Has anyone considered constructing a metal building? I've been toying with the idea of having one designed in the 50' X 75' range and devoting about 1750sft in one end for living space. This leaves 2000sft for a couple of cars and a shop. My idea is to pour a slab with the living area built up 24" above the grade of the garage floor with no crawl space.
The living area is to be framed in metal and covered with standard sheetrock.
We rarely have snow here and the winters are fairly mild so building anytime of the year is not a problem. In fact the roof pitch for this size building per the country codes is 1:12...pretty flat. This was also from a quote by a manufacturer about 40 miles down the road. Even my house has a 5:12.
On STEELBUILDING.COM you can design a building to your needs. I spec'd a height of 16' and the base price was $10,913 including a $574 discount. Insulation adds another $4,215 and framed openings are $586. I can do better on the roll up, standard doors, and windows so they weren't included. Ridge vents and other goodies add about $1,000.
Total less freight $16,714.00, slab comes out to about the same cost.
Still kicking it around...any thoughts.
Tradesman