Upgrade your pole barn with a lean-to, creating a shelter from the elements along the outside wall. Great for easy-access storage, sitting areas and more!
You’ve likely seen a lean-to or two in your life, whether you realized it not! These popular pole barn options go back centuries, when rafters would freely lean up against the wall of an existing building to expand it.
Our lean-tos are safely built to the existing structure, adding a sizable area protected by a roof – but otherwise open – for a combination of shelter plus easy access.
Upgrade your pole barn walls and roof with additional sheathing to improve the overall structural integrity and help fight against the constant assault of moisture that any building experiences. We offer several types of sheathing for roofing and walls:
Using our Instant Quote tool, you can plan your pole barn lean-tos exactly how you want them! Choose your width and your length, with sizes ranging from 8’x8’ to 12’x120’! Leave it open for the ideal place to take a load off and enjoy the day or enclose it to protect important vehicle or machinery while still leaving them accessible at a moment’s notice.
You aren’t limited to just one, either. Your pole barn can be designed with lean-tos on either side, creating plenty of possibilities for your beautiful new structure!
This is Butch & Karin’s story. What they say, “Just wanted to drop you an email to let you know how pleased we are with our new barns. It has been almost a year ago when the heavy snow and ice took down our other barn. It was only 2 years old, but back then we made a poor choice and bought a metal barn. A lot of metal barns were lost here last winter…”
Read the rest of the story, and more like it, in our Stories section!
Ready to get started? Get an Instant Quote today. Do you have questions about standard or open pole barn kit prices? Or would you like to speak to someone? Call us at (800) 622-4242.
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