Pole Barn for Boat Storage...
 

My boat is getting evicted from where I store it at now. It's nothing special just a big pole barn with only 2 sides and a top.

I tore down my shed last winter and was going to build a new one this summer but have been putting it off for some reason. I think I want to build a simple pole barn just big enough to cover the boat. Nothing fancy just something low key and simple. I don't have a lot of land so I don't want it to stick out. I have a lot of trees on my lot so I'll have to cut some down but the others should help hide it.

Anyone have any pics of a pole barn that is big enough just for there boat so I can get a idea.

The nice thing about pole barns is you can build pretty much any size that fits your space.
The shell is cheap, and I they go up quick

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Lots of ideas here...

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...ole+barn+plans

https://sp2.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608...6&pid=15.1&P=0

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...oy-box-up.html

I highly recommend http://www.pioneerpolebuildings.com/
i would secondarily recommend http://www.nationalbarn.com/

The link I provided first is my background experience on building my pole barn. I LOVE it.

My advice: BUILD IT HUGE. I know you said your land is small, but you will use every square inch of it; I guarantee it.
Mine is 30x60, and all I had was a dually and a 37' boat. Now, a few years later, I am looking at expanding/doubling in size.

X2 on making it big! I have a 40x60 and I'm planning on expanding as well. It's amazing how much space isn't there, especially if you like to leave enough room to walk around everything.

I 2nd/3rd going huge. I'm on a 1/3 acre lot in "suburbia" and built a 30 x 56. Entire build thread with pics below. Lost of money but the best thing I've ever bought outside of the boat!

http://forums.boatfreaks.org/showthread.php?t=19878

You've seen mine... Go as big as possible. You won't regret it. My 70x70 ain't big enough!

Agreed go as big as you can it fills up fast! Waited for years to build my toybox, finally got it up last fall.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...barns-cny.html

Def won't be if mine is there:lolhit:

I like that for starters. Just want to get a roof over it to start and then grade or add the walls then grade. I figured for what it will cost to store my boat over the next few years I might as well build and up the value of my house instead.

Not sure how big you're wanting to go, but dad got a car port installed for a good price and then bought extra metal a couple years later to close the sides in. Works out great for keeping the boat out of the elements.

Just throwing that out there too

I would love to see a pic of your lot with that. I own just over a 1/2.

Go steel!

God intended wood to grow out of the earth, why are you trying to put it back in?:rolleyes:

heres my 45 x55..http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps73d1331a.jpg

here is my 40x70..http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...psfaf368d8.jpg

48x72 and wishing I had went 80, it's amazing how fast it fills up!! [ATTACH=CONFIG]527448[/ATTACH]

Thanks guys, gives me a lot to think about. Those are real nice wigs I had the land. Gonna have to squeeze in a good size in a small area.

Oops! Didn't see the link. My bad.

If you're going to access it in the winter don't slope the roof over the doors! My 02 from father in laws building! Avy in waiting, or very large berm to negotiate.
Go BIG, finish later!

Mines 42x64 , 30 x64 is heated, 12x64 is cold storage. It works great, 3 overhead doors.

40x60 on a slab with front and rear 10x12 OH doors

I keep:

353/trailer (40')
HD CC (and plow)
Challenger
Pontiac
clam sled trailer
3 sleds (on dollies on the floor most of the time as I use the trailer for other things as well)
6' brush hog
tractor

and not at all congested once you have your seasonal arrangements down

I have another 30x50 barn/garage with huge upstairs for the small stuff, garden tractor/implements, zero turn, kids toys/bikes, all small tools, workshop and another 2 vehicles.
This helps immensely.
If the pole barn is all your gonna have for a stand alone building the others are right, whatever your thinking...DOUBLE IT.

I like the offset (far right) doors on mine as opposed to center. There are plusses and minuses to both setups.

I live in suburbia, 1/4 acre lot with a 4K sq ft house but only a 440 sq ft 2 car garage........I would love a garage/shop like some of these!

A new warehouse development went up nearby and probably 15% of the units sold have been used as extended garages, one guy has (3) 32 Fords under restoration (2 done, one in primer) just because his HOA wouldn't allow stuff like that. I bought a unit in there for business but sold it when it jumped $60 a foot in value back in 2006. Even at today's lower prices it would be 400K+ to have the space some of you guys have in your backyard barns!

Also consider most of these buildings are hard to get permitted in S. Florida and while you don't need heat you certainly need some type of cooling to avoid heat stroke inside a metal building in summer heat!

Look into local permitting and zoning/categorization requirements. A pole barn in much of the country is NOT considered a permanent structure; and does often does not require permits especially if you are on Agricultural land.

I live on 2 acres, but it's a long narrow strip; 150 wide by 1/4 mile long (hmm, gives me ideas).

In hurricane areas, you have special requirements for wind and uplift.
In snow areas, you have special requirements for snow load.
Where I am, I have both taken into consideration. My land is designated as Agricultural, as I have a farm and a river across the street. I did pull permits and now consequently have it added into property value accordingly which nets us getting taxed accordingly, but it also increased the property value.

A pole barn does not require a concrete floor. I had gravel floor over thick plastic for several years, and came back and poured concrete a few years later. And just because you have a post-frame building (pole barn) does not mean you can't make it match your house from the outside.

I got a email out to my township right now. Hopefully they can give me a idea where my leach bed is so I can avoid damaging it. I'd kind of like to put back in the same location as my shed but that would require another driveway off the road to get back to it. My neighbor has 1/2 acre lots on each side of me but won't sell cause he claims it will hurt his resale value. I approached him a few years ago and he wanted 18k for 1/2 acre lot you can't even build on. I was looking at giving him around 10k b/c at that time 5 acre lots were going for under 50k. I thought 10k was generous. Whatever, continue to mow it and waste your gas/taxes.

If I could save a pic out of google earth I'd show you how mine lot is laid out.....when I type in the address it doesn't find it but I can move around from the region and find my house.......the garage is as big as the house!

i thought pole barns, were where you stored your pole

PM me your street address Russ. I can't remember where you are. I'll do it.
You could just do a "Print Screen" of your desktop when you have it up, and then save the picture in "Paint" as a .jpg and upload it.

Let try this:

My house is near center with the greenest lawn. lot is 80 wide x 190 deep. The light green "tent" in the back is actually not on my property but in the field behind my house. It's my old "portable garage" that I still use to put a toyhauler in. I recently finished making the garage an enclosed REC room which makes the house 1,450 sq ft per floor (2 story). The garage has 1,700 sq ft on the ground with another 900 sq ft upstairs. (did you see all the build pics at the link I posted?)


Brian, For some reason when I type in my address it will not pull my house up on a satellite view. I searched "Ashland" and scrolled around to find this view easily though.

Your front walk looks like it's heading for a threesome with your porch and bush.

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I noticed the exact same thing!

Very nice. Doubt I'll go that extravagant but it's good to know it can be done.