Anderson & Roane counties · Knoxville area
Metal buildings in Oak Ridge, TN.
We supply garages, shops, barns, barndominium shells and more across Oak Ridge and the counties around it. Our work reaches from Clinton to Kingston, and anywhere else you’re building. Oak Ridge spans two counties, so outside city limits the county line decides whose rules apply.
Counties
Anderson & Roane
State residential code
Houses, not shops
Farm buildings
Exempt from state minimums
Permits
Confirmed by address
Inside Oak Ridge, the city’s rules apply. Outside it, we confirm Anderson or Roane County’s requirements for your parcel.
What people build around Oak Ridge
Established neighborhoods fill the city, and ridge-and-valley acreage and lake country surround it.
Detached garages
Garages on city lots are sized around the house, the setbacks and the slope.
Acreage shops
Tubular is hard to beat on an unfinished shop up to sixty feet wide.
Boat & RV storage
Storage near Melton Hill and Watts Bar lakes needs tall doors and clear height.
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 and red iron. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting metal buildings in Oak Ridge
Tennessee leaves most of the rules for shops and farm buildings to cities and counties.
Inside Oak Ridge
- The city’s own permit and zoning rules apply inside city limits.
- We confirm the permit requirements and setbacks for your lot with the city before drawings.
County ground
- Tennessee’s statewide residential program covers new houses, not detached garages or outbuildings.
- Non-residential farm buildings are exempt from the state’s minimum building standards.
- Zoning and floodplain rules can still apply, so we check your parcel.
Engineering
- We design to the wind, snow and seismic loads at your address using the ASCE 7 hazard tool.
- Our generic engineering packages are wet-sealed, and occupied buildings are Risk Category II.
Three possible rulebooks. A lot near Oak Ridge can fall under the city, Anderson County or Roane County. Give us the address and we’ll confirm which one governs it, and what it allows, before you settle on a size.
We also serve Clinton, Oliver Springs, Kingston, Harriman and the acreage between them. See the Knoxville area or all of Tennessee.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Oak Ridge 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