Problems to Look for with Metal Buildings

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Oh the woes...why can't folks just do a good job!?
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My goodness! I should have known I'd have problems. I just wanted to believe that it would go right. But nope, start looking and start finding. I wanted to show this to all of you as a lesson, for the basic little things you should be looking for. Not just the items I've shown here, but you have to pick these things apart and look it all over. If you don't know what you're looking at, research and figure it out. Don't just ask the contractor, as they'll be inclined to tell you it's not big deal. Ask questions, and figure it out!

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@ivokolev3222 11 ай бұрын

Fair play to you. Thanks for sharing your experience. Good luck

@rikcastillo7605 10 ай бұрын

I was wondering why your panels are horizontal and mine are vertical? Mine is 30x40 same tubing and assembly as yours but ive never had any leaks. Im installing my own windows.

@andrewwalker208 3 жыл бұрын

I’m about to have one of these built and I was debating whether to have them install windows or just frame the openings for me to put my own windows in. You helped me decide that I’ll add my own and take a bit more care.

@TomBrueggen 3 жыл бұрын

Just use the proper closure stripping and flash them well and you should have no problems

@allencolvin4320 Жыл бұрын

All the issues you mentioned, especially the flashing between the foundation and the outside wall, is simply not there! I feel a bit ripped off with the contractor that put up my building that I bought it from! Too cheap to caulk, flash, or use filler strips on the outside corner trim! It is honestly less headache for me to fix it myself, than to get attorneys involved! For $16k to have a 24x30 building and they are that fucking cheap!

@izzypalominos3960 2 жыл бұрын

Uggghhh Maan, that makes my blood boil! I have the exact same issue I'm to the point of hanging small window awnings outside. All they do is caulk and take months to come out... have you resolved it yet nice building mine is similar

@TomBrueggen 2 жыл бұрын

The fourth round of caulk finally stopped it up, but I do think window awning would be a smart addition. However, proper closure stripping and flashing from the beginning will minimize risk as well. I finally had to get quotes from three other metal building contractors on how they would fix it, and settled on a middle ground with the company that sold me the building. They knocked $1000-1500 off the final bill, I don’t remember exactly. But all the games and excuses along the way hardly made the last little discount feel worth it. I’d have far preferred it done right the first time and paid full price and been done.

@izzypalominos3960 2 жыл бұрын

@@TomBrueggen agreed! I'm glad to pay for something done right but when it's thrown together makes you bite your tounge. Thank you for the reply, sounds like I got some caulking to do!

@rf4215 Жыл бұрын

Did he mention the brand?

@shaunadams5201 Жыл бұрын

I’m having the exact same problem for my cabinet shop I just had put up.

@davidlynch4805 Жыл бұрын

Did you get this building from Boss Buildings (NC Carports)?

@TomBrueggen Жыл бұрын

Nah but they’re probably all the same. There’s 100’s of companies out there that are just salesmen peddling these building kits, then subbing the work to underpaid crews to throw them up quick and cheap (and wrong).

@av1204 3 жыл бұрын

I just purchased same type from Carolina Carport but with vertical siding. We will see how high my blood pressure can go.

@TomBrueggen 3 жыл бұрын

Just make sure they put proper filler strips in the corners and around window and door openings. If these gooners would have used the proper foam closure strips on install we wouldn’t have had any of these issue. I hope your experience is better than ours. Good luck!

@av1204 3 жыл бұрын

@@TomBrueggen me too. I'm probably going to be very annoying to them as I don't take short cuts on work.

@TomBrueggen 3 жыл бұрын

@@av1204 if it’s anything like our arrangement, there are several layers of people involved in the project. The guys that actually come install the building are merely paid to install the kit that they were given. If the kit doesn’t come with proper closure strips, they don’t use them. Go back to the person that sold you the building and verify these details with them.

@joshhassler 4 ай бұрын

Hows it standing up now a couple years later?

@TomBrueggen 2 ай бұрын

We finally stopped the leaks and the rest has been great. Now and then it seems like we get a small leak from the roof but they seem intermittent and hard to trace due to the foam insulation.

@joshhassler 2 ай бұрын

@TomBrueggen thats good to hear! But could it be condensation any chance?

@shawndoyle6460 2 жыл бұрын

I messed up and didn't do a brick ledge... and water intrusion is bad...

@TomBrueggen 2 жыл бұрын

Is the metal flush with the concrete or comes down on top of it? The manufacturer told me to do the brick ledge and then the installers tried to stop the metal at the top of the brick ledge. I made them come back and slip a piece of flashing up behind it all the way around to ensure the metal overlapped the brick ledge. I’d your metal is flush with edge of slab then you could do the same. I guess even if your slab extends a bit past the metal you can do a Z flashing.

@dougmoore7116 4 жыл бұрын

That’s what you get for running the tin horizontally.

@TomBrueggen 4 жыл бұрын

I thought about that. But really it’s what we get for using a cheap building company. Basic weather stripping and deeper trim would have prevented this.

@allencolvin4320 Жыл бұрын

Yeah....for sure!

@nt1428 Жыл бұрын

Im going through this right now 7 windows leak. The company top rank steel structures is a joke! Been to fix them 3 times they still leak...

@TomBrueggen Жыл бұрын

Good luck! It’s BS they do this. Typical crap when you get too many salesman involved and don’t pay subs well enough.

@grdelawter4266 Жыл бұрын

You said in less than 2 minutes, it shouldn’t be that complicated but apparently it is for you because rain NEVER sprays up against the windows, it’s falling from the sky downward! Those are not waterproof submarine windows!

@TomBrueggen Жыл бұрын

I think it may be complicated for you also. I stated in the video I was spraying ABOVE the windows, and letting the water run down over them. Just the same as would happen in a hard driven rain in a thunderstorm which we get on a regular basis here. I never jetted water up from below or in from the sides. Only sprayed above and let it run down naturally. Sorry for my attitude, but you started it. 😆

@user-oy3vt2lq5j Жыл бұрын

What an absolutely asinine comment.