Barn Sheds &
Lofted Barns
The best-selling shed style across NC, SC and VA. Double-slope gambrel roof gives you extra loft headroom without adding floor footprint. built in McColl, South Carolina with LP SmartSide siding on every build.
Gambrel Roof Lines
The double-slope gambrel roof is what makes a barn shed a barn shed. It gives you usable loft headroom for totes, seasonal storage and overhead organization without growing the footprint on your lot.
Every roofline is framed in real lumber and finished with LP SmartSide engineered wood siding, the same material we use on every Select and Premium build.
Finishes Built To Last
Metal roofing is standard, and architectural shingles are available at no extra charge on barn and A-frame builds. Real porch posts where a porch is part of the build, and LP SmartSide siding backed by a 50-year limited warranty from LP. The Premium Series steps up the framing, the door and window packages and the finish work.
Pick the color combination at our Design Center, or browse buildings that are already on dealer lots ready to deliver.
The Gambrel Lineup
Lofted Barn - The one that outsells everything. 72-inch double doors, two lofts. 8x8 through 14x52.
Side Lofted Barn - Doors on the long wall, two windows included, two lofts. 8x12 through 14x52.
Lofted Workshop - 9-foot garage door, nine-lite entry door, two windows and two lofts. 10x20 through 14x52.
Mini Barn - The small one. 8x8 through 10x16. Walls are too low for a loft, so it's ground-floor storage.
Homesteader family - Barn roof with a porch. Four porch layouts, 10x16 through 14x52. See porch builds
Select Lofted Barn - The Select version. Metal roof, simplified frame, 8x12 through 12x24.
Barn Sheds & Lofted Barns built in McColl, South Carolina
Every building leaves our McColl, SC plant. LP SmartSide engineered wood siding, 50-year limited manufacturer warranty, on every build. Real lumber framing. Two lines: the Premium Series, and the Select Series in two models.
LP SmartSide On Every Build
LP SmartSide engineered wood is our standard build material, 50-year limited warranty from LP Building Products, holds up to Carolina weather. Vinyl siding is also available for builds that need to match HOA-required siding.
Select Series
Two models, the Select Utility A-frame and the Select Lofted Barn, both 8x12 through 12x24. Metal roof, one exterior color included, standard door and window packages. Same 4x6 treated runners and 2x6 floor joists as Premium, same LP SmartSide siding, with a simplified frame that brings the price down. Two-year workmanship warranty. See Select specs →
Premium Series
Our flagship line. Wall studs 16 inches on center, double top plate, trusses every 2 feet, OSB roof deck, 3.5-inch overhangs and mobile home anchors included. Engineered prints are available certifying 150 mph wind speeds. Metal or shingle roof, the full window and door menu, and a five-year workmanship warranty. See Premium specs →
Rent-To-Own Available
Rent to own. No credit check, no credit pull. Most people approved same day. See RTO details →
Common Sizes &
What Fits
Most customers know roughly what they need. Here's a quick reference to match your project to the right footprint.
| Size | Sq Ft | Good For |
|---|---|---|
| 8x12 | 96 sq ft | Mower and yard tools, with a loft over the back |
| 10x12 | 120 sq ft | Lawn gear, bikes, seasonal bins upstairs |
| 10x16 | 160 sq ft | Riding mower, ATV, two 4-ft lofts overhead |
| 12x20 | 240 sq ft | Workshop below, two 6-ft lofts above |
| 12x24 | 288 sq ft | One-car garage equivalent with real overhead storage |
| 14x32 | 448 sq ft | Two-car footprint, two 8-ft lofts |
Barn sheds run 8x8 up to 14x52. The Mini Barn covers 8x8 through 10x16 without the loft.
Why The Lofted Barn Outsells Everything Else
Walk any dealer lot in the Carolinas and the barn sheds go first. The reason is geometry, not marketing. That two-angle gambrel roof, the same profile you see on old tobacco barns and dairy barns across the Piedmont, does something a straight A-frame can't. The lower section of the roof runs close to vertical before it breaks to a shallower pitch near the peak. That break pushes the roof volume outward instead of pinching it to a point.
