I have a good friend who is a house builder. He built a metal building and said the cost for the company was close enough he should have let them assemble it over his crew.

The screws being problem into the metal: be sure you use proper screws. My first metal roofing had wood screws and boy were they hard to start. Ended up predrilling holes. Next order came in with the proper screws, big difference. Be sure you use magnetic bit.

I drilled my shed post and ran about 5/8 rebar through the post making a cross and poured concrete. Settling has not been an issue.

100 Amp main? Depending on your machines and if by chance you were to happen to have a couple of friends over or your shop were to become a business I rather have a little larger service. In my part of the world a 200 Amp service is standard. But hey we like Air Conditioning, and total electic here.

If you are trenching from house be sure to run phone and cable for TV and extra conduit for just in case.

I wish you well. kt

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