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My wife and I have decided to erect a metal building at the back of our house. We hope it will become something of an all-purpose building. We have discussed this idea for a few years and I think we have finally made the decision to proceed with construction.

My plan for the building is strictly as a winter storage building for my summer recreational vehicles. No, not an rv – we’d need a much bigger building. I have an atv and a seadoo on a trailer that I’ve left outside for a couple of winters now, and I would really like to see them inside out of the ice and snow. My wifes plan for the storage building is so she can set up her quilt frames and have a permanent location for quilting from spring until fall. So there would be a once a year change over and cleanup, but both of us would have a spot for each of our hobbies.

So we’ve figured out exactly what we want our metal building to accomplish. Now we need to figure out the details. The first is to determine a size that will be big enough to house all the winter storage items (keeping in mind the chance that I’ll be getting a second seadoo in the next year or two), and also big enough for the largest quilt that my wife would want to work on. The quilt frames are 10′x10′, but she typically only has half rolled out at once. But adding chairs and space to move around, I think we’ve decided that we’ll go with the slightly more expensive size of 20 by 16 feet.

The next decision will be the placement of the metal building. We have differing opinions on this topic. As I will be using the building strictly for storage I want the building to be at the far end of the lot. As my wife will go regularly between the metal building and the house she wants it to be as close to the house as possible. This issue remains outstanding and will likely only be decided at the last minute.

We also have talked about whether or not we should wire the building or not. I didn’t think it was required, but it only took a few minutes to decide that regardless of how close it was to the house, lighting and outlets are pretty much a necessity. It also gives us the option to add a space heater if it gets cold in the late summer evenings.

That is pretty much it for our metal building plans to date. Since we’ve already chosen the model, we just have to finalize the price (our model is available from a few different vendors), and then get the site ready. Once that is done, we’ll arrange delivery and installation. We are both looking forward to our new storage building, but it’s funny how it’s for different reasons each.