10 COMMON MISTAKES WHEN BUILDING A BARNDOMINUM HOME | Texas Best Construction

There can be many challenges when building your Barndominium home. Here are 10 common mistakes we hear often. We try to focus on proposing solutions to help with this. Hope this can give insight to those who need it.

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[jamesadkison]

I've been a home builder for 38 years and I've enjoyed your video and I can see that your giving solid, sound advice to people based upon your many years of experience. Good Job and great video!

[bpet]

Not one comment about this guys impeccably manicured beard... 🙄

[GhostRider-iwgr]

I’m 20 years old I just payed off 2 acres and looking to build one of these for all my cars I’m tired of working on gravel and dirt outside 😅 these tips help a lot!

[CastawayLodgeIncSeadrift]

We were cutting edge in our design in 2007. We built our facility’s entirely this way in one the most caustic and deadly environs on earth - the Texas Gulf Coast. Your words are true and your insight is spot on - best wishes!

[garretlewis]

My wife runs her own business drawing house plans. She definitely agrees with #5. “Don’t draw your own plans.”

[karenwhite]

You’re right on the beard - it’s gorgeous! Very clean and adds a lot to his personality. 👍🏻

[tozlakes]

As a subscriber and current owner/builder of a Barndo in California, I agree 100% with most everything said. Unfortunately when it comes to hiring a builder of barndo’s, as many have stated below, it is near impossible outside of Texas. Hence the reason for becoming a Owner /Builder. You should really invest into expansion as there are a ton of opportunities outside of Texas as seen in every Barndo video I see on Youtube.
Obviously some learnings from it all but hopefully nothing major that causes issues down the road. On the positive side there have been many custom changes we have made through the process that would have increased the cost to the point that may have jeopardized the project in the end.
I wish I could have found a die formed cap as I found out there was a lot of additional manpower as to ensure there would be no leakage not only now but 20 years down the road. Instead we used galvalume closures that had to be custom cut, sealed with a so called 30 year silicone and backfilled the void with spray foam. Not too worried about the shop area and patio but could be a major issue if we were to have any leakage in the home roofing area with insulation and drywall.
We started by designing the home ourselves knowing that we would then include our Enginee/Architech to provide CAD drawings to ensure in the end we would not run into clearance issues and such. Excellent point and one of the most crucial to me.
Thanks again and as always looking forward to more of your videos for my learning!

[matthewr]

Great video. This is invaluable information that people find out after they already do a ton of work on building their dream home. I saw it working construction for years. Spend the money up front, spend the time gaining the knowledge, and put the right people in the right places so you build a skilled and knowledgable team around you to assist in achieving your goals. Everyone in the long run will be much happier.

[rosebuckner]

This was sooo much valuable information. Thank you for taking your time to supply this info! I wish I was in your area😩

[KimmieB.]

I love watching y’all videos. I learn so much from you as I’m trying to prepare for my build. Thank you for sharing so much with us it really helps out a lot.

[m.scottrabideau]

Would love to see videos of how you frame your exterior walls and use the zip system integrated into the build. Thanks for the info videos. Suggestion: put in a still photo or video clip to help show the point you’re making. (For us who are visual learners). Thanks.

[MrConstant]

Thank you for doing such a good informational video. As a suggestion, some pictorial examples of what you speak of would be the polish for this video. 👌

[daviddangle]

Question #1. What does a soil test, test for? Is he testing for compaction, percolation test, or what?

[scottminaglia]

Great tips, I wish I lived near you guys, so we could hire you. We live in Seattle and are done with the City and all the craziness here, its time to move out into the country and I want to build a Barndominium. Our current home is 2400 sf and with three growing boys we need more space.

[EToddWilson]

Great information, great presentation. I really appreciate this video.

[stephen]

Good points. Some of your discussions would benefit greatly from a simple drawing.

[somodatmedia]

The explanation is great and pictures or even 3D shot of what you're talking about are needed for non-builders. Take some shots and edit them as cutaways on things that are not obvious.

[lindabehm]

your the best! wish I were in Texas! Come to GA/SC

[TheDlh]

G'day TBC!
Considering a 'barndo' down under...

I'm in the north ( which is tropical)

We have full sun days 305 of 365.

It's a tropical savannah weather but considered 'dry tropics' ...yep, we get the fun humidity but rain is rare.

I was raised in America. I did my apprenticeship in building construction ( carpenters are called 'chippies' here...e.g. wood chips) whilst living in Tennessee.

Australia is very different in construction & houses are $$$ ....Sydney is second most expensive housing market in the world. Hence sheds are currently a much cheaper build ( currently they'd be considered a poor man's option in a build...but there's few true Barndos here, mostly shocking sheds people try to live in without the home design seen in America)

Metal barns are called sheds in Australia. As a matter of fact all barns are called sheds.

Because of the rare use of 'sheds' for homes this style of 'barndo' is quite cost effective. It was first introduced as a small shed in the suburban backyard...not a man cave but a "heshed or sheshed".

Then we began to see homesteading in small American style ( here this means a gable end barn) shed.

All the blah blah was to say....

I wonder if ( for two reasons) steel supports could be secured onto piling (piers) instead of a slab?

Have you seen a concrete footer for external walls to sit and internal posts bolted to significant
Piers?

I was thinking of a tile finish (wood sub floor on steel/metal floor joists)

Have you seen this?

Is it cost effective vs tiled flooring on concrete slab?

Concrete in Australia is like gold...