Horse Barns
Center-aisle horse barns, shed-row barns and run-in shelters for farms and acreage across Marion County. The same company that builds the barn pours the aisle slab and the aprons.
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Superior Concrete and Construction is a pole barn builder based in Ocala that works across Marion County. We build post-frame pole barns, equipment shelters, storage sheds and detached garages on your land. A pole barn is the practical fix when the tractor sits in the rain or the hay needs a roof.
Every pole barn starts with a level, compacted pad, so the job begins with our site prep and grading. Then we set the posts, raise the trusses, run the purlins and girts, and screw down the metal panels. Because we pour our own concrete, the same company that builds the barn can pour the concrete slab under it.
Tell us about the job. We come out, look at the site and give you a free on-site estimate.
A pole barn, also called a pole building or post-frame building, stands on big wood posts instead of stud walls. The posts usually sit 8 to 12 feet apart. Trusses span from one side wall to the other, so the floor inside can stay open.
Purlins run across the top of the trusses and carry the metal roof panels. Girts run across the posts and carry the wall panels, or the sides stay open for a shelter. Fastened together, the roof and walls work as one stiff unit that carries wind loads down to the posts.
Posts set in the ground need a heavier preservative treatment than deck lumber. The post-frame trade group calls for posts treated to at least the UC4B ground-contact rating. That matters here, because Florida's building code rates the state's termite risk as very heavy. Posts can also bolt to brackets set in concrete piers, which keeps the wood out of the ground.
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 3,329 farms in Marion County, and forage and hay led its crops by acreage. Hay and the machines that cut it need a dry roof. Ocala averages about 51.6 inches of rain a year, and more than half falls from June through September.
We build open-sided equipment shelters, hay barns, enclosed shops and detached garages. Length comes in bays, the spaces between posts, and width comes from the truss span. Set the sidewall height by the tallest thing you will park, like a tractor with a loader or a camper.
A horse barn can be post-frame too, with stalls and a center aisle inside. For that build, see our horse barns and run-in shelters.
It depends on the building and the land. Florida law exempts many nonresidential farm buildings, such as barns and storage buildings, from the Florida Building Code. The barn has to serve a farm on land in good faith commercial agricultural use. Floodplain rules still apply, and the county decides whether a building qualifies.
Sheds and detached garages at a home generally need a building permit. Marion County's checklist asks for wind-rated drawings, along with site and drainage plans. We plan the build around the permit and inspection schedule.
Starting with the new code cycle, Marion County sets each site's design wind speed with the ASCE hazard tool. For a standard building at the county's own building office, that tool reads 130 mph. Between 2022 and 2024, Hurricanes Ian, Idalia, Helene and Milton all brought disaster declarations that included Marion County.
Free estimates and site visits across Ocala, all of Marion County and about 50 miles around, from The Villages and Leesburg to Gainesville and Inverness.
(352) 286-7836From the first call to the final walkthrough, here is how it goes.
Call or text (352) 286-7836, or send the form, to ask for a free on-site estimate. Tell us what you want poured or built, and where.
We come out and look at the ground, the drainage and the access. Then we talk through the size, the layout and how you will use it.
For concrete, the estimate lists the thickness, the reinforcement, the base and the finish. For a building, it covers the size and the scope of the build.
We clear the footprint, grade the site and compact the pad. Then the forms and reinforcement go in.
Concrete gets placed, screeded and finished. On a building job, the shell goes up and the finish work follows.
New concrete gets time to cure before it takes traffic. Then we walk through the finished job with you.
Common questions about pole barns across Ocala, all of Marion County and about 50 miles around, from The Villages and Leesburg to Gainesville and Inverness. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Center-aisle horse barns, shed-row barns and run-in shelters for farms and acreage across Marion County. The same company that builds the barn pours the aisle slab and the aprons.
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We pour slabs and pads for barns, shops, sheds, equipment and RVs, plus monolithic slab foundations for new homes. Ask for a free on-site estimate anywhere in Marion County.
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Steel-frame metal buildings, warehouses and shops for businesses and farms across Marion County. We do the site prep and the slab, then put up the building.
Learn MoreThe slab under your barn, shop or home comes from the same company that builds on top of it.
One company handles the groundwork, the grading, the slab, the shell and the finish work on your build.
Horse barns, pole barns, custom homes, barndominiums and warehouses for farms, rural lots and businesses across Marion County.
We come out, look at the site and give you a free estimate before any work starts.
Send a few details about the driveway, slab or building you have in mind. If you would rather talk, call or text (352) 286-7836 for a free on-site estimate.
Tell us about the job. We come out, look at the site and give you a free on-site estimate.
