MGC BUILDINGS INC

Our "Modular Loft Barns" are designed to accommodate larger horses & to provide more headroom inside of stalls, aisle and inside the loft.  Different style of roofs, such as gambrel roof or high pitch roof can be constructed over standard modular barn sections.  Many options such as lean-tos, dormers, cupolas, etc. can be installed as well.  In addition, we offer other services for our modular barns.  We have the expertise on how to properly prepare the base and install rubber mats, do the concrete slabs, install center drain in wash stall, do the foundation per code requirements and much more.

Different lofts may be installed and used on our Loft Barns.  You have an option of having a full loft (for more storage space), loft over the center aisle (provides over 10' of headroom inside of stalls) and loft over stalls with open aisle (provides beautiful open look barn and 16' of headroom inside the aisle)

Our most popular modular barn is 36'x36' with four 12'x12' stalls, one 12'x12' tack room and one 12'x12' wash stall.  This barn is delivered in two 12'x36' barn sections and material package.  After sections are in place, it takes our crew about one week to finish the barn (will take longer for bigger barns).

Modular  Loft Barn Standard Construction Specifications (shown 36' wide)

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STANDARD CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR  MODULAR LOFT BARN

Sill Plates: 6"x6" pressure treated Southern Yellow Pine sills (grade beams) under each wall and under each partition.

Framing: Oak post & beam style framing - True dimensional 4"x6" oak main posts, with 2"x4" oak girts & braces.

Siding: 1"x10" white pine board & batten siding (R/H vertical).

Wall Headers: 2x12 #1 Yellow Pine (10' span) or 1-3/4" x 11-7/8" LVL beams (12' span).

Stalls: Each stall comes standard with 1x8x48" high oak kickboards, double between stalls with 32" high steel grill on top (powder coated black), one 4'x7' sliding door per stall, one grill insert in stall front and one 8-lite window with heavy duty window grill in the back of each stall (4'x7' Dutch door in back is optional).

Stall Fronts: Stall fronts are finished with horizontal #1 2"x8" T&G Yellow Pine boards & have one black powder coated  36" high grill insert and one black powder coated 4'x7' sliding door per stall.

Hardware: Black powder coated latches and "Cannon Ball" hardware is used for sliding doors.  Hot dipped galvanized fasteners are used for framing.

Tack Room/Storage Room:  Comes with wooden floor (2"x6" pressure treated floor joists 12" o.c. & 3/4" T&G plywood decking),  Two 3'x7' entrance doors (one on outside of barn & one on inside of barn), and 36" wide stairway with landing and rails, if loft is ordered.

Wash Stall: Comes standard with #1 2x6 T&G pressure treated walls and an opening into aisle way.

Loft: 2"x10" floor joists 16" o.c. and 3/4" T&G plywood on top.

NOTE: Loft is designed for 60 PSF (100 PSF optional) live load & 10 PSF dead load.

Roof: Comes standard with 2"x8" rafters 16" o.c., knee walls, 7/16" OSB sheathing, 15 lb. felt paper underlayment and 30 year architectural asphalt shingles (metal roof is optional).

Knee Walls: Rafter supporting knee walls are built with 4x6 Yellow Pine posts & double 2x10 SPF headers with wind braces at each post.

Lean-to: Supported by 6x6 p.t. posts and double 2x10 SPF headers.  We have 8' of clearance under lean-to headers.  Lean-to roof pitch is 4/12.

Note: For safety reasons, the manufacturer reserves the right to make design and construction changes without notice.