With your metal building’s roof and wall frames assembled (and truss bracing in place, if your particular building includes it) you’re ready to set that framing up. Here’s where you see your building’s shell take shape. SMALLER BUILDINGS For smaller buildings – 10 to...
Depending on its size and engineering, your building’s roof frame may or may not require truss bracing. The instructions for your specific building will tell you whether or not bracing is needed. In general, though: Buildings from 10’ to 18’ wide do not require truss...
Once you’ve chosen where to set up a steel building, it’s time to prepare your site. If you’re planning on putting your metal building or carport on an existing concrete slab, you usually won’t have to deal with this provided the slab is thick enough around the edges....
Did you play with an Erector Set when you were a boy? Remember all of the pieces of punched metal and the little screws and nuts? How about those “tinny” little wrenches and that screwdriver? Wasn’t it a great feeling when you actually assembled something that...
So you have been dreaming about a steel building, a storage building, an RV garage, a hobby shop or maybe just a steel garage to keep your belongings out of the weather and give you room to enjoy your hobbies. Come back down to earth and I’ll try to help you turn...