If you’re a contractor looking to put more focus on pole barns and sheds or a builder interested in adding metal buildings to your service list, you’ve surely learned about the versatility and ease of these structures. Before you start advertising pole building and other metal structure services, it pays to learn as much as you can about them. The more you know, the better you can fulfill your clients’ needs.

What Contractors Need to Know About Pole Barns & Metal Buildings

Permits & Zoning Ordinances

Zoning laws and permit requirements vary by county and state. Familiarize yourself with your municipality and state’s regulations so you’re not in violation of any laws while you build. Depending on your location, your county may require you to take the building down if it violates permit and zoning laws. If construction will occur in Tennessee, for example, you don’t need a residential permit to build a pole barn, shed, or other detached structure not used for living purposes.

Whether the pole barn or other metal building will be for living purposes or not, provide your local government agency with as much information as you can to request all necessary permits and ensure complicity with zoning laws. Provide the building’s height, width, square footage, wind and snow loads, natural disaster resistance, electrical wiring, and material information to prevent costly project delays.

Siding & Roofing

Clients may want to know if their pole structures can feature “house-like” siding and roofing. The answer is yes, and this is one of the reasons pole frames are so versatile. The frame design allows for house-style roofing and siding so long as the trusses and substructure sheets can accommodate the weight. The industry standard for pole barn and similar building roofing systems and walls is 29-gauge metal, which undergoes galvanization to fortify it from the elements. Determine correct metal strength in light of the pole building application, such as a livestock barn, home office, workshop, storage facility, warehouse, or showroom.

Get the building materials you need to provide clients with quality pole barns and other metal structures from H & H Metal Products, LLC, the family-owned company serving Savannah, TN, and the surrounding areas. Conveniently located 20 minutes from the Alabama and Mississippi state lines, all metal roofing products are manufactured on the premises. Call (731) 925-1922 today to schedule a delivery or visit the website for a full service list. Like the Facebook page for additional building and design tips.