POST-FRAME BARNS · MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Pole barns, shops, equipment sheds and horse barns — posts set right, trusses square, metal dried in tight. One crew, start to finish, out of Dickson, TN.
Posts in the ground.
Steel on the roof.
Done right the first time.
What a Post-Frame Barn Is
A post-frame building (most people say pole barn) carries its weight on heavy posts set into the ground or on brackets above grade, instead of on a continuous foundation. Trusses span post to post, purlins and girts tie it together, and a metal roof and siding close it in.
Fewer parts, less concrete, wide-open clear spans inside. That's why it's what you see on farms, at shops and behind houses all over Middle Tennessee — and why it's the majority of what we build.
How We Build It
You'll know what's happening on your property every step, and the quote you sign is the quote you pay.
We come out, look at the ground, the access and the drainage, and talk through what the building has to do for you — size, doors, height, lean-tos, future slab.
A written quote with the size, the materials and what's included spelled out. No trip fee, no "we'll figure it out later."
Layout, post holes, posts set plumb and braced, trusses flown and squared, purlins and girts run. This is the part that decides whether the building stands straight for decades.
Roof metal, wall metal, trim, doors and windows. Clean site when we leave. Slab, insulation and electrical can follow whenever you're ready.
What's Included
Some folks want a full building, dried in and ready for a slab. Some already have a kit on a pallet and need it stood up. Some just need posts and a roof over hay. We do all three.
Who It's For
Post-frame is the right answer more often than not on acreage. Here's who calls us.
Barn FAQ
Same building, two names. "Pole barn" is the older term from when round poles were used; today the posts are laminated or solid-sawn columns, so builders say "post-frame." Either way it's a building carried on posts, not on a continuous foundation.
No. That's one of the advantages of post-frame. The posts go in first and the building goes up over bare ground or a gravel pad. You can pour a slab inside afterwards, pour just part of it, or leave a gravel floor for equipment and hay. We'll set the building so a future slab works.
Anything from a small run-in shed to large clear-span shops. Common footprints are 30×40 and 40×60, often with a lean-to or side shed down one or both sides. Size and eave height should follow what's going inside — a tractor with a loader needs more door height than a car — so that's the first thing we talk through on site.
Yes. We build everything from an open hay barn — posts, trusses and a roof, no walls — to a fully enclosed, insulated shop with overhead doors and windows. If you've already bought a metal building kit from a supplier, we can erect it for you.
It depends on size, site conditions and weather, but a post-frame shell is one of the fastest buildings there is to put up — typically weeks, not months, once materials are on site. You'll get a real schedule with your quote, and we'll tell you if the weather moves it.
We do. A barndominium starts as the same post-frame or conventionally framed shell and gets finished out as living space. See our barndominium page for how that works.
Get In Touch
Tell us what you want to put in it and where it's going. We'll walk the site and get you a straight quote within 24–48 hours.