it's been a few days since we shot a
video. This morning we're in Gilbert, this is Sentry Builders and we're
out this morning talking with Chet about Five Things to Avoid When Purchasing a
Steel Building. Chet what are those five things? The First one is the "Deal" Don't do the deal right up front. You know if you call around online somewhere or something You're going to typically find
a steel building company that the salesmen will tell you they've got some kind of
special deal for you. That if you lock in the steel price today or give them a deposit to lock it in that
they're going to get a special thing for you. The problem with that is that you've
just called them out of the blue, and all of a sudden they got some special deal. You're not any more special than any other customer. What they're trying to do is
push you into something and so just use your common sense; Don't let somebody push you into
something too fast and the special part of that deal is probably the commission
that that salesman is going to make if he locks you into that price today. The next is code compliance. You know the fact that you own the property in the United States especially in Arizona
where we are doesn't always mean that you can build
exactly what you want to on your property The building department, regulatory,
agencies, flood control, environmental services they all have a part in that
and they want to they want to determine what you can build what you can't So the first thing that I would do is
take an 8 1/2" by 11" piece of paper just put on there, draw out your
property, sketch your property. Put the house on up put your shop on it that you want to build or your building that you want to build If you've got a swimming pool, other sheds or something put that on 81/2" by 11" piece of paper You can draw just as simple as that can be take it down to the building department Find out which building apartment you are first. Take it down to them
sit down with somebody down there and see if there's any things that are
going to throw up roadblocks to you getting your building done Next is be
prepared before you put any kind of a deposit on a building or sign on the
dotted line, one of the most important things is for you to decide
exactly what you want in your building How tall do you want to be? How deep do
you need to be,? What size the door opening needs to be for your RV or for
your truck to come into. How many walk doors you want how many windows you want
those things if you can decide those in advance and have those ready before you
start talking to somebody about a building it will help you to get the
best price for your building and lock it in at the best rate you can. Some things
that you might want to consider is what that was a height of your fifth whee
trailer or your motorhome if you are park something like that inside How deep do you need it to be? We had a guy one
time that wanted to use his shop for an archery range and so he needed a 65-foot
long building to to fit that archery range in How many windows? How are you gonna
ventilate? If you're going to cool the building or heat it, whether you want
insulation in it and how thick and heavy that needs to be whether you're going to
insulate your doors or those kind of things the next point that you need to think
about is what's included and what's not a typical steel building package will
include the steel structure and the engineering for that steel structure
will probably also include the door openings like the big door opening, roll up
door openings What it doesn't include typically is the
concrete engineering you may have to have that done locally.
It probably, it may not include the windows and made on it put the actual
doors themselves or the openings may be there but not the doors it may not include the unloading of the
steel If you buy a steel package online you
may have to have a forklift there to unload it when the one the truck arrives but if you can list those, if you can get
those in writing from your salesman before you ever sign on the dotted line
so you know exactly what's included and what's not then you're in a much better position to
bargain with your salesman than before that before you sign on the dotted line than
you are afterwards The last of these 5 points is to NOT over pay up front some steel building companies will require a sizeable deposit before you order the building and maybe even
another deposit after the building's put into production but before it's
delivered you need to make sure that the initial
deposit that you pay is no more than 25% percent of the building price That's about the industry, thats the
high end of the industry average for professionals if you pay more than that what the this
steel building company is doing is they're front loading that contract
which means they've got their profit they've got most of their commissions
and their incentive to perform to make sure that you get what you want is gone
and so you become yesterday's deal and they're more
focused on today's deal with the next deal if they do then I'm serving you as
a customer so if you if you disregard the first
four points this please don't let this for this fifth
when get by you because this may be the most important don't over pay up front don't pay for things before their
delivered make sure the work is done before you get it paid for you'll be happy that you did This has been Chet Wilkins with Sentry Builders doing a video on a building in Gilbert Arizona
for Diane's a beautiful building Its a 35' x 35' building has 14' eave Its got a 3:12 pitch on the roof and
we're just about done with this we're doing some awnings on the outside of it and its been a really nice project for
Diane thanks
