I am going to build a BarnMaster barn which you will probably think of as temporary.
I have just known of too many wooden barns that have burned down. I look at other barns but I just keep coming back to that zero fire spread guarentee.
Another plus is that they manufacture the barn and have it up in about 4 days.
Then there is the easy care of the barn. Who wants to go do barn maintence when they could be riding instead.
Cement block also isn’t ideal in an earthquake zone. Who wants to deal with the cracks the next time there is a big one?
These barns can be constructed in so many options you don’t miss out on anything.
I see their look as modern and clean.
The main reason for me is I just see wood barns as fire traps. I am sure most of them are fine especially those with sprinkler systems but wood construction just gives me the willies when it comes to horses.
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i put up a modular wood barn from North Coast Barns (northcoastbarns.com). I wanted the aesthetic of wood with the cost of a prefab, lol. It has been a great barn for 10 years now.
I can see the wisdom of putting up smaller shelters that are easily moved. I wish I could move my 12 x 24 shelter – rookie that I was 10 years ago, I built in the lowest place in the pasture, which I have since filled in with baserock. So now the shelter is filled in so much there’s only 6’ of head clearance at the front of the shelter, where once there was 8! I can’t fill it any more – sure wish I could pick it up and re-situate it.[/QUOTE]
We have done that with old houses, lifted them, framed the floor, put an axle under them and taken them somewhere else.
Metal sheds we just make portable and have moved them plenty around, as our needs change.
When and where you can, always try to go portable, if with sheds and stalls, if not the whole structure.