On an A-frame shed, usable space dies a couple feet above your head where the rafters close in. On a barn, the loft starts wide and stays wide. Same footprint on your lot, a good deal more cubic feet inside. For anyone whose garage already lost the fight against storage totes and holiday bins, that loft is the entire pitch. It also happens to look right at home on a rural lot. Drop one on a few acres outside Florence in the Pee Dee and it reads like it grew there.
What The Loft Really Holds, And What To Keep Off It
Here's where people get optimistic. The gambrel gives you roughly 30 to 40 percent more headroom up top than an A-frame of the same size, and the loft decking handles seasonal weight without complaint: Christmas bins, camping gear, lawn chairs, the boxes you swear you'll go through someday. Plywood loft floors are standard and they're plenty for that kind of load spread across the span.
What the loft is not is a second-floor warehouse. Stacking it solid with paint cans, an engine block, and a deep freezer is how you find the limits of any truss the hard way. Concentrated weight wants to live on the ground floor, near a wall, over a runner. If you're planning to load a loft heavy and often, say a parts inventory or dense bin storage, step up to the Premium Series, where trusses sit every 2 feet instead of every 4. And if the loft is an afterthought and you really want a clear-span room to work in, a flat-ceiling workshop layout may serve you better than chasing overhead space you'll bonk your head on.
How A Speedy Sheds Barn Is Built
Every building leaves our McColl, SC plant framed in real lumber, not the cardboard-grade particleboard you find on a big-box special that sags in two summers. The bones matter more than the paint color, so it's worth knowing what's under there.
The Floor
It starts with pressure-treated 4x4 skids running the length of the building. That's what the shed sits and gets transported on. Floor joists sit on top, 16 inches on center, topped with a treated wood floor decking rated to take a riding mower, a workbench, and you, all at once. The treated skids are the part that earns its keep in our climate; raw lumber sitting on damp Carolina ground wicks moisture and rots from the bottom up. Treated wood and a little air gap underneath buy you decades.
Walls And Siding
Walls are framed 16 inches on center and wrapped in LP SmartSide, the engineered-wood siding we run on every Select and Premium build. LP backs it with a 50-year limited warranty, and it holds paint and shrugs off humidity far better than the cheap stuff. Vinyl is available when an HOA spells out a siding type you have to match. Color and trim get picked at the Design Center, where you can put combinations together before you commit. It's the part most people enjoy and overthink in equal measure.
The Roof
Metal roof standard, or architectural shingles at no upcharge, with drip edge at the eaves either way. Shingles carry a 25-year manufacturer warranty and come in three architectural colors. Real porch posts come standard where a porch is part of the build. Premium and Select use the same siding and the same floor system. Premium frames heavier, and that's what the price difference is. If longevity is the whole reason you're buying, read the warranty coverage so you know exactly what's backed and for how long.
Built For Carolina Humidity, Wind, And Sun
A shed in Asheville and a shed in Wilmington live two different lives, and a building that ignores that won't last. Three things do the damage here: humidity, wind, and sun.
Humidity is the quiet one. Warm, wet Carolina air meets a cooler surface inside a closed-up shed and you get condensation, the same sweat you find on a glass of tea in July. Trapped long enough, it feeds mildew and warps anything organic. The fix is air movement: gable vents, a ridge vent, and not parking the building in a low spot where water pools after a storm. On the coast around Wilmington where the dew point sits high half the year, ventilation isn't optional.
Wind is the loud one. Coastal counties carry higher design wind speeds, and a shed is a big light box that wants to become a sail. Anchoring is what keeps it on the pad: auger-style anchors twisted into the ground and strapped over the frame, the same approach used to tie down mobile homes. Our crews handle this as part of delivery and setup; if you're inland it still matters, just less. Sun finishes the job: south- and west-facing walls fade fastest, which is the real argument for LP SmartSide holding its paint instead of chalking out in five years.
Sizing, Site Prep & The Fine Print
Getting The Size Right
Most people buy one size too small. They measure what they own today and forget that a shed fills like a closet. The moment you have the space, you find things to put in it. The size table above is a starting point; the rule of thumb is to picture your worst storage day, then go up one footprint.
