THIS BUILDING IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE--IT HAS BEEN SOLD!
So ... you need a house (or shed, shop, studio, etc.) and don't have much money? Have I got a bargain for you ...
We really goofed (this is not a commercial pitch, I promise), and bought an incredibly nice, strong, well-made steel S-Model quonset hut back in March of this year. After we got it, we decided that we got way ahead of ourselves, and really ought to have put the money into finishing our new house before putting more money into a studio/shop (which is what we bought the building for). So, here it is August. The building has never been erected or even taken off
pallets, and we are short of cash to finish our strawbale house before winter. Here's where the bargain comes in to play. We paid almost $6000 for this building on sale (and honestly, it was well worth it), but because we are desperate, we will
sell it to you for $3800. You can check around, but I seriously doubt you will find another one this size and quality for less. If you do, you
should grab it because
that deal won't last!
Here are the specs (also check out my Craigslist ad if you are interested in seeing some actual pics of the pieces that make up the building -- although since it is still in pieces on pallets, there isn't much to see that will help you,
Craigslist ad for our steel building) The short, straight walls are almost 6' tall (actually 71.38") so you have full head room over the entire interior space -- which is 20' x 25'. It is 16' tall -- which means you have
enough room to put in a loft that you can walk around in over a 14' x 20' space and still have plenty of below 6' space for storage or low furniture on each side. It is made from heavy gauge Galvalume steel with incredibly deep corrugations for strength (the corrugations on the arches are 7-1/2" deep and the end wall corrugations are 3-1/2" deep). It is rated to withstand 115 mph winds, so definitely not a flimsy structure. The one end wall has a man-door cutout but no door. (Doors can be found a lot cheaper locally than buying from the manufacturer of the building!) The other end is open -- we planned to face it south and frame it with
wood so we could better customize for doors and lots of windows.
Here are some similar buildings finished in different ways to give you a better idea of what it would look like when actually put up and completed. The basic building is shaped sort of like a loaf of bread, in that it is a quonset hut sitting on short straight walls instead of being curved right from ground level. This shot shows the same model -- but with
different dimensions and with a large door ours doesn't have.
These show some of the options for end wall finishes ...
Some constructions shots, showing that you don't need cranes or fancy equipment to put one up -- just ladders, maybe some scaffolding and possibly a simple pulley system. (No single pieces weighs more than 40 lbs. so the top weight it could be for a single arch is only around 240 lbs. since each arch contains 6 pieces.
Slightly different model, same idea ...
Miscellaneous shots for ideas ...
Well, you get the idea ... Let me know if you're interested or have any questions I didn't
answer in my Craigslist ad or here. Thanks for looking!