Work shops and storage

This building features eave light panels which is a translucent panel installed just under the eave overhang.
This feature allows natural light in and avoids potential problems that may come with installing these panels in the roof.
Translucent panels come in only a few choices like white, clear and green and may make it difficult to choose a roof color to coordinate with, and while care is taken when they are installed as roof panels, any time there is a transition from one panel to another there is the potential for a leak.
The material used to make these panels are of the highest quality and if a customer wanted these installed in the roof, we would not hesitate to use them.




The roof pitch of this building is a 5/12 pitch designed to match existing buildings.
A 4/12 pitch is the most common for these types of buildings in our area.
A steeper pitch usually gives the building more character as does the boxed end overhang as shown with these three examples.




This building has four 10' ridge vents.
They are about 8"-10" high and allow heat to escape to the outside.
They can not be closed off.
An option that costs less is a vented closure that is installed just under the ridge cap.
This type of closure is similar to the standard closure that is normally installed.
It allows airflow but prevents blowing snow or rain from getting under the ridge cap.



All of the examples here have overhead doors instead of sliding doors.
The overhead door gives a tighter seal, and I think a cleaner look, and can be latched or locked from the outside while a slider is designed to be latched from the inside only.
Openers are also options that only overhead doors allow.
As for the cost, depending on the style, overhead doors are very close in price to sliding doors up to about a 10x10 in size. Once you get into the larger openings like a 12x16 for example, the sliding doors are always cheaper.
An overhead door needs a threshold to close down on like a concrete floor/apron.