Farm Building Kits - no building permit required

[Rob Tucker]

Insulated R-20 roofing panels are available for those that want, but they cost more.

[kalakoa]

but they cost more

I want. How much is "more" on an M400?

[Rob Tucker]

Probably about $5,500. It is commercial grade roofing. The kind used on cold storage facilities in the Mojave Desert.

[Rob Tucker]

Just got the bill for the warehousing. I might have to raise the prices some next month. Just FYI.

[Rob Tucker]

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Originally posted by The_Saints

Rob, is there any data available about the permissible floor loading?

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I just got the engineer's calcs in. The floor has a dead load of 13 psf and a live load of 50 psf for a total of 63 psf.

[Tink]

Rob, do you use the same anchoring, or sill nailing pattern using a powder actuated nail gun into,a concrete slab so one may use it as a garage/workshop and still meet seismic or wind load requirements? Also, is there a kit without the subfloor framing and sheathing to achieve same?

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[Rob Tucker]

Up to this time we are using precast concrete pier blocks and these are drilled for the placement of expansion anchors (provided). There is a choice to be made as to building the floor 18" off the ground (with the post and shear system provided) or to set it low on pre cast blocks.

Could it be assembled on a slab? That could be done but would be a custom modification of the plan which is completely up to the owner. I can't subtract a floor system from a building kit and just take on storing the floor for ages unsold. But the floor system could easily be put up as a deck. Decks under 30" in height are also exempt from the code and permit.

[EightFingers]

How do they do near the ocean (like within 500 ft) I'd like one, but the salty air sure messes with steel.

[Rob Tucker]

I'm not sure how to give an easy answer. Galvanized steel is what is used on the offshore oil rigs. You can't build with wood without building with steel too.

500 feet off the shoreline is rife with problems. I've put a Castleblock houses within 50 feet of the shore on Molokai and it has done well over the last decade.

My basic position is that nothing made by man cannot be defeated by nature but we can do much better today than we have in the past.

I would advise that a galv. steel building would do at least as well as any other but the location would require some extra efforts and long term attention to observation and maintenance.

[EightFingers]

...observation and maintenance....

Pretty much what I do all the time anyway. At least I don't live oceanfront! I probably would have to paint it.