Our pole barn construction work gives you a sturdy building for storage, a workshop or equipment. A pole barn stands on big wood posts set in the ground or on concrete. The posts and roof trusses carry the load, so no inside walls are needed. That leaves a wide-open floor for trucks, tractors, boats or a workbench. We build complete pole barns and other buildings, from site prep to the last door.
Our main storefront is in Pensacola, with a second location in Robertsdale. We build in Milton, Jay and across the Gulf Coast. Our team has lived on this coast our whole lives. We know how heat, damp air and hurricane wind treat a metal building.
Ready to plan a barn, shop or storage building? Call us or send a request to talk it through with our team. We keep you informed from the first site visit to the finished building.
What's Included
A pole barn goes up in a set order. Each step rests on the one before it. The pad and posts fix the size and squareness of the whole building. Barns and shops on the Gulf Coast must shed hard rain and stand up to wind.
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Posts are commonly set 8 to 12 feet apart, and trusses span the full width. With no inside walls holding up the roof, you can park or build where you like. Wide posts also leave deep wall spaces that hold thick insulation. Many owners first compare a pole barn with a stick-built garage.
The posts are the backbone of the building. Each one is set in a footing in the ground or bolted to a concrete base. They go in square and plumb, because every truss and panel lines up off them. Fasteners must be rated for treated wood, since treated lumber can corrode plain steel.
A door that blows in lets wind push up on the roof and out on the walls. Close and latch sliding and overhead doors before any strong storm.
Where We Work
We work from our Pensacola and Robertsdale locations and serve homes and businesses across the Gulf Coast.
View All Service AreasAn equipment barn needs doors wide enough and eaves high enough for your biggest machine. A workshop often needs a concrete slab floor, a walk-in door and room for windows. A storage barn may need only a gravel floor and a big sliding door. We plan the post spacing, doors and height around what goes inside. Weather Tech Roofing also handles roof replacement for the home on your property.
Ground conditions change how the job starts. The topsoil comes off, and a gravel pad is built up above the yard. That pad sends rain away from the posts and walls. Posts set in the ground need wood treated for ground contact. They are hard to replace later.
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FAQs
Here are answers on post frames, footings, floors, wind and build time.
They are the same type of building. Post-frame is the trade name for a building held up by large posts. Pole barn is the everyday name, and it covers shops and garages as well as barns.
Both ways work. Posts can sit in footings in the ground or on a concrete pier or foundation. The site, the soil and how you will use the building guide the choice.
No, a pole barn does not need a concrete floor. Many storage barns use a packed gravel floor. A workshop or garage often gets a concrete slab for a smooth, clean surface.
A post frame handles wind by passing roof and wall loads down through the posts. The metal roof and wall panels work together as one stiff shell. Strong connections at every post and truss keep that load path working.
The National Frame Building Association says a basic frame can go up in two or three days. Site prep, a slab floor, doors and finish work add more time. Weather and the size of the building change the schedule too.
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We are local roofers who know how heat, heavy rain, and hurricane season treat a building.
Our team has lived and worked on this coast our whole lives. We plan each roof for the weather it will face here.
We hold credentials with GAF, TAMKO, Owens Corning, and Versico. That gives you more roofing products to choose from.
We stand behind the products we install and the work we do. We keep you in the loop from the first visit to the last.
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Tell us about your roof, siding, or new building, and we will help you plan the right next step.