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It's a multi-unit "contractor garage" kind of building. Vehicles drive all the way around the building.

I like it. Simple and to the point. But let me put some numbers to this. This issue exists on both sides of the building. I've got about 50' of frontage on each side, an overhead door on each side as well as man doors. The pavement extends about 45' on each side. So I would need probably 4...

My new building has apparently been designed incorrectly with regard to drainage. The black top pavement has a slight peak (crest?) about 6' away from the building AND the pavement comes right up to the foundation height at the building edge. Water comes in to the overhead door and wall sections...

I'll look for them. I'm keen on extending the insulation below the purlins because the purlins are part of the thermal bridge. They conduct the heat through the insulation and into the insulated envelope where they act as radiator fins. If I'm reading the literature correctly, this effect is...

The fiberglass blankets already installed have a few holes but don't seem to be in bad shape. I figure there's 3-4" of fiberglass in the blanket. My issue is.. how do I "go over the top of what you got"? There are sprinkler lines, and some other stuff. And I'd want to wrap or somehow cover the...

Got a metal frame (steel purlins and girts on a steel frame) building that has been "insulated" with the traditional fiberglass blankets. These blankets have a white vapor barrier on the underside and are laid over the purlins while the roof steel is being installed. They pinch the blanket...

That's the plan. And now, because of this thread, I have a few more ideas about what to talk about. Thanks everyone for the comments.

I think I agree. But I want to find the most important ones to consider. Perhaps as early as the mid 70s (that's when the buildings appeared on that piece of land). But I'm not sure what it was in the beginning or when they started painting there. The scoop in the roof of the "paint building"...

I think the wrong impression is being conveyed. Yes, I have a lot of reasons to want to buy this property. But I'm still looking for opinions. And while I appreciate the one and two word replies, I'm also concerned that I have no idea why/how they formed their opinion. I think I'm fishing for...

That bad, huh? Unfortunate because there are several really nice features of this property and I don't have many other options.

I could distinctly smell the paint fumes when the wind was blowing my way from about 400-500 feet away. Do waterfall filters squash the olfactory elements of paint?

Based on historical aerial photography of the site, all of the surrounding property (that I'm considering) has been farmland with no buildings going back as early as 1939. This is in the far suburbs, so not Chicago. I would assume that there has never been a building on the land and probably not...

I'm looking at buying some property upon which I want to build a very nice workshop. Part of the plan is to do some extensive gardening, both formal, vegetable and perhaps fruit trees. One concern is that there is an automotive shop with a paint room nearby. Their paint building has a large...