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ecmn | walters buildings has a 50 year full warranty on there poles.
with any luck we are taking down a couple pole buildings this summer and the poles have been in the ground since the early 50's on the one shed and 60' on the other.
I have dug up enough trees and old poles that the poles in the ground is not what goes bad its the pole right near the surface.
if you have a good treatment on the pole you have 50+ years easy. if you get a menards or one of the other price conscious builders treated pole is where you get the short life.
pole buildings are like anything else you get what you pay for.
I like steel buildings because its what I worked in. but they aren't as efficient as a wood building. if money was no object I would do an icf building.
when looking at pole buildings I would look at how the company measure tin thickness for the roof some measure with paint on and get 29 guage, others measure with no paint and get 27 guage.
how do they measure lumber quality? how does the weight of the rafters compare? how does the warrenty compare? pro rated, full life, loop holes..?
do a BBB search of the company you are looking at and google for complaints of the companys you are thinking of using.
personally I would plan for X size building and find a premium company. to stay in budget I would take away square feet before I skimped on the building.
Edited by easymoney 4/6/2014 08:26
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Wood v.s. Steel
