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NE Wisconsin | When we built our shop (50 x 80 x 20' sidewalls) our contractor offered a hybrid building (steel columns and trusses with wood framing). The cost of this building was equivalent to an all wood structure. It gave us the advantage of extra ceiling height for hanging lights and a high volume low speed fan. We were also able to install a column mounted jib crane which saved us floor space and extra concrete work compared to a floor mount jib crane. I personally feel the door framing is much stiffer and we also had more ceiling height available for taking the doors up. The R-factor may be slightly lower than all wood construction, but the overhead doors (28'W x 16' T & 20' W x 18' T) are really the biggest source of heat loss anyways. | |
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Wood v.s. Steel
