Tulsa metro · Oklahoma
Metal buildings in Tulsa, OK.
We supply shops, garages, barns, barndominium shells and more across the Tulsa metro. Our work reaches from Skiatook to Coweta, and anywhere else you’re building. The counties around Tulsa permit outbuildings, so plan on drawings, a permit and an inspection.
In-town shop cap, most Tulsa lots
500 sq ft or 40% of the house
Unincorporated Tulsa County
Permits barns
Rogers County
Permits countywide
State code since Sept. 14
2024 IBC & IRC
What people build around Tulsa
Acreage shops and garages go up on every side of the city. Ranch and lake country runs to the north, and commercial and light industrial work follows the corridors.
North: Osage & Tulsa
Skiatook, Sperry and Collinsville sit in lake country, with ranch ground and hay around them.
East: Rogers
Claremore, Owasso and Catoosa mix fast-growing acreage with an industrial corridor.
Southeast: Wagoner
Coweta and the country past Broken Arrow have horse property, cattle and larger tracts.
Across the metro
We supply shops, garages, barndominium shells and commercial buildings throughout the metro.
Tubular is hard to beat on an unfinished shop or ag building up to sixty feet wide. Anything getting drywall goes steel truss. See what a steel building costs.
Metal buildings in Tulsa: the house sets the size
Inside Tulsa city limits, the zoning code caps the combined floor area of detached accessory buildings against the size of the house. On a residential lot, it’s the number that decides how big the shop can be.
RE and RS-1 lots
Accessory buildings can total 750 sq ft or 40% of the house’s floor area, whichever is greater. A 2,500 sq ft house allows 1,000 sq ft of accessory buildings.
Most other residential lots
In RS-2 through RS-5, RD, RT and RM, the limit is 500 sq ft or 40% of the house, whichever is greater. A 1,800 sq ft house allows 720 sq ft.
Going bigger
Anything past the limit goes to the Board of Adjustment. If the design needs it, build the hearing into the timeline.
Small buildings still need zoning clearance. A one-story building of 200 sq ft or less skips the building permit, but it still needs a zoning clearance permit and five feet from other structures. The shop also can’t go up before the house is in place. Give us the parcel and we’ll check the zoning district before the design gets far.
Outside the city limits
Past the city line, the counties on this side of the state still review what you build.
Tulsa County
Tulsa County requires a building permit and floodplain clearance before any structure goes up, barns included. A county driveway permit comes first, and work has to finish within a year of approval.
Rogers County
Rogers County permits permanent structures across the whole county, with drawings attached. Permits run two years but lapse after six months without activity.
Engineering
With drawings going to a reviewer, the engineering package matters more here. Site-specific engineering runs about $2 a sq ft on tubular against $0.75 on cold-formed, which is enough to change the answer on a finished building.
Towns we work around Tulsa
Permitting isn’t the same across the counties. Pick yours for the local detail.
We also serve Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Catoosa, Wagoner and Pryor. See the Oklahoma City metro or all of Oklahoma.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Tulsa 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