Author Topic: Barns (Read 5985 times)

Orinoco · « **on:** February 04, 2013, 04:26:15 pm »

Hi

We want to errect a barn and wondered if there is a good company out there that supply/supply and construct barns suitable for a small amount of livestock and some hay storage.

Any advice welcome

K

bloomer · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2013, 04:28:00 pm »

hi

cant answer directly but give us a clue where you are in the world as it may help others to answer...

thanks

Orinoco · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2013, 05:35:42 pm »

Hi

We are in East Yorkshire.

Not even sure I am putting the right search terms into google as not much is popping up.

Ta

K

HesterF · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2013, 11:54:48 pm »

It's not something I've ever looked for but I'm sure there are some that advertise in Smallholding and Country Smallholding - premade barns that are just erected on site. If you want something a bit more sophisticated, there are lots of Oak Framed specialists around at the moment but clearly that would run a lot more expensive.

H

Orinoco · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2013, 09:29:09 am »

Hi

Thanks H

No just looking for cheap and cheerful, just something to allow us to bring in a small amount of livestock when the weather is bad, we are new at this game so not sure what others do, do they build their own?

We have alot of financial outlay at the moment but want to get on with buying the animals and felt we needed to sort a barn first to story hay and provide an inside for the worst of the weather but maybe we don't.

What ever I have read suggets that the animals are fine out all year round, just need a field shelter, its my softer side that believes they need to be able to come in and better get it all sorted before we buy.

Advice welcome

K

Fowgill Farm · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2013, 10:06:21 am »

We got our done by Walkers from near Thirsk, http://www.walkerfarmbuildings.co.uk/contact/contactinformation.asp
we put in the base and did the brickworkand they erected the steel, put on the roof and yorkshire boarding.
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb220/fowgillfarm/Image0026.jpg
you can see it in the background of this pic.
We've since breeze blocked in the sides and put on a roller shutter door.
HTh
mandy

goosepimple · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2013, 10:45:49 am »

You're right Orinoco - animals should have about the same temperature inside as out except you are keeping them dry and out of wind and sleet etc. Lots of ventilation though, at high level without the drafts. Best to make it flexible arrangements inside, using hurdles etc instead of fixed partitions apart from maybe a feed and medicines store. Always make it bigger than you think you need

accidental smallholders are good at expanding their repetoirs.

If you don't need something huge like FFs post, you should consider building it yourself. A builder could help you with the groundworks and the concrete slab and raised walls all to standard sizes which he will know and then a joiner to fit timber trusses (which are cheap to buy) and roofing or felting - our joiner says it will take him a week to put the trusses,roof coverings, doors on to finished standards and he charges £1200 for a weeks work (2 fellas). Ours is about 18m x 5m wide and the groundwors,building works are costing about £2000. Altogether with materials we are expecing to get it up for about £6k. At least this way we can do it in timber we like and make sure it's robust, not flimsy.

Fowgill Farm · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2013, 10:48:59 am »

It is a bit big but believe me its now full to bursting

with loads ofstuff

where does it all come from?
Go for as big as you can afford is my advice.

mandy

ps we had to get planning and i had to write an essay for the council why we needed it

Orinoco · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2013, 10:59:57 am »

Hi

Fab, just the info I need

Ta

K

littleacorn · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2013, 05:51:00 pm »

Mandy how did you do your foundations for the steel frame? Thanks

Sudanpan · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2013, 10:03:42 pm »

We put up a 11m x 15m steel barn on a concrete floor. When we poured the concrete we had previously worked out where the steel pillars were going to be and dug a deeper square for each of the posts so we ended up with integrated pad stones - if you can see what I mean

We erected the barn ourselves, but from memory the cost of the materials was in the region of £10000
HTH

smiley bucket · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2013, 10:25:18 pm »

whatever you do, beware of ieuan aled owen from panorama cottage llanbedr in wales.
he owes me over four thousand pounds i paid him for a steel framed building he never supplied. despite being taken to court he still has not repaid, in a letter to the court he stated he was also paying two other creditors so it could be he is a serial seller of non existant sheds.
he is associated with a woman called vicki, he sometimes trades as n w fabrication services and sometimes as o c systems ltd.

Fowgill Farm · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2013, 09:48:12 am »

Quote from: littleacorn on February 06, 2013, 05:51:00 pm

Mandy how did you do your foundations for the steel frame? Thanks

Like Sudanpan OH created pad stones based on the measurments/plan supplied by Walkers, reinforced steel was put in the base (we have some heavy machinery in our shed) and the pad stones had big steel rods in them onto which the steel work was bolted, hard to explain in writing, not sure if i have any pictures of that part will check. Larfarge then brought 6 or 7 wagon loads of concrete to fill her up!
HTh
mandy