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Post steel vs all steel
- Thread starter hilomx6
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joe_padavano
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Hey guys like to know you guys opinions ..I am starting to get prices together for a building going to do a 36 by 80 and need to decide which way to go what's the advantages and disadvantage thanks
I've put up two pole construction buildings and one all metal building. The all metal is more expensive in total. The posts go into deep holes in the ground, so you don't need footings and foundation. This allows the poles to be moment carrying to withstand wind loads. The metal building required a fairly expensive foundation system with conventional footings. In the pole buildings, I just poured a floating slab after the building was up. For the metal building the slab needed to sit on the foundation and the building bolted to it, per the architectural blueprints.
Bottom line was that the all metal building was probably 50% more expensive per square foot due to the extra foundation costs.
nehog
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Not cost related, but I am very happy with my all metal building.
theoldwizard1
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Pole buildings are usually cheaper. They go up quick. The big downside is they are difficult to insulate. Poor insulation means high heating and cooling.
wssix99
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Prices are easy. It will definitely cost you $50-$350 a square foot. What are you using this mystery building for and how will it be finished? Will you have HVAC? How long will you keep it? What part of the world are you in?
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rieferman
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Pole buildings are usually cheaper. They go up quick. The big downside is they are difficult to insulate. Poor insulation means high heating and cooling.
Not true. Post frame (pole barns) are easily insulated and often achieve higher r value due to ability to eliminate thermal bridging. Finishing interior is also easy. And rotten posts are easily overcome with products such as perma columns. Any exterior finish can be accommodated as well. Many posts on these topics a available on this site.
Edit: Typical pole barn on the cheap is way cheaper than other styles of construction. When finished as noted above it should still be slightly cheaper assuming level site.
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OP . . . . in 3 years on GJ you've surely seen that questions get best advice
. . . . . . . with MORE INFORMATION. Generally you'd only have steel poles if whole building is steel. Are you thinking of hybrid with steel posts & wood body??
Builders are often regional . . . . AND . . . pricing varies by area.
Update GJ Profile with City / State / Country.
. . . . . . . with MORE INFORMATION. Generally you'd only have steel poles if whole building is steel. Are you thinking of hybrid with steel posts & wood body??
Builders are often regional . . . . AND . . . pricing varies by area.
Update GJ Profile with City / State / Country.
wssix99
Well-known member
OP . . . . in 3 years on GJ you've surely seen that questions get best advice
. . . . . . . with MORE INFORMATION. Generally you'd only have steel poles if whole building is steel. Are you thinking of hybrid with steel posts & wood body??
Builders are often regional . . . . AND . . . pricing varies by area.
Update GJ Profile with City / State / Country.
I think I feel comfortable with giving a solid recommendation here for adobe brick. Nothing to indicate, yet, it would be a bad idea and it would make a really interesting build thread!
Elginz
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If some one else is paying for it go all steel.
In the past couple of years, we've had a couple tornados and some 80+mph straight line winds. In my area there are a lot of large metal buildings some are all steel and some are wood framed. After each of these storms there has been damage to the buildings in the area. The all steel buildings only needed roll up doors replaced (one of these buildings had a tornado within a couple hundred yards and had straight line winds that slid a cattle pot semi trailer sideways through gravel for about 6 feet). The wood framed buildings all had structural damage that dropped at least part of the roof onto the machinery inside.