metal building recomendations

[CptKaos]

Hello, I am wanting to build a metal shop building for a Harley and hotrod shop , as of now plans are for a 40x60 foot building with 16 foot walls and a 4/12 pitch gable end roof, 3 12' roll up doors on each side, starting with 2 asymetrical car lifts and 1 motorcycle lift table. Wanting advice and referances for building suppliers, manufactures and assemblers in the central Texas area

Larry

 

[Charles (in GA)]

My former next door neighbor just moved out west of Houston (Brenham) on some land he bought about 5 years ago. A couple of years ago he built a 60x60 metal building on the property, while he lived here in GA. He told me a couple of times that it was made in Temple, TX (Temple Buildings) (my mother's hometown) and he was happy with the quality of it. I think it was an average building, not a Rolls nor a Yugo as metal bldgs go. Don't know who did the erection.

4/12 is STEEP for a metal building roof. I've seen a 60x60 with a 4/12 roof (aircraft hangar) and the crews had a time setting the frames. My 60x60x16 (aircraft hangar/workshop) has a 2/12 roof, 1/12 is the "standard" nearly flat roof you see on most steel buildings, but I needed something that would look more like a house since its in my backyard and wanted something that would drain water fast enough to help prevent leaks at screws and seams. It appears the 2/12 is about right for that.

Assuming that the gable end is the 40 ft side, your building will be 22.7 ft tall!!! My 60x60x16 is only 21 ft with a 2/12 roof and I thought that was high. (about the same height as my 2 story log home on a 1.5-2 ft above the ground foundation.)

I'd seriously consider making the roof a little less steep, 4/12 frames will be quite expensive.

Charles

 

[CptKaos]

It gets very hot here and the higher the roof, the cooler the shop feels.

Larry

 

[heavytlc]

I bought my building from Ameristeel, in Sanger Tx. I delt with Bryan Hatch 1-904-381-0191. I think the web site is www.ameristall.com


I had very few problems, short some screws, but everything else was 100%. I will be buying my barn package from them soon.

I would guess they do good work erecting the buildings they sell. I am a little far away to use there crews.

 

[AndrewM]

Mueller is almost local. They've got a fairly good sized facility just north of Temple, I35 ~exit 308-310 or so. Their price was a little higher on roll up doors than others here in Waco, though. http://www.muellerinc.com/

 

[bigvic]

I went with a Metal Mart building located in Waco. Their kits were slightly better priced than some of the other places around here that I looked at. The building won't be here until the 22nd, so I don't have it yet, but I have several family members that also used them and the quality seems to be as good as anyone else's.

Andrew, are you referring to the Mueller location on Hwy 6 in the Speegleville area, or is there another one around Temple?

 

[AndrewM]

There's one on I35 down toward Temple, between Temple and Troy. It's bigger than the one in Speegleville. I've never been in there, just driven past it. There's an even bigger one over on I45 down towards Huntsville.

 

[CptKaos]

Vic, thanx for the tip, Metal Mart offerred a good price. I would like to see one of there buildings, might have to take a ride down to Buda

Larry

 

[twigworker]

I suggest that you look into a "pole building" before you make your decision. I live in the mountains of North Carolina where the weather swings from one extreme to another. I built my hobby shop two years ago and it works really well for me. It is 120 X 40 clear span with a 10 X 80 foot shed on one side and a 10 X 30 foot shed on the other. The truss joist height is 13 feet. It has one 10 X 10 drive in door, two people doors and several windows. It has a concrete floor and is insulated well enough to make it "workable" in zero degree weather with forty mile an hour winds. We have experienced winds of over 100 MPH on the ridge and no damage was sustained. I have had no water leaks or any issues of any kind so far. The building technique is to grade the land, sink 6 X 6 pressure treated posts, construct a wooden framework, drape that framework with insulation, skin the whole thing with steel and then pour the concrete floor. The building cost was $45,000 on my graded lot. I did the installation of a heating system and a rest room and wired it myself, but that was a piece of cake. The finished product looks exactly like a prefab steel building. If you are interested in investigating this type of building let me know and I'll get more information to you. Cheers, Jack

 

[Charles (in GA)]

It gets very hot here and the higher the roof, the cooler the shop feels.

Larry

Don't think it doesn't get hot here in Georgia, I've seen two weeks of straight 100+ days. Of course I have the advantage of being able to open up one whole end of the building, flow thru ventlation helps.

visit my web page on my hangar at http://charles-dusty.tripod.com/hangar.html

Links to my other pages, and they are now hopelessly out of date. Got to find the time somehow to update and re do everything.

Charles

 

[CptKaos]

We ussually only have 100 degrees from the middle of June through the end of September, two weeks would be nice.

Larry

 

[shenders]

Hi Anyone use these people for a bldg.Seems awful cheap.Thanks.

 

[shenders]

http://www.strat-o-span.com/page6.php

 

[LT4]

A 2/12 pitch really should be enough. You might want to get a couple 2x4s nailed together and stand them up where the building will be to get a visualization of how tall the building will be. I ended up dropping side wall height once I saw how tall my building was going to be.
Plan your wire and plumbing routing early. Figure out insulation early. Weld-up versus bolt together? Metal versus stick frame? Initial cost of a metal building is less but depending on how you plan to finish the interior you might spend less in the long run with a stick frame building. Things like insulation, running your wires and plumbing may cost more in a metal building. A stick frame is easier to finish the interior walls since the 2x4s serve give you something to attach the wall panels to.

 

[zundfogle]

Mueller in Temple, very good,a little higer in price than Metal Mart but some of the material quality is better. Have used Mueller material on three diferent buildings with no problems.Talk to one of the sale people in Tempe they are very helpful. I deal with a lady that works there named Jan, really knows her stuff. She can recomend some good erectors so you can get bids on the work. Shipping is also very resonable.