m016324
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So I have a detached garage on my property that I've used as a shop but I'm ready to finally turn it into the shop I've always wanted. It's current has 8' ceiling and I want to put a lift in. After doing quite a bit of research it looks like for me to raise the roof high enough for a lift, with current wood prices, it's not much different than dropping a metal building on the current pad and automatically have the height I want. Since I'm doing the work anyway I'd also like to extend the current pad (22'x30' pad) and would like to add 10 ft so I have a 32x30 pad. The added pad is also where I'd like to add in the lift, so I can get the required thickness (not sure of thickness on current pad) for the 10k lift.
There are a ton of metal building companies but I'm curious of other's experiences in doing something similar. What options did you get? Did you have the same company assemble and you bought it from? Did you have the same company pour the pad? Those seem to be the three options I've found; a company that will drop the metal in your yard, a company that will assemble on your pad, and a company that does the whole thing. I'm also thinking of getting it insulated just to make it easier to be a 4 season building.
What else should I be looking at?
-ben
There are a ton of metal building companies but I'm curious of other's experiences in doing something similar. What options did you get? Did you have the same company assemble and you bought it from? Did you have the same company pour the pad? Those seem to be the three options I've found; a company that will drop the metal in your yard, a company that will assemble on your pad, and a company that does the whole thing. I'm also thinking of getting it insulated just to make it easier to be a 4 season building.
What else should I be looking at?
-ben