Clearspan Building

[Engineer13]

Has anyone put these up for storage?
do you like them? issues?
Thinking about putting up a 34 x72 one for cold storage, keep equipment out of weather.
They tell me they can get over 100 pounds for sqft for snow load where im at.
Seem like a real cost effective way to get stuff out of the weather!
Looking for other guys that have them

http://www.clearspan.com/

 

[Greeny]

Check out The Real Martian on YouTube. He put one up similar to the site you linked, although his was sourced outside the US. It appears to have held up well through a hard winter, lot more snow than usual, this past winter.

 

[alexb2000]

Has anyone put these up for storage?
do you like them? issues?
Thinking about putting up a 34 x72 one for cold storage, keep equipment out of weather.
They tell me they can get over 100 pounds for sqft for snow load where im at.
Seem like a real cost effective way to get stuff out of the weather!
Looking for other guys that have them

http://www.clearspan.com/

What does a building that size cost? I assume you are talking about their fabric building?

 

[Engineer13]

Yes they are fabric roof, snow and rain just slide off...
fabric has a 25 year warrenty and when its time to replace is only around 2k to re-roof it.

a 34 x 72 building i was quoted at $14000, with a little discount they have going on right now enclosed end walls also. the post that they set on like the attached picture is roughly 2k for foundation work. alittle over kill for snow load and stuff we have here.

So i figure that i can complete the whole 34 x 72 for around 16k installed with gravel floor.

 

[alexb2000]

Yes they are fabric roof, snow and rain just slide off...
fabric has a 25 year warrenty and when its time to replace is only around 2k to re-roof it.

a 34 x 72 building i was quoted at $14000, with a little discount they have going on right now enclosed end walls also. the post that they set on like the attached picture is roughly 2k for foundation work. alittle over kill for snow load and stuff we have here.

So i figure that i can complete the whole 34 x 72 for around 16k installed with gravel floor.

Yup, you won't touch that price in a steel building of that size.

Interesting, thanks for posting.

 

[Engineer13]

Im planning on doing a 6ft wall then put the structure on top of that.
i feel like it might be a really good option for storage of equipment etc.
but looking for others that may have them, dont like it, etc.

This is V.S. a pole barn... which for the same sqft would be another 15k in cost.

 

[lakeroadster]

They are really popular here in Colorado for residential, famrms, state highway and industry.

I worked at manufacturing facility in Brighton that had one put up and used it as a paint booth and welding shop until the local jurisdiction shut them down.

Personally... I'm of the opinion they are an eyesore.

 

[Engineer13]

I kinda agree with that statement of an eyesore....
not fully convinced yet. but for the cost im debating if i can live with it...

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Our neighbor has one for hay storage has held up good for the few years they have had it up.

 

[matt_i]

Im planning on doing a 6ft wall then put the structure on top of that.
i feel like it might be a really good option for storage of equipment etc.
but looking for others that may have them, dont like it, etc.

This is V.S. a pole barn... which for the same sqft would be another 15k in cost.

I would think a 6ft wall is going to eat a lot of time and materials, are you costing that part out correctly...look at all the posts in the "skeleton view". Guessing here that's every 4ft and I bet they are using 3/4 ply to get the racking resistance up because of such a tall thing on top levering on the wall. Because its a closed-tunnel I bet the uplift can be very large when conditions are right and wind is blowing directly into the mouth of the building, in any case have to make sure the posts have uplift considerations as they are installed.

I'm not trying to steer you away from that but the wall seems like it would occupy a fair amount of time + materials.

 

[lakeroadster]

Here the state uses concrete road barriers as the lower wall. This effectively raises the building about 4 feet, results in a good strong wall and it anchors the building nicely too.

Maybe that's an option, you might want to inquire about that.

 

[Hot Rod Grampa]

Good idea with those walls. Have seen greenhouses collapse from the snow sliding off the plastic then gathering at the base until the side pressure collapsed the frame. One big mess. Uplift is also important. A farmer nearby used shipping containers as a base. Nose to nose. Looked ugly but very low cost storage.

 

[My Old Tools]

We have a number of them at work to protect government aircraft on the flightline. We don't get snowloads, but we do get hailstorms. They hold up pretty well.

 

[36truck]

Check out Teksupply.

http://www.teksupply.com/contractor...orage-ts_freestanding_buildings;904f3b7f.html


I bought one years ago it worked will till the wind got a hold of it. A friend bought it and still uses it for hay storage.