Re: Metal building
- From: "Rick Samuel" <ricksub@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:21:23 -0500
A friend and I have thought much about it, but never did. You won't have
any weather delays after the shell is up. Few prying eyes to tell you,
"that ain't how you do it" With a larger shell then your house, a garage is
already there. Plus storage of....A house starts at $60 a sq. ft. and go up
real fast. A steel building is $10 to 15 a sq. ft. slab included. Plus
what you wish to add. Here in Tx, radiant heat is a real killer in the
summer, with a second skin and air flow around your house, much of the heat
in stopped. And you can work at your leisure, (maybe not a good thing), and
still live under the roof of the shell. Tools and materials are not subject
to theft.
"Brandon" <brantley74@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1158095315.643014.305470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ok this may sound crazy or may not.
First of all, I live in a rural area. There are no covenants or
restrictions on what I can do with my home, land, etc.
I've know for quite some time that most commercial offices are
basically rooms built inside a metal building. For instance at a body
shop, you would have the work shop and office under the same roof, but
the office was just a room built inside the building. So on to my
question.
Can you take that style of building, you know, the kind with large
metal trusses and insulated walls like most shops, and build many rooms
inside essentially making it a home?
I know the building itself is relativley inexpensive, and I can rent a
man lift and put up the frame myself with a little help (helped
assemble one). Would windows and doors be a problem? would the overal
cost be to high? Any builing code problems? Financing problems. The
list goes on and on.
I know that the outside does not have to be tin, we can used lots of
different materials, but tin is not out of the question. There are
several reasons I ask this:
Aren't most commerical buildings considered to be stronger?
Is there a cost advantage?
Is is possible to have access and crawlspace to pipes and such
considering the floor plan is layed out to that adavantage.
once again....on and on and on and on....
I am not that worried about the looks. It would go in the middle of 15
wooded acres. The curb is gone so curb appeal is not as much of an
issue. I just want a strong, well built house, that doesn't cost so
much to build or maintain. Wishful thinking? Anything is welcome,
except rudeness. Thanks!!
.
- References:
- Metal building
- From: Brandon
- Metal building
- Prev by Date: Re: Time to retire it?
- Next by Date: Re: Metal building
- Previous by thread: Re: Metal building
- Next by thread: Re: Metal building
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
