Missoula County · Missoula & the Bitterroot
Metal buildings in Lolo, MT.
We supply shops, garages, equipment storage, barns and more across Lolo. Our work reaches from town up the creek drainages and out to the acreage around them, and anywhere else you’re building.
Permitting
Missoula County
Ground snow
Set by site
Farm buildings
Risk Category I
Roof snow minimum
30 psf
What people build in Lolo
Valley lots and creek-side acreage, with the snow load changing as the ground climbs.
Shops & garages
Unfinished and under sixty feet wide, tubular steel is usually the answer, sized for the snow at your site.
Equipment storage
Settle the door before the footprint. Every two feet of eave above twelve adds roughly five percent to the frame.
Barns & hay
Barns and hay storage go up on the acreage. Red iron takes over past eighty feet.
Barndominiums
Steel truss is the fit. Drywall attaches to the frame, so there’s no second wall to build.
See what a steel building costs for real per-square-foot ranges.
Permitting metal buildings in Lolo
County jurisdiction
- Lolo is unincorporated, and Missoula County runs its own certified building program.
- County Building Division: 406-258-3723.
The cover sheet
- Permit plans list the design criteria on a cover sheet: code year, site-specific ground snow, 105 mph wind, Seismic D0 and risk category.
- Ground snow comes from the ASCE 7-22 Hazard Tool, with a 30 psf roof minimum.
Agricultural buildings
- They house equipment, hay, grain, livestock or other farm products, and aren’t lived in, used to process products or open to the public.
- They fall in Risk Category I, and on land classified as agricultural they can be exempt from a permit by application.
What counts as an agricultural building matters. Missoula County draws the line narrowly: storage for equipment, hay, grain or livestock, not a place people live, process products or visit. Stay inside it and the building carries a lower risk category and may qualify for an exemption. We design to the use you actually have.
We also serve Florence, Clinton and Frenchtown. See Missoula & the Bitterroot or all of Montana.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Lolo project.
Tell us what you’re planning and where you’re building. We’ll help you work out the next steps.
- Tell us what and whereSend us the size, how you’ll use the building and the address.
- We check the siteWe confirm who permits the address and which code and loads apply.
- You get a clear recommendationWe recommend the frame that fits and price it against the alternatives.
Or call
417-218-8348