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Long tan post-frame building with a green roof, green wainscot and two cupolas, three large overhead doors and a row of windows, on flat dry grassland

Pole Barns · Johnstown, CO

Pole Barn Builders in Johnstown, CO

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Pole Barns · Johnstown

Pole Barns in Johnstown

If you're looking for pole barn builders in Johnstown, Northern Colorado Barn Builders builds pole barns for equipment, hay, campers and general storage all over Larimer County.

This is acreage and horse-property country: barns with stalls and a tack room, loafing sheds, shops with an RV bay, detached garages and barndominiums on a few acres, often with an HOA or covenant to check before the plans are drawn.

The quote is free: tell us the size, what the building is for and where the property is.

White and gray two-tone post-frame barn with a raised monitor roof, two cupolas and a long covered porch on wood posts along the side, on freshly graded dirt
Our builder's work

What's included

Pole Barns we do in Johnstown

  • 01

    Enclosed storage barns

    Fully sided pole barns with sliding or overhead doors that keep tractors, trailers, mowers and feed dry and out of the hail.

  • 02

    Open-sided pole barns

    A metal roof on posts with one or more sides left open, for drive-through access to hay, equipment or a stock trailer.

  • 03

    Pole barn garages

    Vehicle bays with overhead doors and a concrete slab for trucks, side-by-sides and everything that has outgrown the house garage.

  • 04

    Lean-tos

    A lean-to along one or both eaves adds covered space for firewood, a camper or animals, framed in with a new barn or tied onto an existing one.

  • 05

    Posts set for Front Range ground

    Footings go below the frost line the county sets and are designed for the expansive clay common here, with grading that keeps irrigation and snowmelt water away from the posts.

  • 06

    Metal panels and wind-rated doors

    Metal roof and wall panels that hold up to hail, plus wainscot, windows, walk doors, and sliding or overhead doors rated for wind.

Larimer County, Colorado

Pole Barns around Johnstown

We build around Johnstown, near Johnstown Parish House Museum, Wildcat Mound and St. Vrain Creek, and throughout Larimer County.

Johnstown sits on the Larimer–Weld county line near I-25 and US-34. Johnstown is about 22 miles southwest of our base in Ault, in Larimer County, one of the three counties we build in.

Northern Colorado asks a lot of a building: spring hail, strong winds off the foothills and across the plains, heavy wet snow, swelling clay soil along the Front Range, and cold winters followed by hot, dry summers. So every building starts with engineered plans for the site's snow and wind loads, footings designed for the soil and set below the frost line, a pad that drains, and insulation, vapor control and ventilation planned in from day one.

Real work · not stock photos

Our pole barns work

Photos from our own jobs.

  • Long light-gray steel arena building with a dark gray wainscot and a continuous clear ridge skylight, seen down its length under a blue sky with clouds
  • Cream post-frame machine shed with a charcoal wainscot and roof, two large open bays plus an open side bay, and two walk doors under small porch roofs, on green pasture with mountains behind
  • White post-frame building with a red roof and red trim and a covered porch on wood posts, behind evergreen trees in a fenced dry yard
  • White and gray two-tone post-frame barn with a raised monitor roof, two cupolas and a long covered porch on wood posts along the side, on freshly graded dirt
  • Post-frame building in progress at golden hour: green metal roof installed, wood wall girts exposed, lumber and a scissor lift in the dirt yard
  • Long tan post-frame building with a green roof, green wainscot and two cupolas, three large overhead doors and a row of windows, on flat dry grassland
  • Tan post-frame building with a green roof and wainscot, cupolas and a long open lean-to porch on wood posts, on flat open plains
  • Tan post-frame garage with a brown wainscot and two white overhead doors of different heights, next to an older red barn on open farmland
  • Taupe post-frame garage with a dark brown wainscot and trim, a wide open door bay, walk door and windows, among tall pines with mountains behind and wildflowers in front

Ideas for your project

More pole barns ideas

  • Round hay bales stored under an open-sided barn roof
  • White pole barn at the end of a gravel farm road
  • Group of metal-sided farm barns in a field

How it works

How your Johnstown pole barn job works

  1. 1

    Free quote and site check

    Let us know what the barn will hold, about how big it should be and where it goes. A local builder gets back to you with pricing and checks the slope, soil and access.

  2. 2

    Design and permit check

    We engineer the barn for the snow and wind loads your county sets and check the permit rules for your parcel, including whether an agricultural exemption applies.

  3. 3

    Grading and posts

    We level and grade the pad, lay out the building square, drill the post holes and set the laminated columns on their footings.

  4. 4

    Frame, roof and walls

    Trusses, purlins and girts go up next, then the metal roof, the siding you picked, the doors and the trim.

Questions

Pole Barns in Johnstown: FAQs

Do you build pole barns in Johnstown, CO?

Yes. Johnstown is about 22 miles southwest of our base in Ault, in Larimer County, one of the three counties we build in. We build pole barns for equipment, hay, campers and general storage there, and the quote is free.

Do I need a permit for a pole barn in Johnstown?

Usually. When one is needed, we pull it from the Johnstown or Larimer County building department, depending on which side of the town limits the property is on with engineered plans and build to whatever the permit and inspections require.

What sets the price of a pole barn?

Four things, mostly: the footprint, how tall the eaves are, how many walls are closed in and what the site needs. An open-sided barn costs less than one the same size with walls, overhead doors and a slab, and heavier snow or wind loads call for bigger trusses and closer purlins. Fill out the form or call, and a local builder gets back to you with pricing for your barn.

How do you build a pole barn for Colorado wind, snow and hail?

We engineer every barn for the design snow and wind loads the county sets for that site. On open plains ground around Greeley, Fort Lupton and Brighton the wind rarely lets up for long, so bracing and wind-rated doors matter; in the foothills and in mountain towns such as Estes Park and Livermore, heavier snow and strong downslope winds call for sized trusses and closer purlins and girts. For hail, metal panels are a strong choice, and heavier-gauge panels are worth a look.

Does a pole barn need a building permit?

Most do, but it depends on the county and how the barn is used. Larimer, Weld and Adams counties and the cities each set their own rules, and some counties exempt qualifying agricultural buildings from a building permit. We check what applies to your parcel and pull the permit when one is needed.

Can a pole barn have a concrete floor?

Yes. You can leave the floor as compacted gravel for hay and equipment, or have us pour a slab for a garage, a work area or anything on wheels. We pour the slab ourselves, designed for the soil and graded to drain, and it can cover the whole barn or just the bays that need it.

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