New Metal Building Shed Design [Pics]

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Looks nice to me.

I have a suggestions:

- You may want to put a a second covered area on the back side to use as a covered parking area for mowers, tractors, atv, whatever. Keeps your main area clear and is really useful in my experience. Doesn't have to be near as big as your main covered area, like 1/3 that size.

I was planning to do a 15’ lean to the whole way back then decided to change it to a 40’ long 25’ wide to be more square for Gatherings. That being said I also like the idea of having more backyard/grass behind and to the side of the shed although I am willing to rethink this on yalls suggestion. Cutting the lean-to short like this does allow me to keep the beautiful oak tree. Here is a pic of my back yard for reference. It’s probably hard to see but there are flags marking this layout on the property.

Lot is 100x300, and I probably have 200’ behind the house.

Two things:

Thats one hell of a shop!


And can I store my boat there?

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Looks like a solid design to me. I’ll be jealous of you. My shed is 24x30 and I dream about just adding 10-12 more feet to the back of it.

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I doubt there's ever been a shop that was too big. Mine is 40X60 and 18 feet tall at the ridge and it is about to bust with crap!

If you are building yourself and the authority having jurisdiction ain't too concerned about engineered drawings and the like you can stick build that building with trusses for less money than buying a kit. The value in metal buildings is the length of time it takes to erect one compared to stick building them. They are also very difficult to modify if you decide to do it yourself in the future because the parts bought one off are pricey....and it is difficult to do it hybrid style. A stick built building with asphalt shingles and concrete siding is very affordable to build if you have time and the maintenance is comparable to a steel building. If you are paying a contractor though steel is more affordable because they can finish it much quicker thus labor costs ain't as much. Pole construction is also pretty affordable compared to steel. Steel is very good for building quick but the columns are a pain in the arse to finish around and cabinets always wind up having to be built around the columns. My 40X60 has a useable floor space of about 37X57 because of the columns....if it were framed with 2X4's it'd be 39X59 and the cabinets and shelfs could be a continuous straight line instead of offset around the columns. It only has corner columns and 2 the 60' length but they are still a pain...and they are wider at the top than the base so if they were cased they'd either be tapered or I'd lose even more floor space. Very convenient though to use magnet hangers to hang shite...

Yeah you have to run that lean to the whole length. I am slightly OCD and that picture drives me crazy

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Lot is 100x300, and I probably have 200’ behind the house.

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I know you have thought of this but just in case. Make sure the placement of the building doesn’t interfere with you septic tank or field lines.
Know a guy who built a building over field lines and the the septic tank was right outside his roll up door. He remembered it when the front of his tractor fell through.

Yeah this is a decent bit behind the house, all the existing sewage is plumbed to the street, no septic tank. I will be tearing down the existing house eventually to build a new house.

i have 16 foot high building and made a mistake - i only put a 10 foot door - put in one as tall as you can

Not sure I follow this.