Weld Up or Bolt Up Building

[Huntindad]

Question for the pro's. Iff'n I buy a bolt up kit for a 30x40. When I am lining up the beams and for "whatever" reason the holes don't line up, can I weld those beams together? I would think I could, but never built a shop before.

[txfireguy2003]

Glad I found this thread. I'm going to be in the market for a new shop soon. Thinking 30x40 or maybe bigger (30x50, 40x40, 40x50). I've gotten a couple quotes and the Mueller bolt up building cost more for just the metal than the entire welded building turn key including slab!

I'm still considering doing it myself as well. I can weld, and have all ther necessary tools, would just need somebody to do thr dirt work and slab for me, as I'm not a foundation guy at all. I'm thinking 6" I beam for the columns and roof structure, a bunch of perlins and a 26ga skin. Then have it spray foam insulated and add a mini- split AC.

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[Draco]

Glad I found this thread. I'm going to be in the market for a new shop soon. Thinking 30x40 or maybe bigger (30x50, 40x40, 40x50). I've gotten a couple quotes and the Mueller bolt up building cost more for just the metal than the entire welded building turn key including slab!

I'm still considering doing it myself as well. I can weld, and have all ther necessary tools, would just need somebody to do thr dirt work and slab for me, as I'm not a foundation guy at all. I'm thinking 6" I beam for the columns and roof structure, a bunch of perlins and a 26ga skin. Then have it spray foam insulated and add a mini- split AC.

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Your comments show why yo should go with a bolt up unless you know someone in the business. You're thinking 6" but you would be wrong, way, way wrong. 30' span would take a 12"x 19# beam for the center support. If you decide to go weld up then PM me and I'll give you my # and I'll walk you through what ever you need so you get a quality building.

[Draco]

Question for the pro's. Iff'n I buy a bolt up kit for a 30x40. When I am lining up the beams and for "whatever" reason the holes don't line up, can I weld those beams together? I would think I could, but never built a shop before.

The holes will line up fine and if they don't then it won't be by much and you can trim it with a torch. I found very few that didn't line up in 40 years of building them.

[txfireguy2003]

Your comments show why yo should go with a bolt up unless you know someone in the business. You're thinking 6" but you would be wrong, way, way wrong. 30' span would take a 12"x 19# beam for the center support. If you decide to go weld up then PM me and I'll give you my # and I'll walk you through what ever you need so you get a quality building.

Hey I appreciate it! That's one area where I was unsure, and would have definitely consulted with more knowledgeable folks on sizes of material before starting, that was just a swag, and obviously way off. My actual plan was to go to the local steel supplier and tell them what I'm building and go off their suggestions.

Again, the bolt up building quoted was going to cost more for JUST THE METAL, no flat work, no erection, just material, than I was quoted for a turn key building including all flat work!

It should be a very simple, rectangular building with a roll up door on each end and a 36" man door on one end. I'm needing to get all my gun shop machinery into one building and organized better with space for storage.

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[friscopaint]

Who’d you use to erect?
I’m getting ready to do one in Pottsboro


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Jesus Romo does pretty much every job around Collinsville

[friscopaint]

my nephew said the Rhino bolt ups were much better than Mueller said not nearly as bad about things not lining up.

[bsills]

Anyone have an recommendations for a a Barndo builder around Menard?

[Mr. Whiskers]

what is a ballpark cost of a 60x40 with awnings like the OP mentioned?

Turn Key is around 110,000.00. Concrete is stupid high right now and so is metal unfortunately.

[Drycreek3189]

No dog in this fight, but do yourselves a favor and go with a conventional type garage door instead of the roll up type. It will work fine for awhile then it gets hard to roll up or pull down. I just had mine replaced with a good garage type door. No more shoving and pulling, just punch in a code or push the remote on my sun visor. At my age pulling and pushing ain’t as much fun as it used to be.

[Ætheling]

You know whats stronger than a bolt or weld? Welded bolts

[RdRdrFan]

I’m needing another smaller barn (24x30) and decided I’d try the bolt up kit from Mueller. Called today and salesman told me that they were supposed to be quoting 8 weeks for a standard kit building. Then he told me reality was that it would likely be AT LEAST double that. So minimum 4 month wait……for a standard kit (nothing custom). I understand some of the supply chain issues going on but dang……

[bboswell]

No dog in this fight, but do yourselves a favor and go with a conventional type garage door instead of the roll up type. It will work fine for awhile then it gets hard to roll up or pull down. I just had mine replaced with a good garage type door. No more shoving and pulling, just punch in a code or push the remote on my sun visor. At my age pulling and pushing ain’t as much fun as it used to be.

Installation error. I have 7 roll ups cumulative and none have been problematic over last 10-15 years unless run into with forklift….

[Draco]

I’m needing another smaller barn (24x30) and decided I’d try the bolt up kit from Mueller. Called today and salesman told me that they were supposed to be quoting 8 weeks for a standard kit building. Then he told me reality was that it would likely be AT LEAST double that. So minimum 4 month wait……for a standard kit (nothing custom). I understand some of the supply chain issues going on but dang……

If it's a bolt up then check their standard sizes of buildings. That is always the fastest to get. Also check Metal Mart. Almost identical to Mueller and usually a little cheaper.

[RdRdrFan]

If it's a bolt up then check their standard sizes of buildings. That is always the fastest to get. Also check Metal Mart. Almost identical to Mueller and usually a little cheaper.

Yeah that was their time frame on one of their standard sizes.

I’ll check metal mart as well.