Rutherford County · Nashville metro
Metal buildings in Murfreesboro, TN.
We supply garages, shops, barns, barndominium shells and more across Murfreesboro and Rutherford County. Our work reaches from Smyrna to Christiana, and anywhere else you’re building. In Murfreesboro, an accessory building permit can carry the county’s school facilities tax and city impact fees, so we price them in from the start.
City permit
Any size
From the house
5 ft minimum
Extra costs
Facilities tax & impact fees
County code
2024 IRC
Inside Murfreesboro, City Building and Codes issues permits. Unincorporated Rutherford County permits through the county’s Building Codes Department.
What people build around Murfreesboro
The city keeps growing outward into farm ground, so new neighborhoods sit next to working farms across the county.
Detached garages
Garages on city lots are sized around the house, the setbacks and any easements.
Acreage shops
Tubular is hard to beat on an unfinished shop up to sixty feet wide.
Farm buildings
Hay barns and equipment storage serve the farms in the outer county. Red iron takes over past eighty feet.
Finished space
Steel truss takes drywall directly, so there’s no wood wall to build inside the steel.
We also work in cold-formed steel. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting metal buildings in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County
The city and the county each run their own building codes office, and the city line decides which one you deal with.
Inside Murfreesboro
- Any accessory building needs a permit, whoever does the work.
- It has to sit at least 5 ft from the house. Closer than that, it counts as attached.
- Applications go to Building and Codes at City Hall, 111 W. Vine St., and can take up to two weeks.
Unincorporated Rutherford County
- The county inspects accessory buildings to the 2024 International Residential Code, as amended.
- Building Codes is at 1 South Public Square, Room 101. Call (615) 898-7734.
Owners & engineering
- A homeowner can pull their own permit for work at their primary residence.
- Our generic engineering packages are wet-sealed, and occupied buildings are Risk Category II.
The permit isn’t the only fee. Murfreesboro notes that accessory structure permits may be subject to the Rutherford County Schools facilities tax and city impact fees. On a larger shop that’s real money, so we confirm what applies to your address and put it in the comparison before you commit.
We also serve Smyrna, La Vergne, Christiana, Rockvale, Eagleville and the farm ground between them. See the Nashville metro or all of Tennessee.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Murfreesboro 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