How big a workshop can METCO put up on a Pickens County lot?
A METCO shop building is clear-span steel from 12 feet to 60 feet wide, which means a 40 by 60 shop has no interior posts anywhere on the floor. Leg heights go from 9 feet to 12 feet, and the 12-foot option is the one to look at if you need to clear a two-post lift, a boat on a trailer or a stack of lumber on a forklift. Framing is galvanized steel, 14-gauge as standard, with 12-gauge available when you want a heavier frame for a wide span or for exposure on an open ridge above Pickens or Liberty. The roof and walls are 29-gauge panels that METCO roll-forms from raw coil at its plant in Farmville, NC. Because METCO manufactures, delivers and installs the shell itself, you are not lining up a builder; your only outside trades are for the wiring, plumbing, insulation and interior finish you add afterward.
Where is the METCO lot on Calhoun Memorial Hwy in Easley?
METCO's Easley sales lot is at 4314 Calhoun Memorial Hwy, Easley, SC 29640, on the US 123 corridor that runs from Greenville through Easley toward Central and Clemson. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9am to 5pm. Call METCO's main line at (252) 375-3651 to reach the Easley lot. Pickens, Liberty, Central and Powdersville are all a short drive along US 123 and the state routes that feed it. Bring the footprint you have in mind and the lot can go over leg heights, door sizes and the choice between 14-gauge and 12-gauge galvanized framing before you order. A quote is figured from current steel pricing, usually within 24 hours, and the lot will tell you up front whether your site in Pickens County will need certified wind and snow load drawings. All 28 METCO lots are listed at /locations/.
Does the Blue Ridge foothill weather around Easley affect a steel building?
Northern Pickens County climbs toward Table Rock and the Blue Ridge Escarpment, and while Easley itself is Piedmont, sites up toward Pickens and the mountains see heavier winter precipitation, more wind on exposed slopes and quicker runoff on steep ground. Two things follow for a metal building. First, whether a county requires engineered drawings for wind and snow load varies by jurisdiction and building size, and METCO will tell you before purchase whether your parcel needs certification rather than leaving you to find out at the permit counter. Second, site prep matters more on a slope: the pad has to be cut level and compacted, and the red clay common across the Upstate should be graded so water leaves the building rather than sitting against it. A gravel pad works for many barns and equipment covers; a concrete slab is the usual base for a shop with a lift.
What drives the cost of a metal shop in Easley, and what happens after you order?
METCO quotes each building rather than publishing a price sheet, because the cost moves with the choices you make. The biggest drivers are footprint and leg height, 14-gauge versus 12-gauge framing, certified engineered drawings if your county requires them, the number and size of roll-up doors and walk doors, and the site work and foundation you arrange before delivery. Interior finish-out is a separate cost handled by your own trades. The simplest way to get a number is to build the shop in the 3D designer at /builder/, or describe it by phone, and a quote from current steel pricing usually comes back within 24 hours. After you order, METCO manufactures the panels and framing, delivers to your Easley-area site free within 100 miles, and the crew typically has the shell standing within days. Rent-to-own with no credit check is available on qualifying buildings.
Is a METCO metal building only for shops, or for garages and barns too?
The same clear-span steel frame that makes a shop works for every other building METCO sells from the Easley lot. Two-car and three-car garages with roll-up doors, carports for trucks and boats, RV covers with leg heights up to 12 feet, hay and equipment barns for the farms around Liberty and Six Mile, and storage buildings for a landscaping or contracting business all use 29-gauge panels on galvanized framing. METCO also sells barndominium shells and commercial buildings for buyers who want to finish a larger space themselves, and 29-gauge metal roofing and siding panels for a re-roof or a lean-to. Because widths run from 12 feet to 60 feet without interior posts, you can pick the footprint to fit the lot rather than working around a column layout. Every building is delivered and installed by METCO, with no builder required for the shell.
