Outbuildings

Need a shelter for a lawn tractor, ATV, snowmobile or motorcycle? A drive-thru design is a great idea.

This attractive mini-barn, designed and built by Monte Burch, was featured on the pages of Extreme How-To magazine. It’s 8′ wide by 11′ deep with two wide doors at each end. If you have a hard-to-maneuver implement or vehicle, like a garden tractor with a tiller or trailer, you can just drive it in one door and out the other. Of course, you could also omit one set of doors for a more conventional storage shed.

Pole-style construction provides an economical method of building, even if the shed is built on a sloping lot. A dirt or gravel floor makes the little barn easy to drive in to. It also saves the cost of a wooden platform or concrete slab floor. This project is a great way to learn pole building techniques. And, you’ll have a pretty, gambrel roof yard barn when you’re done.

The illustrated, step by step building guide includes clear diagrams and photographs. Monte Birch is the author of Pole Building Projects and other popular do-it-yourself books. He knows how to build and how to explain the process to the rest of us.

Click here for the Pole Frame Shed building guide >>>

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Properly storing garden tools, fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides is important not only for safety, but also for ease of use. This 2′x4′ lean-to garden tool shed is easy to build and takes the clutter out of your garage.

You can get an illustrated, step by step building guide and material list, by Monte Burch, from the pages of Extreme How-To Magazine.

Extreme How-To magazine provides the latest information on tools, techniques and home-improvement technology for the extreme handyman. It’s a comprehensive resource for today’s do-it-yourselfer. Having the right equipment, materials and building strategies to complete tasks is of crucial importance. Answering this demand, Extreme How-To provides tips on everything from adding a room, creating a patio or refinishing a deck, to installing a window, building a retaining wall or reconstructing a floor.

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These small pole-barn plans are designed to look like traditional American farm barns and carriage houses. You can use one as your garage, workshop, horse barn or storage building.

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In previous posts, I’ve mentioned how pole-frame construction saves cost by eliminating the need for continuous frost wall foundations, and by making floor slabs optional. I also told you that lofts are the least expensive way to get extra storage space in a permanent building. Lofts take up no additional land on your property, so there’s no cost of site work. And, they use same roof as a one-level building would need, so much of the construction of the extra storage space is free.

A Custom Barn from the Applewood Plans

What happens when you combine the two? Well, you get a very economical building that actually looks better than most pole barn designs. Lofts make pole barns look like traditional American farm barns and carriage houses.

I designed a series of pole-frame buildings with lofts and drew up inexpensive plans a few years back. Hundreds have been built across the US and Canada. They’ve been featured in The Old House Journal, Mother Earth News and many other magazines. People use them as yard barns, garages, horse barns and workshops.

All of the blueprints come with a variety optional shed-roof structures for the sides and back of the main barn or garage. They let you customize your building to the size and shape you need. They also let you build small now and expand later with your choice of add-on garages, workshops, carports, greenhouses, storage sheds, horse stalls, run-ins and equipment shelters,

If you’re looking for a practical and attractive accessory building for your home, please take a look. You might find just the set of plans that you need.

Click here to read more and see illustrations, photos and floor plans >>>

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30' Wide Pole Barn Plans - DFWBuilder.com

Building plans are available for 30′ wide pole barns in both 30′ and 36′ depths. Both sizes have 10′ side walls, however, the side wall and peak heights can easily be adjusted to meet your needs. No floor is necessary but a concrete slab floor can be poured either before or after you build. Door openings can be built at up to 9′ high and 15′ wide. You can build your barn with hinged, rolling or overhead doors. Plans are complete and come with material list, rafter angle templates, tips, information on adding optional windows and doors, plans, details and building instructions.

These plans were prepared by Ed Gore, a professional pole barn builder in the Dallas, Ft. Worth area of Texas. Ed is the author of the book Pole Barns Made Easy. Order the book as a companion to your plans and you’ll have a step-by-step do-it-yourself project. Use the search box on the sidebar to read our review of that guide book. Visit the web site, DFWBuilder.com for more information or to order your plans. >>>

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