| The question as to whether metal building kits are | | | | finished, he had what he originally wanted. |
| something most people can actually assemble on | | | | The next time I dealt with metal building kits was |
| there own is a good one. It reveals an underlying | | | | when I purchased and built one of my own. It |
| truth about the confidence, or lack thereof, that | | | | was a large one with windows, a pedestrian door, |
| most have when it comes to taking on a larger | | | | and a garage door. I was feeling pretty confident |
| project like putting up a building. It's not something | | | | going into the project. I saved quite a bit of |
| all that shocking. It is a relatively common | | | | money on my purchase and was pretty excited |
| experience to have big ideas about what we can | | | | to have some extra storage space on my |
| do, only to discover part way through it that we | | | | property. I thought it was a good idea to have |
| really shouldn't have started in the first place. Of | | | | another covered area for my old truck project |
| course, when that happens we have to go into | | | | and for my Harley. I was right. Anyway, the big |
| "get out of it however you can" mode. As applied | | | | day came when the kit arrived. We unloaded it |
| to metal building kits, that means getting a | | | | and got familiar with the plans. We had prepared a |
| contractor or friend who knows what they are | | | | concrete foundation in advance of delivery so we |
| doing to come help you finish it. | | | | were good to go. |
| The first time I was involved with metal building | | | | As we started working, I remembered helping my |
| kits I happened to be in the role of friend who | | | | friend with his job. I remembered that the thing |
| had the tools and know-how to go save a friend | | | | about assembling metal building kits was to lay |
| of mine who got in over his head. He had | | | | everything out, verify that all the needed |
| purchase the kit thinking he could assemble it with | | | | materials and tools were at hand, and then follow |
| no trouble. The thing was, he didn't even have | | | | the instructions carefully. So, that's what I did. The |
| basic tools. He didn't have a socket set. He had no | | | | frame assembly took no time at all and before I |
| wrenches. I don't think he even had a saw. I think | | | | knew it we had it bolted to the foundation and |
| he just had a screwdriver and a hammer. In his | | | | were moving on to covering it. I was happy with |
| case, he clearly should not have attempted such a | | | | how quick and easy assembly really was. I don't |
| large do-it-yourself project. He made a bad | | | | have a lot of construction experience, but even |
| decision. I think the marketing behind the product | | | | so, the windows and doors went in smoothly and |
| misled him and it just wasn't a good fit. In the | | | | worked great. |
| end, we were able to make the best out of a | | | | If your confidence is high going into a project like |
| potentially bad situation. We all had a good laugh | | | | assembling metal building kits, and you have the |
| out of things at his expense (something we still | | | | tools and help you need, then you will have no |
| get mileage out of), but when the building was | | | | trouble at all. |