Metal framed shop

[justme]

I am researching the prospects of a metal framed shop/guest house that will go on my 40' x 60' concrete pad. I received a quote from United Steel Building constructed of solid I-beam columns and roof rafters with side wall girt and 50 year warranty for approx. 33K. The price only includes materials and delivery, I have to build the structure.



Has anyone a similar structure and/or company they has dealt with and can offer suggestions.



I need a good shop area and guest house.

 

[WCPoe]

Try a Morton Building

I ended up with a 30x48 Morton building. Super quality construction and a bit more expensive than most but can be taylored to anything you want. The wife wanted something that didn't distract form the house. Mine's got 18 inches insulation in the ceiling and R19 walls but I'm near Atlanta - not as cold as you guys up north. Morton been in business since 1903 I believe and have facilities all over.

I have a work shop side and a leisure side with all the necessary things, (ie bathroom, bar, frig, TV). I still need to get a sofa or something that converts for sleeping incase my better half kicks me out of the house.



Morton Buildings - Steel Buildings, Metal Buildings, Storage Buildings, Farm Buildings

 

[CWebster]

Polebarn,Metal Roofing,Residential Steel Roofing,Metal Siding,Steel Siding



I know its not a metal building, but it gives you a good idea of prices and options.

 

[LesStallings]

My 42x60 is Morton also. Very good quality but not cheap.

 

[CNeubauer]

For what it's worth a couple weeks ago I got a quote on a 50x50x16' all steel Chief building for just under $21,000 errected but it would be a hay storage building so one side wall and one end wall was left open. If your going to finish out the inside I know at least Chief and Perka offer combination wood/steel buildings which use a steel frame and steel siding but use wood for the girts and purlins the siding and roof is attached to. Those buildings have the strength of steel building but finish out much like a stick built building (the Chief buildings put the girts and purlings on 24" centers so it's easy to put up drywall or whatever interior covering that you want) plus they are around 10% cheaper than an all steel building.

 

[ScottLewis]

A number of years ago, I bought a 30X40' metal building kit to use as a shop.

When I went to the County Planner's to get a permit, they made me submit "engineered plans" for the foundation/slab. Wound up doing so and pouring 1'X1'X40' footings on each side, 2X2X2 piers under each end pillar and a 3x3X3 pier under the center pillars. All rebar enforced and all under a full 4" slab with rebar and mesh. All I wanted was a workshop for hobby stuff and I wound up with a floor to handle D-9s and heavy duty trucks.



Wonderful California earthquake regulations.



Dan

 

[daveshoe]

I am researching the prospects of a metal framed shop/guest house that will go on my 40' x 60' concrete pad. I received a quote from United Steel Building constructed of solid I-beam columns and roof rafters with side wall girt and 50 year warranty for approx. 33K. The price only includes materials and delivery, I have to build the structure.



Has anyone a similar structure and/or company they has dealt with and can offer suggestions.



I need a good shop area and guest house.

Your post suggests that you already have the slab installed? If that is so,a metal building that point loads on a floating slab would be unwise. I formed and poured footer/wall/slab for a 50x100 metal building,and we really added the steel at the column locations and even tied the column bolts directly to the steel rebar.

The slab/footer/wall will determine the overall quality of this building. There is very little room for error when you set the slab up to receive these heavy I-beam frames

 

[tgordon]

Les, do you have any interior pictures? That looks like the sort of structure I would like to have in the future.



The other option is he can cut out and pur new footings for the posts to sit on and have the slab seperrate from the rest of the structure.



Another idea if price is of concern, look into one of those poly structures. They have become very popular for dairy cattle housing and equipment storage. Of couse if you are very far north it might be a bit expensive to heat in the winter.



Troy

 

[ralbert]

I presently have a 30x45x14high Morton with two 14x14 doors. I use it to store my RVs and all my other lawn equipment. I also just had another building the same size built on my daughters property 600 feet from my building. Got sick of not being able to use my building do to my son inlaw not having his big boat out of the building when i returned in the spring. Both are Mortons and do to the inside wood structure, adding storage inside is so easy. Do not need a welder. The last one cost 28. 000 without electric and concrete. With concrete floor installed we have 13' 8" clearance to bottom of truss. Good luck and it can never be too BIG. Rob

 

[justme]

Les, do you have any interior pictures? That looks like the sort of structure I would like to have in the future.



The other option is he can cut out and pur new footings for the posts to sit on and have the slab seperrate from the rest of the structure.



Another idea if price is of concern, look into one of those poly structures. They have become very popular for dairy cattle housing and equipment storage. Of couse if you are very far north it might be a bit expensive to heat in the winter.



Troy

The thought is to expand the footprint to approx. 40 x 65. Therefore adding footers to support the walled construction. I need it to support a 38' 5th wheel from the elements and have room for me to pull my truck inside also. That does not include a 20' (approx 800 - 1600 SF) slice I will use as a guest house also.



Michael

 

[BGlidewell]

Just got a quote for a 35x45 with 12x45 covered side porch, sky lights, 3 rollup doors and a single entrance door with a 24x20 approach drive completely installed @ 29k. No insulation or windows.

 

[justme]

I am speaking with Morton Buildings now and have submitted a basic plan for a 42 x 60 building, three large doors (two 10x10, and one 12x14 slider). Once I get the plan finalized I'll drop the estimated cost for those with inquiring minds.

 

[Loghead]

bump for a friend

 

[Crazy Horse]

WCPoe, that is one very nice set up you have there. How thick is the slab that's on?

 

[HBarlow]

It would be helpful for the OP to indicate the part of the country where he lives. Many of the steel building retailers are regional.

I bought a 30' x 40' insulated steel building kit from Mueller, Inc. in 1999. It was a very high quality engineered building. I sold the building and land it was on three years ago.

I live on five acres in the country now and a year ago I put up a 42' by 60' x 16' insulated steel building primarily to store my fifth wheel. The steel for this one came from Mid-West Steel who is the steel supplier for my son-in-law's construction company. It is also an excellent quality building.

There are lots of steel building suppliers and all their products are similar. It is not hard to google search for them and compare products and prices. All the steel dimensions are easy to compare.

 

[WCPoe]

WCPoe, that is one very nice set up you have there. How thick is the slab that's on?

It is a monolythic type slab with the main floor area a minimum of 4 inches of 4000 psi fiberglass re-inforced concrete. The bay with the 2 post lift was to be a minimum of 6 inches but I went back and dug out a little more just to be sure. (The Mohawk lift instructions only required 4 inches of 4000 psi stuff. )

Unfortunately, we had a fubar on the perimeter thickness footing. The contractor dug the perimeter too deep and I wasn't about to go back and back fill with gravel so I paid for a few extra yards of the concrete. The perimeter is over 24 inches thick tapering back down about to the nominal thicknesses I mentioned above about 4 feet in There's a whopping 45 cubic yards in the 30 X 48 foot slab. I'm embarassed to say.

 

[Dl5treez]

The perimeter is over 24 inches thick tapering back down about to the nominal thicknesses I mentioned above about 4 feet in There's a whopping 45 cubic yards in the 30 X 48 foot slab. I'm embarassed to say.

You can park a D8 on there. Nothing wrong with a thick floor.

 

[SMorneau]

If the slab is suitable can't you find a local company to stick build it like a slab-on-grade garage? There are a lot of guys around here looking for construction work. Whatever you decide to do make sure it is compatible with the finish level you desire inside. You can have foam shot on anything for insulation but its pretty damn expensive.