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Kaizen

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maybe I'm just an over critical web junkie but a site like that without even their name at the top? I'd be cautious . that's like a store with no name on the door
 

Alain V.

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I have a friend in the outskirts of Kansas City that put one up about 10 years ago and he has been happy with it.

I also asked one of the most trusted local contracters about them when he was putting a pitched roof on my commercial building last year, and he says he's out up a bunch of Perkas.
He told me the farmers around here love em because they go up quick and have a ton of room (clear span) for their equipment.

That was enough for me, so I am now in the process of saving up funds to put one of their buildings behind my house. I am going with the biggest my city will allow, a 36x48 and have around 20k saved up right now, but my yard has a good slope to it so I know my biggest expense is going to be the grading and concrete work.

I am going to get some bids soon on my concrete work so I can figure out how much more I need to save & budget for my build.

I'm in the TOpeka Kansas area.
 
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RX-7 GTUs

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I have been very pleased with the Perka Building I purchased 15 years ago. It is a 40'x64' with 12' walls and a 4/12 pitch roof. It had no problem handling 20" of heavy wet snow this winter that collapsed several garages near me.

I had it designed with a double frame to support an I-beam with two trollies and one ton chain hoists. Three of us erected it in about a week. My trusses weighed about 900# each so a fork lift was used to set them in place.

Perka delivered the frame as promised and I would not hesitate to recommend them highly.
 

tlmartin84

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I got a quote from them. It was actually one of the best prices I got. I didn't go with them because I have been footing the bill as I go.

With them or any other package deal, you have to purchase the most of it up front.
 

StevenMorgan

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Here is another manufacturer that offers the same style building. Open web truss design, lots of smaller aircraft hangars are built with these too.
http://www.kysteel.com

Miracle truss used to offer a similar product, where they provide the steel web trusses and you added 2x6 girts and perlins
 

tobaccofarmer

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Yes that's how Perka did it, I bought only frames/trusses from them and we added ends and perlins ourselves. They had all clips welded on top and bottom of trusses to attach perlins. I would definetly use them again due to the fact I don't know of many other buildings that would allow me to have an attic with a cathedral ceiling
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