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Curious if anyone has done business with any of these steel building companies that advertise nationally... Giving some thought to getting things lined up for putting up a building (in Texas).... I don't know any of the local builders down there, so thought I might check into some of these compaines that advertise nationally and see what they have for prices.......

Before stumbling across my current location ( an American Steel building going on 24 years old) I did some research and narrowed my choices down to the following few companies:

http://www.americansteelmfg.com/
http://www.conestogabuildings.com/
http://www.freedomsteel.com/
http://www.olympiabuildings.com/


All have a great reputation and will custom tailor to your wants and needs..


Bill S.

This is who we used. got alot for the money and they were very professional. Even with our town down our necks about permits we got a 18 by 41 for under $3000.00

http://www.gaport.com/

Thanks for the help, appreciate it... Got some studying to do...

I built a Poll Barn Type of Garage 12' x 21' To park one car in . The Village was ok about me Building it . It has steel Panel Sides . It cost about $1200 in materiels to build it . I only wish I could have went Bigger with it . But I had to keep the Cost Down at that time .

Dave,
I don't know about any of those companies as I did my 30x50 with the help of my two boys. One lesson I did learn was in the permit process. Here in Kansas the key is intended use. If your intended use is agricultural, say for hay, horses, etc then there is no permit required, and no plans reviews. If your use is storage, shop, welding, or anything that can be non-agri then they do a full review, come inspect at several points in the construction process, and any "improvements" like water for a washroom or electrical add to the tax base. If I were doing it again mine would have been a horse barn, pure and simple. Not sure if this applies in Texas, but worth asking.

Originally Posted by rspears

Dave,
I don't know about any of those companies as I did my 30x50 with the help of my two boys. One lesson I did learn was in the permit process. Here in Kansas the key is intended use. If your intended use is agricultural, say for hay, horses, etc then there is no permit required, and no plans reviews. If your use is storage, shop, welding, or anything that can be non-agri then they do a full review, come inspect at several points in the construction process, and any "improvements" like water for a washroom or electrical add to the tax base. If I were doing it again mine would have been a horse barn, pure and simple. Not sure if this applies in Texas, but worth asking.

Same thing here in fla, but the land has to be agricultural as well.

With the mention of improvements such as water for a washroom, you may want to check with your insurance. I have a parishioner who has a shed with a bathroom in it and it was flooded two years ago. His car insurance covered the cost of the cars, but housing/building insurance would not cover the building and contents because it had a bathroom and was considered living space. So he is forced to pay for flood insurance on the building and contents by the bank and the insurance company will not pay because there is a bathroom in it. I don't know if you live near water, but I would check with your insurance to see what hoops you have to go through to get it insured and what improvements would negate your insurance.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Curious if anyone has done business with any of these steel building companies that advertise nationally... Giving some thought to getting things lined up for putting up a building (in Texas).... I don't know any of the local builders down there, so thought I might check into some of these compaines that advertise nationally and see what they have for prices.......

Dave,some of the bigger steel building systems Mfgrs. in Texas are Muller and Butler.I used Muller when I built my building(45x60 blue sides and white roof) on the ranch.They seemed to be the best choice.

Dave. This is the web site for one of the companies that "Don in Austin" mentioned" "www.muellerinc.com". Very well known in Texas and Southwest.

Dave, Yes you do need to do some homework before you contract this out. check and double check it will save you a lot in the end. my building which I had built a few months ago is a pretty simple 30X40. in the end this building was a little over $24,000, the slab alone was $7,000. Now we had this building put up so there were some labor cost but these buildings can be a good deal. My one very best piece of advice is make it bigger "NOW". No matter how much room you think you need, its never enough.

Roland

Lots of good information!!!! Thanks much for the help!!!!

Dave just to throw something different at you, though I know steel is usualy the least expensive for the size, this company builds wooden kits that arrive in small two person size bundles. They are built to building codes wherever you may reside. At one time (their prices)they were hard to beat, and fairly easy to assemble. A friend bought a barn kit and made it into a nice house in CT.
http://www.shelter-kit.com/