Category Archives: Hoop Building Basics

We’ll be adding more here soon because there really is a lot to know about hoop buildings.

Longer Fabric Truss Barns are Cheaper

At the Hoop Barn Bigger is Better! That is the truth, at least for our truss fabric barns. A Rushmore double truss barn over 85 feet is less expensive per square foot than a shorter fabric building the same width. We understand the reason why they do ...

What is a Clear Span Building

All of our Hoop Barns Are Clearspan Buildings We talk a lot about clear span buildings here but maybe we haven’t explained what we mean by that. Clear span means no supports of any kind in the middle of a building from one end to the other. ...

Military barracks Quonset hut

Is a Hoop Building a Quonset Hut?

Is a Hoop Building a Quonset Hut? The short answer is no. “Quonset”, when it comes to buildings, is a trade mark owned by the Great Lakes Steel Corporation since 1946. They are frameless steel buildings. They were not designed as fabric buildings. These are Quonset huts: ...

36 wide single pipe hoop barn

What Are Hoop Buildings?

What Are Hoop Buildings? Hoop buildings or, as we call them, hoop barns, are technically labeled Fabric Tension Buildings or Tensile Structures. These buildings are also sometimes called Membrane Structure Buildings or fabric/membrane arch buildings. There are actually so many synonyms for hoop buildings that we don’t even know ...

Double pipe truss building being built from barn kit

What is a Hoop Barn Kit

What is a Hoop Barn Kit? Are you looking to construct a barn but are not sure where to start? Hoop barn kits are becoming increasingly popular as a way to create a barn quickly and easily. They are available in a variety of sizes, materials, and ...

Green and white hoop barn

Hoop Barns Are Green!

Hoop buildings are perhaps one of the greenest of all the types of buildings in common use today.

Hoop barns can save you a pile of money

Hoop Barn vs. Pole Barn

Cost Advantages of a Hoop Barn There are so many potential cost savings with a hoop shed over most conventional buildings that it’s hard to know where to start. At purchase time: Starting at the beginning, when you buy a hoop barn, you may save $20 or ...

Unfolding a new replacement cover to install tie down pipes

Cover Material Details

Our Covers are High Density Polyethylene Woven Fabric Our high density polyethylene (HDPE) woven cover fabric offers superior strength and durability compared to other fabrics. It’s used in the construction of a variety of products, from apparel to industrial components. Here we discuss the material and its ...

custom hoop building price

Hoop Building Prices

Where are the hoop barn prices? Why don’t we have our fabric building prices on our website? That’s a question we are often asked. The answer is: choices. These are not the same fabric buildings that come in a box at the auction or lumber store. Each ...