A couple of items I had to check before starting my building project were the by-laws and building codes of the town in which I live. In some places you won’t be able to put up a steel building as a result of various municipal laws. By the way, I should point out that I also know of one town in my area that has no by-laws against steel buildings, but does have certain restrictions on traditional stick frame buildings. Go figure!
I placed a call to our town office and thankfully was told that there were no restrictions on steel buildings or size of buildings. The only by-law in effect is one that prevents building three metres from the street. I can live with that.
Here is a picture of the building site as it sits now:
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Next up is to decide upon a foundation.
As always, I welcome any comments that might be helpful to me with this project.
Winters in Saskatchewan are long and cold and in our part of the province insanely windy. That often makes for days like this. You can imagine what that kind of weather does to vehicles sitting outside and to the people having to shovel them out and scrape them off after every snow storm.
Well, I had had enough. On December 31, 2013, I made a New Years resolution to build a garage. I had researched the various types of buildings over the previous year, and had decided upon a steel building for the following reasons:
1. Ease of construction (supposedly)
2. Low maintenance
3. Portability (I can take the building down if I need to)
4. Strength and durability
5. The environment (Steel is recyclable)
I called Future Steel Buildings and a man by the name of Travis Blackmore called me back with a “deal” on a 16 x 24 building. I say deal with some trepidation because it always seems like there is some deal to be had with Future Steel buildings. Quite often it seems some building or another has been cancelled by a prospective buyer and is then resold at a discount. Such was the case when I called Future Steel. Nevertheless, I took the jump and ordered the building.
Within the next couple of days, I tinkered with my order. I decided to extend the building to 40 feet, add insulation, and also add a base plate connector. Future Steel was accommodating and helpful and engineering drawings arrived within a few days. All of these features essentially doubled the cost of the original building.
With that my journey to build a garage began. Over the next few months, I would like to try and document the process of this building going up. Hopefully this will serve as a guide to anyone else considering a steel building, and also serve as customer review of the various businesses involved in this project, including Future Steel Buildings.
I wonder if it will look like this:
If you have any comments or advice, please feel free to post.
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