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Advice on new metal carwash bulding
- Thread starter SHINEY3
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I've got a steel building. I feel it is okay as along as you use a better material inside the bays. Rust sucks!
captain cw
Member
Line the bay walls with NuForm wall panels
robert roman
Bob Roman
Yes, consider a modular or pre-engineered building.
Steel is economical but consider some of the dissadvantages.
1) You are making a considerable investment in land and F&E and the most visible aspect of the site will be a tin can. Unless you embellish the exterior and interior with a lot of gingerbread, your image will suffer.
2) Steel will eventually rust and perforate whereas fabricated panels, aluminum and glass won't.
3) Some modualr and pre-engineered buildings qualifiy for accelerated depreciation, permanent steel buildings do not.
Steel is economical but consider some of the dissadvantages.
1) You are making a considerable investment in land and F&E and the most visible aspect of the site will be a tin can. Unless you embellish the exterior and interior with a lot of gingerbread, your image will suffer.
2) Steel will eventually rust and perforate whereas fabricated panels, aluminum and glass won't.
3) Some modualr and pre-engineered buildings qualifiy for accelerated depreciation, permanent steel buildings do not.
Waxman
Super Moderator
Sometimes, as in my case, first-time investors who create their own business plans and do not illicit the services of a carwash consultant must try and save $ wherever they can. Cost savings were the main reason I chose a metal building.
I was attracted to the ribbed steel look to me I didn't compromise on appearance. My building is also about 1/3 concrete (4' foundation wall).
New construction is tricky, especially for first-time investors.
I guess it depends on your long-term goals for the project, too. Many businesspeople who own real estate look at the life of a project and the value of the land vs that of the business and its improvements. Some investors want to use up the assets making money; if the building wears out, so be it. Others may want to create a family business with longevity of everything, including buildings and machinery.
There's no one right answer here.
I was attracted to the ribbed steel look to me I didn't compromise on appearance. My building is also about 1/3 concrete (4' foundation wall).
New construction is tricky, especially for first-time investors.
I guess it depends on your long-term goals for the project, too. Many businesspeople who own real estate look at the life of a project and the value of the land vs that of the business and its improvements. Some investors want to use up the assets making money; if the building wears out, so be it. Others may want to create a family business with longevity of everything, including buildings and machinery.
There's no one right answer here.
brodygirletz
New member
Waxman
Super Moderator
metal interior walls are great for ss bays but not auto bays.
when i rehabbed my iba i had wooden walls and ceiling framed in. I used trex for bottom plate of walls and faced them with extrutech plastic. awesome result!!!
I love the metal building overall. I coat beams and perlins with woolwax to prevent rust. Ss bays have open ceiling to the roof. When the bottoms of the walls get rusty you can easily trim out patch pieces and screw them in place to make it look better. That's what I did as evidenced in the pictures attached
when i rehabbed my iba i had wooden walls and ceiling framed in. I used trex for bottom plate of walls and faced them with extrutech plastic. awesome result!!!
I love the metal building overall. I coat beams and perlins with woolwax to prevent rust. Ss bays have open ceiling to the roof. When the bottoms of the walls get rusty you can easily trim out patch pieces and screw them in place to make it look better. That's what I did as evidenced in the pictures attached
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