Versatube Building Systems

I found the framing to be of high quality and the fit pretty much perfect. Being a USA Company I made every effort to overlook the shortcomings, mainly service. My problem manifested when I realized that a few items were missing within the kit, mainly the instructions and anchoring. After several days of conversation with Veristube which could better be described as argument and countless promises to return my calls with needed information I gave up and purchased the needed items at a extra cost elsewhere. It really a shame to have such a nice product and loose the customer experience and recommendations of the customers by burnt out employees. I could have had this built on my land for $ 100 less with a different company. I would not purchase again. Live and learn.

I purchased the Summit 24′ x 30′ x 10′ garage kit from Versatube and feel it’s a good quality building that I would recommend to a friend.
I built it mostly alone and it’s not that difficult just very time consuming fitting all the pieces with the 2750 screws that came in my kit. It took me 5 full weekends to finish including the doors.
Overall it was a good experience and have no regrets even with a few bumps along the way. Customer service was great and want to give a special thanks to my salesman Ty Sampson who always responded quickly with any questions or concerns I had. He is an asset to the company.

I have 3 of these buildings, and I live in San Diego. The best part is you can assemble it yourself. No leaks on 2of them but the 3^rd one for a car cover I made 35feet long And where the two overlap it leaks. But Probly cause I didn’t put enough screws in it and being horizontal overlap. Caulking fixed that problem. I got 9 years on my first 24×45 foot work shop and not one issue. My neighbor got one from Indiana for 32 thousand dallors I beam construction. I only payd 15 thousand. Love it.

I purchased the Frontier Garage Package in a 24×30 last July for install in NW Pennsylvania. While reviewing their reviews on their site, it made it sound so easy to put this thing up. My Rep, Richard John, was helpful, however, I am not a builder so I had to bone up on the lingo to fully understand the scope of the project and the requirements of the foundation and structure before I could choose the tube size and the metal gauge. I went with the 2×3 tubing and 5 rib 26/​GA with a vertical roof and horizontal sides. I poured a 6″ 30×36 slab to build this on. I ordered the Frontier system which features horizontal panels in the hopes of «matching» the siding on the house it sits behind. I ordered boom service on the sheet metal and lift gate for the tubing (both extra charges) Fed Ex delivers the tubing; the metal comes by way of the manufacturer (Fabral).
I went with the «condenstop» flocking on the metal panels to avoid having to insulate after erection. So far, no condensation issues :)
I have a 10″ wide driveway between my two houses into a back parking lot. Had quite a few semi’s in there to demo a barn & 8 old garages and a few concrete trucks to pour the slab. Fed Ex did not want to deliver the tubing to the garage site, they wanted to drop it in the street. I finally got them to agree to bring it back to the site. Be specific when you order so they KNOW where they’ll be delivering and make sure you have lots of room. Fed Ex sent ONE driver to deliver 15′ long bundles, which in my case were two, weighing 1000 lbs each. The driver was equipped with a HAND TRUCK and had to maneuver these bundles onto a lift gate that was 4′ deep. Needless to say, one bundle made it off, the second had to be hand unloaded by ME and the driver. Boy was I tired after that!
The metal arrived from Fabral and at this point I was expecting the worst and was pleasantly surprised by the great boom service. Versatube just needs to send the tubing that way. Be prepared to properly store the metal panels if you’re not going to erect the building right away. You’ll void your warranty. If you store outside, you need to use a breathable cover and separate the panels to prevent moisture locking between them.
I assembled a team of 4 contractors who are «no joke» when it comes to construction, to put this thing up. They had erected a few metal buildings and gave it a «no problem» it’ll take us a day to a day & a half. First thing I noticed is that Fabral sent instructions and Versatube sent an instruction booklet and the instructions conflict. Versatube dictates paneling from top to bottom; Fabral, bottom to top. After a very frustrating first day for the boys on my team we had the skeleton in place. (Note, we placed rolled roofing between our tubes & the concrete slab to prevent moisture from seeping up from the concrete & deteriorating the tubing and sealed the bottom of the tubes with Vulkem).
The second day the boys began with the panels. We read both instructions, the boys agreed with Fabral’s instructions over Versatubes but were afraid to deviate from Versatubes so we paneled from top to bottom. Needless to say, I wasn’t very happy when the bottom piece had to be cut so now I have cut metal on the bottom where snow sits. (It’s in the # 1 snowiest city for 2014) In mine and the boys’ opinion, the vertical panels make much more sense for ease and less cuts. If I had it to do all over again, I would have went with verticals. It took the boys 3 days to erect the structure and they said «We’ll never do another one of these, ever». In their opinion, the instructions were not clear and some didn’t make sense from a construction point of view.
Installing the trim package (I went with red siding & white trim) we were short one piece and so they pieced together scraps on the back side of the roof line. Maybe I’ll have Versatube send me a piece. After everything we went through, we had 7 extra panels (15′ long) so at least I have some replacements when the lowers start to rot out. I also want to point out when you order the trim package, the trim color you choose will be all of the vertical trim pieces on all four corners as well as your roof trim. I would have preferred the vertical corners were «red» as the siding but they are white.
Immediately after we finished I sealed the entire ground edge to concrete with Vulkem to prevent leaking and corrosion. I also shot foam insulation into the corners at the metal ribs of the panels and roof line on the inside to prevent rodent entry (vertical panels would not have some of these issues). I installed a 8×16 roll up aluminum door with opener and a man door which constantly leaked along the bottom (yes I sealed the hell out of it) I finally put a screen door on it and it solved the problem.
In closing, So far so good, we had a wicked winter and the place is still standing. I’ll keep you posted! Hope this helps!