A 10x12 swallows a push mower, a wall of yard tools, and bikes with room to walk. A 12x20 is where it turns into a real room: a riding mower parked on one side, a workbench on the other, the loft over both. Past that, a 12x24 lands near a one-car garage and a 14x40 gets into tiny-home territory, the kind of shell people finish out into a studio or a bunk space. Think about door placement while you're at it. A mower needs a straight shot through a wide door, not a three-point turn around a corner post.
When A Barn Shed Is The Wrong Call
We'll talk you out of one when it doesn't fit. If your budget is tight and you only ever store at ground level, the barn's loft is volume you're paying for and not using. A plain utility A-frame gets you the same square footage for less. Side by side, the barn usually runs 12 to 18 percent more than the comparable A-frame.
Aesthetics cut the other way too. The gambrel is a farmhouse shape, and on a flat-roofed contemporary home it can look like it wandered in from the wrong yard. Folks with that kind of architecture, especially in newer developments around Greensboro and the Triad, often end up happier with a modern single-slope shed that echoes the house. The barn is the right answer a lot of the time. Not every time.
Site Prep, Delivery, And The 14-Foot Rule
The single best thing you can do before delivery is get the ground level. A barn shed wants a flat, well-drained pad, and compacted gravel is ideal because it drains and keeps the skids off wet dirt. Sandy lots common around Fayetteville shift and settle; Piedmont clay holds water and heaves. Both are workable, both reward a proper base over bare grass.
Access is the other thing people forget. Our delivery rig needs a clear path roughly the width of the building plus a few feet of working room, and overhead clearance free of low limbs and wires. Here's the hard limit: anything over 14 feet wide can trigger transport permits, and tight or fully fenced backyards may rule out a pre-built drop entirely. When the building can't physically reach the spot, that's what build-on-site is for. We frame it where it stands.
Permits, Setbacks, And Your HOA
Permit rules are local. Square-footage thresholds, setbacks and what counts as an accessory structure change from one county to the next, and sometimes from one side of a road to the other. Your county planning or building department is the only place to get a real answer, so call them before you order and ask what they need at your address.
What we bring to that conversation is the engineering. Every Premium building has a stamped engineer print available on request, certifying the building to 150 mph wind speeds and laying out the blocking and anchoring schedule. That is usually the document a permit office wants to see. We have stamped prints for North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, and there is no charge for them.
An HOA adds its own layer on top, usually about siding type, color and roof material. None of it is a dealbreaker; it just decides placement and finish before you order, not after the truck shows up.
Ways To Pay For It
Sticker price isn't the only path. Rent-to-own is available on most barn builds with no credit check and no credit pull, and there is no early payoff penalty. Pay it off inside 90 days and it is 90 days same as cash. It's how a lot of customers get into a building this week instead of saving toward it for a year. Run the numbers on the rent-to-own page, then get a quote on the size and tier you actually want. A five-minute conversation usually sorts out footprint, loft, and finish faster than another afternoon of measuring the garage.
Find What's In Stock Near You
Browse the live inventory feed or get a quote on a custom build. In-stock buildings usually deliver in 7 to 10 days, and build orders run 3 to 4 weeks.
Barn Sheds & Lofted Barns FAQ
The gambrel roof creates roughly 30–40% more usable headroom than an A-frame. Plywood floor decking is standard, supporting normal seasonal storage, totes, boxes, holiday decorations, gear bins. If you're planning to load a loft heavy and keep it loaded, go Premium. Trusses sit every 2 feet instead of every 4, and that's the difference you'll feel up there.
Pick barn if you want the loft space, a workshop with overhead clearance, or the classic look. Pick utility A-frame if you're optimizing for budget and only need ground-floor storage. Side by side, the barn averages 12–18% more cost but adds roughly 200 cubic feet of usable storage on a 10×16.
Yes. Barn sheds work well with covered porches (see porch builds), workbench packages, electrical pre-wire and double-door upgrades. The wider footprint gives more flexibility than utility A-frames for adding features.
14x52. Fourteen feet is as wide as the gambrel roof goes, and fifty-two feet is the longest building we haul in any style. If your access is tight, ask about building on site instead.