Gable Roof Pole Barn

High gable barn roofs allow more space than what is found in your typical pole barn kits.

Gable roof pole barn.

They keep horses safe and comfortable in both warm and cold weather climates. Building a gable roof for a 16 24 pole barn. Most pole barns come with a 4 12 pitch. The gable barn is a classic design defined by a triangular end under a dual pitched roof.

Which simply means you have 4 feet of rise in 12 feet of width. With its timeless beauty the gable barn roofline is attractive functional and economical. This pole building design is the quickest and easiest to build often with prefabricated trusses for quick assembly. We can build your gable horse barn in any size with endless options to suit any horse enthusiast equestrian professional or commercial facility.

The gable barn design has all the benefits of a breezeway configuration under one roof. The gable breezeway barn is effective in both warm and cold weather climates providing your horse s safety and comfort from all of the elements. Gable structures can be designed with various roof pitches to serve your unique needs from a steeper 9 12 roof pitch to help reduce snow load or a shallower 4 12 roof pitch. Gable barns are attractive functional and economical.

For example if you have a 24 wide barn with a 4 12 pitch you will have 4 in height from the top of the wall to the peak in the roof. Rafters for pole barn. Use 2 6 lumber for the rafters. The style became popular because it could be easily expanded by adding to the gable end.

Use a miter saw to make the angle cuts to the rafters as shown in the diagram. This has the typical peaked endwalls where the water runs off the two opposing sidewalls. Gable barns appeared during the nineteenth century. The first step of the project is to build the rafters for the 16 24 gable roof.

Use 2 6 lumber for the bottom rafter.