What are Metal Farm Buildings?

Steel frame farm buildings are pre-engineered structures built with top-notch galvanized steel, which makes them ideal for numerous agricultural activities.

An agricultural metal building offers farmers and ranchers a space to ensure protection for their livestock, equipment, tools, and vehicles. Whether it is clear-span structures for efficient land use or huge doors to offer a clear way to large farm equipment, you can efficiently customize the structure to your preferences.

Allowing farmers to efficiently carry out different types of farm operations with minimal investment, these structures are a stronger, more versatile, low maintenance, and modern alternative to traditional farm units.

Different Types of Farm Steel Buildings

  • Carolina Barns: Also known as step-down barns or monitor barns, these buildings feature a raised central structure with two lean-tos on both sides, which can be open, partially closed, or completely enclosed.
  • Roof-only Barns: These are open structures that are essentially used to store hay and other feed items to protect them from any damage from direct sunlight or rainfall. They can also be used to shield farm vehicles.
  • Seneca Barns: These are also known as continuous roof barns, as they feature a single slope on both sides. Seneca steel barns can either be open or closed and offer immense usable space.
  • Clear-Span Buildings: Farms with large-scale operations often require open interior structures. These clear-span farm buildings are perfect for such scenarios as they feature no interior posts and columns.
  • Multi-Span Buildings: These can be as wide as 600 feet and are effectively used for multi-purpose uses. Often used as commercial storage barns, they can even be divided by setting up temporary partitions, allowing you to carry out several activities under one roof.
  • Horse Barns: Built to protect your equines, horse barns can also feature tack rooms and grooming areas.
  • Livestock Barns: Designed to protect your livestock and cattle from pests as well as predators, livestock barns can also boost the health of your animals while boosting their productivity.
  • Metal Hay Barns: Hay storage metal barns offer a reliable protection for your hay against weather elements while preserving its quality for the good health of your animals.
  • Metal Loafing Sheds: Understanding the essence of livestock care and management, we have designed livestock shelters to allow your livestock to roam with freedom while protecting them from adverse conditions.

We have a wide variety of farm buildings and you can design your own structure with our 3D building designer tool or call us at (336)-914-1654 for a free quote.

Why Choose Metal Agricultural Buildings?

Prefabricated farm buildings are the ideal investment for your agribusiness. Here are a few reasons why:

High-Quality: Built in the factory with rigid-quality galvanized steel, the steel panels have uniform density and strength.

Comprehensive Protection: Structural steel is highly resilient against corrosion, pest infestations, fires, decay, rot, cracks, mold, or mildew. It will also protect your farm animals, vehicles, and activities from scorching sun, intense rainfall, heavy snow, and hail storms.

Easy to Install: A prebuilt farm building is constructed in a factory setting and assembled on-site, which reduces the installation time by up to 50% compared to traditional structures.

Certification: Engineer-certified buildings possess high load-bearing capacity with the ability to withstand wind speeds of up to 180 miles per hour and snow loads of up to 80 lbs per square foot.

Customizable: Catering to your every farm need, our metal buildings can be tailored in terms of structure and appeal.

Lightweight and Dense: Steel has a higher tensile strength and is light in weight, which means it requires less deep foundation and lower construction costs.

Low Maintenance: As metal buildings are more durable than traditional structures, they stand the test of time, requiring less frequent replacements and repairs.

Expandable: Easy to expand and grow as per your needs, metal buildings can incorporate additional components like lean-tos as well as width and height enhancements.

Long Lifespan: Agricultural steel buildings have a long lifespan, and with regular care, they can last for up to 50 years.

Energy-efficient: The high recyclability and reusability of steel without losing its strengthening components makes it one of the most sustainable building materials. You can enhance energy efficiency by setting up solar panels.

