Farm Building Ideas for Storage, Animal Housing & More

Maximize the width of your space: Traditional dairy barns are often narrow, making it difficult to move around the animals and equipment. Our post-frame metal buildings can be designed with wider bays to provide more space for your herd.

Install windows, ventilation, and fans: Good ventilation is crucial in a dairy barn to keep the air fresh and prevent the spread of disease. Our steel buildings can be outfitted with sidewalls that can be opened to allow fresh air in. You can also install fans and vents to help circulate the air.

Use wide lanes to make feeding easier: Cows need to be fed twice a day, which can be a lot of work if your barn is narrow. With our metal buildings, you can have wide lanes that make it easy to move around and feed your cows.

Use curtain walls indoors to keep animals comfortable and protected: Curtain walls are a type of wall that can be opened and closed. This is beneficial because you can open them to provide fresh air and space or close them to separate the animals.

Give livestock shelter from the summer sun: Our buildings can be designed as open-air barns with a free stall area so your livestock can retreat to the shade to stay comfortable during the hotter days of the year.

Create a safe outdoor space: You can add fencing and gating around your metal building to create a safe place outdoors. Large sliding doors allow for easy access to the outside. This is beneficial because it allows your animals to get fresh air and exercise.

Enjoy extra-large doors: Barns allow you to implement extra-large doors, which make it easy to store and access larger farm equipment, such as tractors and combines.

Fit more than in a large garage or storage shed: Because of the open floor plan of a metal building, you can easily store more items in it than you could in a smaller garage or storage shed.

Create convenient office space: Adding an office into your building is easy and gives you a dedicated area to manage finances, sales, and more.

Protect hay, feed, and crops more effectively: Metal farm buildings provide more protection from the elements than wooden structures. Additionally, metal buildings are more resistant to pests, such as rodents and insects.

Use larger doors for easier access: Our metal farm buildings can be outfitted with taller or wider doors to make it easier to load and unload hay. You could also add a loft area for even more storage.

Make it suitable for a variety of work: A metal barn doesn’t have to be limited to just one purpose. You can use it to store equipment as well as add on an office and even a deck with a porch overhang to improve its function.

Add features for both form and function: You can add all types of features, from windows and doors to vents and insulation, to improve both the function and aesthetic of your barn.

Add a mezzanine and office space to your machine shop: If you’re using your building as a machine shop, you could include a mezzanine area for extra storage. You could also add an office space to work on paperwork and other tasks away from the noise of the machines.

Protect equipment with a concrete floor: Installing a concrete floor in your post-frame metal building will help to protect stored equipment from moisture and pests. Plus, it will make it easier to clean.

Add a mechanic’s work trench: If you’re using your metal building as a garage, you could add a mechanic’s work trench. This would give you a place to work on vehicles without having to crawl under them.

Use sliding doors for greater cost-effectiveness: Sliding doors can be built in almost any size to accommodate your needs and are easy to open and close, no matter how big they are. They can be built in a single piece or split in the middle, lending to their cost-effectiveness.

Enjoy the convenience of an overhead door for frequent use: Although more expensive than sliding doors, overhead doors are extremely convenient if you need to open and close them frequently.

Move extra-large equipment in and out easily with a hydraulic door: If you have extra-large equipment that needs to be moved in and out of your barn, a hydraulic door is the way to go. This type of door is operated by a motor and can be opened and closed with the push of a button.