My Metal Building Plans

By Adam Pink

After a few years of talking about it, it's finally time for my wife and I to make some final decisions about getting a storage building for our backyard. We both have different ideas about what we will use it for, and even though the metal building will be doing double duty, both ideas will work together.

This will be a building that we both share. For my purposes, I need a winter storage space for my atv and seadoo. After spending a few winters now outside with just a tarp for protection, I decided it was time to get some proper storage. My wife would like a large summer workshop of sorts - she would like to be able to set up her quilting frames without having to roll them in or move them out of the way all the time.

Deciding that we wanted a building was easy, the next step was to agree on a few important aspects before deciding on the particular metal building that we would have installed. Size is the biggest concern - we don't want it to be too big ( for space and cost reasons), but it makes sense not to skimp and then run out of room 2 years down the road. Based on how big the quilting frames will be when they are set up, and allowing a good amount of space to move around, I think we've decided on a wide one car garage size - 16' x 20'. That should be big enough for my toys, including another seadoo if I decide to get another one.

Where the storage building will go was the next big decision we needed to make. This is important for a number of reasons. One is obviously location - my wife would like it close because she'll be going out there a lot. I want it a little further away to leave more space around the house. Another reason is the cost to run electrical, and possibly water. And lastly, I don't really want the building in a low spot where water would cause problems. We haven't really made the final decision on this yet.

We also have talked about whether or not we should wire the building or not. I didn't think it was required, but it only took a few minutes to decide that regardless of how close it was to the house, lighting and outlets are pretty much a necessity. It also gives us the option to add a space heater if it gets cold in the late summer evenings.

Now that we've gone through the planning process of what we both want to use the metal building for, where it will go, and the features we need, we both are pretty confident about narrowing down the particular model that will suit us both. Once the site is chosen and prepared, it won't be long before we get our new metal building delivered and installed, and we can both start using it! - 21392

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