Factors to Consider When Investing in a Farm Metal Building

When you are planning to invest in prefab agricultural buildings, meticulous planning is required, and there are numerous customizations to factor in, such as:

  • Frame Gauge: Among 12-gauge and 14-gauge frames, you can opt for the one that suits your local climate conditions, as 12-gauge frames are thicker and offer enhanced robustness.
  • Panel Thickness: Choose between 26-gauge and 29-gauge panels, as per the intended use and size of the building. 26-gauge panels are a thicker upgrade, whereas 29-gauge panels are the industry standard.
  • Dimensions: From 30 feet wide to 300 feet wide, you can customize the dimensions as per your needs and preferences.
  • Roof styles: Regular roofs are perfect for mild weather conditions, horizontal for moderate weather conditions, and vertical roofs are ideal for all weather conditions.
  • Corrugated panel design: Vertical and horizontal corrugated side panels can be installed.
  • Insulation: Double bubble or woven R-17 insulation is perfect for creating a comfortable space within your farm building as you can prevent heat transfer efficiently.
  • Doors and windows: Pick the size and number of doors and windows depending on the number of access points and the natural ventilation you desire.
  • Wainscot: You can integrate wainscotting and even customize the color.
  • Color: Choose contrast or the same colors for roofs, trims, side panels, and wainscots. You can also opt for colored screws to match your building’s aesthetic.

Cost of Steel Farm Buildings

The price of your prefab farm buildings starts at $3,170. On the other hand, larger structures can cost from $5,000 to $8,000. Other than size, there are several other factors that impact the price of a farm building:

  • The market price of steel
  • Height of the structure
  • Complexity of design
  • Location of installation
  • Regional building laws
  • The type of foundation opted for

However, farm buildings are often provided rebates varying from region to region. Some common dimensions are — 36x21, 36x36, 42x26, 44x31, 46x36, and 48x26.

While structures like a 40x25x12 vertical barn might feature well in cases of small-scale operations, our 84x52x16 metal barn is perfect for high-end commercial uses.

Amp Up Your Farm With Carports Advisor

Carports Advisor showcases a vast range of agricultural metal buildings along with steel structures that can be effectively utilized for commercial and residential purposes. Along with guaranteed high-quality materials, we also offer highly affordable prices.

If you are worried about paying the whole cost upfront, we also offer two exceptional financing options, allowing you to design the building of your dreams and install it without any hassle.

With rent-to-own building, which is offered by most of our manufacturers, you can expect flexible payment options and same-day approvals. It does not require any credit checks.

However, with metal building financing, you can receive financing on buildings up to $50,000. It comes with a transparent process and flexible payment terms but would require credit checks. You can contact us to find out more.

Our final quote also comprises delivery and installation charges. So, if you want a reliable crew and a team of experts on your side when designing the perfect farm building, call us at (336)-914-1654, and we will assist you through and through!

 
 

Metal Farm Buildings Delivery Time & Estimates

Based on our working experiences and the projects we have completed all around the USA, here are some estimated data about order delivery in the specified time range.

  • 50% Orders (10-60 Days)
  • 30% Orders (61-80 Days)
  • 19% Orders (81-100 Days)
  • 01% Orders (101 or More)

As you can see, half of our orders gets delivered in 10-60 days. So, if you buy from us, there is a 50% probability that you get your Metal Farm Buildings within 2 months. Furthermore, 30% of orders take 20 more days to reach their destination, and 19% consume 81-100 days. Only 1% of orders take more than 100 days to reach consumers.

It rarely happens! But, customers must know that estimated delivery time frames are not guaranteed. Many factors like that affect the delivery time, including demand, supply, design aspects, material availability, customizations, transportation, and others.

Our metal building executives work closely with each customer to communicate which stage of the construction process we're in and when they can expect their metal building delivery.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Metals, like steel, are considered to be far better than wood for carrying out farm activities as these structures are unlikely to decay, rot, catch mold or mildew, or suffer damage from weather elements or rust. Along with better strength, they also have a lower environmental impact than wood.

Insulation is one of the most effective ways of ensuring that comfort is well-maintained within your farm building. It is advised to go for high R-value insulation options for better results.

The delivery and installation charges are already included in the final price quoted by the Carports Advisor. You can call at [Phone Number] once you have selected your desired building and get a free quote!

For stable and proper installation of a building, it is crucial to prepare the foundation beforehand. The type of foundation you opt for will rely on the size and use of the farm building. For instance, if you park tractors, it might be ideal to opt for concrete foundations; however, sand or rubber mats are considered better for housing livestock.

The cost of metal farm buildings is hinged upon the customizations integrated, dimensions chosen, and reinforcements incorporated into the structure. Local climate and use also play an important role.

The high strength of agricultural metal buildings makes them perfect structures for mounting solar panels. Moreover, as they are technologically adept, they can seamlessly ensure the amalgamation of solar panels, allowing you to use the energy generated to power the building!

Call us now and let one of our metal building consultants help you to design the building of your dreams at an competitive price.

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