Pole Barn and Post Frame Builders in Hillsdale County, Michigan
Strouss Construction builds pole barns, post frame buildings and detached garages across Hillsdale County, Michigan, including Hillsdale, Jonesville and Litchfield. A pole barn is a post frame building, carrying its load on posts set below the frost line rather than on a continuous foundation wall, which is why it spans wide open space economically and goes up quickly. A typical build covers site grading and pad prep, posts and trusses, steel siding and roofing, a poured concrete floor, overhead doors and electrical rough in. Much of the work out here is agricultural, equipment storage and shops on parcels split off working farms, so the building gets sized to the machinery rather than to a catalog. In Hillsdale County the building permit runs through the county building inspection office rather than the township, and zoning is handled by the township on acreage or the city in town.
Farm storage, shops and equipment buildings
A lot of what we build in Hillsdale County goes onto working ground. Equipment storage, hay and grain, a shop with room to pull a machine inside and shut the door. What goes in decides the clear span, the door height and how the posts get spaced, so we start with the machinery and work outward rather than starting with a stock building size.
Frost, snow load and the county's soils
Footings have to get below the frost line, which in this part of Michigan means around forty two inches down, and the roof has to be rated for the snow that actually sits on it. Drainage matters as much as the frame out here, so placement and grading get settled before the pad is prepped and the building starts square and stays dry.
How permits work in Hillsdale County
This is different from Jackson County and it catches people out. In Hillsdale County the building permit itself comes through the county building inspection office, while zoning runs through the township on acreage and the city inside town. We look at the parcel and tell you which office it answers to before anything is drawn, and we carry the paperwork ourselves.
Written to the exact building
The price is written to the building you are actually getting, posts, trusses, steel, doors and floor included, before anything is ordered. The same family crew that quotes the job is the crew that sets the posts, and the Strouss family has been building in this corner of Michigan since 1949.
What Customers Say
Dianne Stanley
The Strouss family has done an amazing job for my family. Our pole barn is beautiful and they put it up quickly. You cannot go wrong hiring them. They are dependable and trustworthy.
Khalil H.
I would not hesitate to use them again. Their work is top quality. They have real integrity and are professional.
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Common Questions About Garages & Barns in Hillsdale
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