----- Original Message -----
From: "Rush" <jdrush@enter.net>
To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Pioneer Steel Buildings
>
> Steve Shipley wrote:
> > At 03:48 PM 8/14/2004 -0400, Rush wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone on the list have a shop like this?
> >> http://www.pioneersteel.com/home.php A guy near my house has built one
> >> and it is very impressive. Completely free span with no trusses. The
> >> skin doubles as the frame. Simple tools can be used to build one.
> >>
> >> If the development I live in didn't have a restrictive covenant
> >> against steel outbuildings, I'd be building one for myself.
> >
> > The site mentions wood or concrete side walls. Do your covenants
> > specify roofing materials?
>
> Nope. My covenant has holes you can drive a semi through. I'm going to
> guess you are about to advocate camouflaging the steel to make it more
> palatable. I thought about it, but by the time I buy enough materials to
> cover the shell, I could have it stickbuilt.
>
> > Jeez I hate covenants. I wonder how many freedom loving patriots
> > willingly live under that kind
> > of oppression.
>
> I entered into it knowingly, always planning on stickbuilding my shop,
> since that is the type of construction work I was comfortable with. I
> never considered a building system like this.
>
> I'm not down on the covenant, since it keeps those rusting, collapsing
> eyesores of dimestore metal sheds out of my line of sight.
>
> > Waving my blue tarp for freedom,
> > Steve Shipley
>
> I'm sure we could get into a long debate over covenants vs. freedoms,
> but true freedom allows you to choose to band together with like-minded
> individuals to carve out a lifestyle that is pleasing to you. I'll take
> covenant communities over bureaucratic zoning any day, as long as the
> covenants are well written and enforceable.
>
> Jon
Jon
What I think Steve Shipley was trying to convey was: build stem walls and
then park the building on top of the low stems walls and call the building
"a roof"......that is, if the covenants allow for metal "roofs".
Steve Hammatt
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