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nctom

nctom

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Looking at going the enclosed carport route so I dont bankrupt myself and try to build a Taj Mahal. 30'x60'x12' looks like it will do to keep the 57 and 63 parked in the clean side and the rest for shop space and a twin post. Anybody got any feedback on Tarheel Metal Structures in Randleman? Or, have good reccomendations on another outfit? I will do or farm out the grading, concrete, electrical, hvac, myself, so I am really just looking for the building.
 
I went through TNT Carports. Gave me a good deal because I ordered last winter when they were slow. I like it as a cheap building but beware, if you are hammering or grinding on something it echoes like crazy and is cold in winter and an oven in the summer. But it's better than working in the driveway.
 
I got a quote from Versa Tube a few weeks ago and I could get an I-beam building from Heritage Building Systems for about 2000 more. It also came with insulation, skylights, man doors, and framed openings for shop doors. Seemed like a no brainer to me. Especially since I want to build a 40x60x14 and with that big of a span, I'm going to want some strength and sturdiness. If another tornado rolls across my property, the main frame should still be there.

Once you get in to the bigger sizes (mostly width), the prices go up quite a bit because they're a double truss with the tube style buildings.
 
2010nctaco said:
I went through TNT Carports. Gave me a good deal because I ordered last winter when they were slow. I like it as a cheap building but beware, if you are hammering or grinding on something it echoes like crazy and is cold in winter and an oven in the summer. But it's better than working in the driveway.
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Yep. been inside a few of them. I am looking at a insulated version with hvac, so it should make it a little better.
 
That should help. I like mine, but went cheap and don't have insulation. I think by next winter I'm going to try and get some insulation and a wood heater to make it more bearable when it's below freezing outside.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
I got a quote from Versa Tube a few weeks ago and I could get an I-beam building from Heritage Building Systems for about 2000 more. It also came with insulation, skylights, man doors, and framed openings for shop doors. Seemed like a no brainer to me. Especially since I want to build a 40x60x14 and with that big of a span, I'm going to want some strength and sturdiness. If another tornado rolls across my property, the main frame should still be there.

Once you get in to the bigger sizes (mostly width), the prices go up quite a bit because they're a double truss with the tube style buildings.
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I will check them out. 2K more for the same size isnt that bad. Was that an installed price or DIY? I would imagine that a beam building would reqire a boom truck or atleast a big scissor lift to set the trusses.
 
That was DIY.
 
I've been looking at metal buildings, in case whatever house I move in to doesn't have enough garage space. I've been gearing toward a 30x40 building. Tarheel was the cheapest quote I got by about 3k...that was installed with a slab. Versatube was the next cheapest at 10-12k. Beyond that, the rest of the places I called were any where between 15-25k...I thought that was absurd for a frickin metal building so I don't have wrench on gravel or in mud or while it's raining. I was planning on doing all insulation myself and probably just running a wall unit for A/C and a spaceheater during the winter. The only red flag I had was, if this place is upwards of 1/3 the price as some of the other places...why??? From what I've seen, on the whole, a metal building is a metal building, is a metal building.
 
A tube frame building is generally going to be cheaper than I beam framing. I'd much rather pay a few thousand more on a larger building and go with I beam.
 
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