La Crosse County · Western Wisconsin
Metal buildings in La Crosse, WI.
We supply garages, shops, farm buildings and more across La Crosse County. Our work reaches from La Crosse on the Mississippi out to the ridge farms toward Holmen and West Salem, and anywhere else you’re building.
Garage roof pitch
4:12 minimum
Look
Similar to the house
Over 17 ft
Carriage house rules
County permit over
100 sq ft
City figures are City of La Crosse rules for residential lots. The county figure covers county-zoned land.
What people build around La Crosse
City garages sit on the river flats, and shops and farm buildings go up on the bluffs and ridges.
Garages in the city
In La Crosse, the roof pitch and the look of the house shape a garage before its size does.
Acreage shops
Unfinished and under sixty feet wide, tubular steel is usually the answer, insulated or not.
Farm buildings
Machine sheds and hay storage go up on the ridge farms. Red iron takes over past eighty feet.
Commercial
Cold-formed suits permitted, occupied buildings with a finished eave.
See what a steel building costs for real per-square-foot ranges.
Permitting metal buildings in La Crosse and La Crosse County
Design in the city
- Detached garage roofs are framed to at least a 4 in 12 pitch.
- A garage is built of similar materials and looks similar to the house.
Height and size
- A detached residential accessory building can’t stand taller than the house.
- A garage over 17 ft is a carriage house, with its own design and size requirements.
- On a residential lot under 5,000 sq ft, a detached garage tops out at 500 sq ft.
La Crosse County
- A zoning permit is required for any accessory building over 100 sq ft, or any size in floodplain or shoreland.
- How many accessory buildings a lot can hold, and how big, depends on the lot’s area.
- A building not used only for farming counts as a residential accessory building.
In La Crosse, the roof pitch is set by the city. Detached garage roofs have to be framed to at least 4 in 12, so a low-slope roof won’t pass. We set the pitch to meet the rule before the building is priced.
We also serve Onalaska, Holmen, West Salem, Sparta and Tomah. See western Wisconsin or all of Wisconsin.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your La Crosse 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