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Pole Barn House
Posted on July 13, 2012 by Gordon Milligan
Pole Barn Constructed House
If you were to drive out in rural areas in Iowa the chances are you will come across a pole barn constructed house. Lots of these are being built now for cottages, hunting cabins, and homes. They are built the same way as a pole barn, but with more windows and doors. Because you don't have the cost of a foundation ( usually a slab is poured after the structure is built) and it takes less time in labor costs and less material to build them, it greatly brings down the cost of these type of buildings. With an all metal roof and siding there is little maintance, and is guaranteed to last 50 years. Compare that to a coventional built house.
Another example of a pole constructed house.
If the slab floors and 6 inch walls are well insulated they can be very energy efficient and most of all since it is pole constructed are taxed at a lower rate then a coventional built homes. Most counties in Iowa if the pole barn house is in a rural area don't require a building permit. Lucas county where my farm is only requires a permit for the septic system. So you can see why a lot of people are building these for homes.
In this post I will show you the style of bole barn house I plan to build in 3 years and I will show you the inside of what my pole barn house will look like with pictures I took while the guy down the road was building his. He did it all for under 75,000 dollars and you won't believe how much house you can get for your money. Now to do this all for under 75,000 you have to be willing to do most of the inside work yourself.
This is the same style of pole barn house I will build
The above picture is my neighbors 30 x 40ft pole barn house with 12ft high walls. The 75,000 included his septic system, rural water hookup, and power ran to his house from the electric company.
More pics of house
I will build a passive solar designed pole barn house where I will have lots of windows facing the south with an 8ft overhang so when the sun is higher in the summer it will not heat up the house. I will also have radiant floor heating installed in the concrete slab.
Radiant floor heating layout
The roof will have scissor type trusses on 14 ft high walls with a great room like in the photos below of my neighbors place.
I also plan to have a big stone fireplace like he put in.
I will also have a loft that will have a 2nd bedroom and bath, similar to his.
I think the place looks great and you can see these homes look like a coventional house on the inside. When I build my pole barn house, I will do a post on each step so others can see how it is done. If you would like to see more pictures of this pole barn house, and you would like to get all my new post sign up to follow my blog.
Pole Barn House
Posted on July 13, 2012 by Gordon Milligan
Pole Barn Constructed House
If you were to drive out in rural areas in Iowa the chances are you will come across a pole barn constructed house. Lots of these are being built now for cottages, hunting cabins, and homes. They are built the same way as a pole barn, but with more windows and doors. Because you don't have the cost of a foundation ( usually a slab is poured after the structure is built) and it takes less time in labor costs and less material to build them, it greatly brings down the cost of these type of buildings. With an all metal roof and siding there is little maintance, and is guaranteed to last 50 years. Compare that to a coventional built house.
Another example of a pole constructed house.
If the slab floors and 6 inch walls are well insulated they can be very energy efficient and most of all since it is pole constructed are taxed at a lower rate then a coventional built homes. Most counties in Iowa if the pole barn house is in a rural area don't require a building permit. Lucas county where my farm is only requires a permit for the septic system. So you can see why a lot of people are building these for homes.
In this post I will show you the style of bole barn house I plan to build in 3 years and I will show you the inside of what my pole barn house will look like with pictures I took while the guy down the road was building his. He did it all for under 75,000 dollars and you won't believe how much house you can get for your money. Now to do this all for under 75,000 you have to be willing to do most of the inside work yourself.
This is the same style of pole barn house I will build
The above picture is my neighbors 30 x 40ft pole barn house with 12ft high walls. The 75,000 included his septic system, rural water hookup, and power ran to his house from the electric company.
More pics of house
I will build a passive solar designed pole barn house where I will have lots of windows facing the south with an 8ft overhang so when the sun is higher in the summer it will not heat up the house. I will also have radiant floor heating installed in the concrete slab.
Radiant floor heating layout
The roof will have scissor type trusses on 14 ft high walls with a great room like in the photos below of my neighbors place.
I also plan to have a big stone fireplace like he put in.
I will also have a loft that will have a 2nd bedroom and bath, similar to his.
I think the place looks great and you can see these homes look like a coventional house on the inside. When I build my pole barn house, I will do a post on each step so others can see how it is done. If you would like to see more pictures of this pole barn house, and you would like to get all my new post sign up to follow my blog.
