We line the permit up. Whether you need one depends on your county
Permitting is subcontracted to standing partners and managed by us. What we need from you, and what nobody can tell you over the phone.
Whether you need one is a question about your land
It is not really a question about the building. The same 30x40 shop can be routine on one parcel and a months-long conversation a mile away, because what governs it is where the property sits and what the land is classed as doing.
The broad divide is whether you are inside a city's limits or on unincorporated county land, and the two are not close to the same process. Beyond that, use matters: agricultural, residential and commercial are treated differently almost everywhere, and a building you intend to live in is a different application from a building you intend to park in.
This is why nobody honest gives you a yes or no over the phone before they have the address.
What we do about it
Permitting is subcontracted to standing partners, the same way concrete is, and it is managed by us. We line up the drawings and the code work so the inspector sees what they need to see, and you deal with Crestline rather than with a queue at an office counter.
Worth being plain about the shape of that, because it is where other people oversell: there is a sub. What you are buying is that the sub is a standing relationship, the drawings match the building we are actually cutting, and the scheduling is our problem.
What we need from you to start
- The address or parcel, not the town. This is the one that decides everything.
- Whether it sits inside city limits, if you know. If you do not, say so.
- What the building is for, in plain words. Storage, shop, stalls, living space.
- Anything already on the land that has to be worked around, including septic.
The restriction nobody warns you about
A deed restriction or an HOA covenant is not a permit, and no county office will mention it to you. They are separate systems that do not talk, so it is entirely possible to be fully permitted and still not allowed to put the building up — on color, on height, on how far it sits from a road, or on metal siding outright.
That is the one that stops jobs late, after steel is cut, because everyone assumed the permit covered it. If there is any chance your property carries covenants, read them before you approve a design. It costs an afternoon and it is the cheapest hour of the whole build.
The other things people ask
- I already have a concrete guy — why is a slab on my quote?Concrete is subcontracted to standing partners. You can keep your own pourer, and here is exactly what changes if you do.
- 14 gauge or 12 gauge — what am I actually buying?Two quotes for the same size building usually differ here first. What each gauge is for, and when the answer is neither of them.
- Vertical roof or A-frame — does it actually matter?Two hard rules rather than a preference: horizontal roofs stop at 31 ft, and insulation needs a vertical roof to go on.
- Why do 14 ft legs cost more than 12 ft?Taller legs mean longer wall sheet, more frame and more wind load. Tell us the tallest thing going inside and we will tell you the leg.
- Who actually puts it up — your crew or a sub?Erection is subcontracted, the same as permits and concrete. What you are buying is that the scheduling is our problem, not that there is no sub.
- How far do you deliver, and is it in the price?That is what the ZIP box on the quote form is for. Why it is separate, and why a quote without it is not a quote.
- What do you need from me to quote in 24 business hours?The clock starts when we have enough to price against. This is the whole list, so the first call can be the only call.
Send us the dimensions
Width, length, leg height and a ZIP is enough to start. If you would rather say it out loud, the yard is open Monday to Friday, 8AM – 6PM CST.