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Originally Posted by Foozle
I'm getting ready to start figuring all this stuff out as well in order to build a storage facility for my boat, tractor, etc. I have a good friend who is a builder and he is telling me that a steel building would be much more expensive than a wood building because of the significant increase in the cost of metal. Does this make sense? I know commodity prices have increased a lot lately, in part because of higher oil prices, but a previous post said that the metal building was cheaper than wood, so I'm a bit confused on that point.
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Generally wood has gone down in price due to the huge slump in home building. Steel has gone up due to energy costs, the mine owners demanding more $ for the ore, China, and all the other usual suspects. That said, you should research both types and make sure you get what you need. I believe that the bigger the building the more attractive steel becomes.
If you are trying to build a place that has some eye appeal, or looks traditional, you're talking wood. The labor and material that go into the details drive the price way up, but at least you can acheive the look; steel is utilitarian, and that's it.
There's a labor component to this as well; some contractors have the metal thing figured out and run it like an assembly line. Conversely the Amish do the wood thing around here very well.