’ sidewalks all around - $92,000 in SW Kansas. Did all electrical on my own.

thanks for the info

 

[possumtrot]

I just had a 30x40x14 built in KY and it was $55k. 3 overhead doors, a walk door, condensation barrier on roof, laminated posts, gutters, 20x40 gravel pad, overhangs and gutters. I would say you are in the ballpark.

thanks for the info

 

[possumtrot]

I got a quote for southern Oregon last fall for a 40x50x14 building KIT, with OSB sheathing, building wrap and their bubble foil insulation ($2k) which I would delete, white metal interior panels on the walls, one person door and one rollup 12x12, for $39k. Figure $10-12 per sq ft for labor assuming the site was already flat. But it's variable by location and labor is even more variable.

You really need quotes from local contractors, not prices from random internet people.

thanks for the info. i’ve already got prices from several places. it’s more of a rant question haha

 

[possumtrot]

36’x40’ with 16’ sidewalls. 12’x14’ door and 10’x10’ door with Liftmaster operators. 1 walk through door 4 Jeldwen windows. Building has exterior wainscot and eaves and soffits. 2“ closed cell spray foam on walls and ceilings. Interior concrete 4” floor with bathroom plumbing stubbed in, 36’ wide by 33’ long driveway with 3’ sidewalks all around - $92,000 in SW Kansas. Did all electrical on my own.

thanks for the info

 

[possumtrot]

36’x40’ with 16’ sidewalls. 12’x14’ door and 10’x10’ door with Liftmaster operators. 1 walk through door 4 Jeldwen windows. Building has exterior wainscot and eaves and soffits. 2“ closed cell spray foam on walls and ceilings. Interior concrete 4” floor with bathroom plumbing stubbed in, 36’ wide by 33’ long driveway with 3’ sidewalks all around - $92,000 in SW Kansas. Did all electrical on my own.

thanks for the breakdown

 

[possumtrot]

if i had to do over, i do one of those quanto huts like us steel had. just bolt together, weekend work

it’s weird how few of those are around my area

 

[jaw22w]

it’s weird how few of those are around my area

They're ugly!

 

[jaw22w]

it’s weird how few of those are around my area

They're ugly!

 

[billconner]

I rather like them.

 

[dcg9381]

I rather like them.

I like that one, but the architectural and interior design problems with curved structures, not sure I want to deal with that.