Whether you need a metal garage, workshop, barn, RV cover, or something completely custom, sometimes it’s easier to visualize than explain. Thankfully, you can put your pencil and scratch paper away because we now have a free 3D builder that helps bring your vision to life.
Here’s how to use it:
1. Enter Your Location
When you first open the 3D builder, you’ll be asked to choose the state where the building you’re designing will be. This is important for two reasons:
- Some features are only available in certain areas.
- Pricing varies by state.
Providing your state allows you to design your own metal building for your area accurately and allows our building specialists to get you an accurate quote when you submit your design.
2. Choose Your Style, Size & Sides
After you click “start building,” you’ll see a standard 20’x20’x12′ carport waiting for you to make it your own.
On the right side of the screen, you’ll see a list of options, and the easiest way to use the program is to start from the top to the bottom of that list.
STYLE
When you click “Style,” you’ll get to choose what type of building and roof style you want. If you know you want an enclosed building, we recommend choosing “Garage” and leaving the roof style at “Vertical Style.”
The garages come completely open, so if you add center storage, that’s an extra room that will be closed off from the rest of the building. You can add those to the garage’s back, left, or right.
Side note: Choosing the installation surface won’t change your design, but it will help your building specialist know how to assist you better when they speak with you.
SIZE
The “Size” tab is where you’ll choose the size of your building. You can select the structure’s:
- Width: In increments of 1′ up to 60′
- Length: In increments of 5′ up to 150′
- Height: In increments of 1′ up to 16′
The widest steel building we can do is 60′ wide, but we can make a structure as long as your heart desires, even though our builder cuts off at 150′.
SIDES
When you click on “Sides & Ends,” if you’ve chosen the garage style, you’ll see five section options: Front lean, back lean, left lean, center section, and right lean.
A “lean” refers to a lean-to, which some people know better as an extended roof. Lean-tos are essentially half of a building added to the side or end of your garage and can be left open, partially enclosed, or fully enclosed.
Side note: If you include a lean-to, you can go back to the “Size” tab and choose what size you want.
When you choose the option “center section,” that’s where you can choose if you would like the ends and sides of the main unit (garage) to be open, partially enclosed, or fully enclosed.
3. Additional Options
Under “Additional Options,” if you have any panels on your building, you’ll be given the option to keep them horizontal or change them to vertical siding or horizontal lap siding.
Side note: Any building wider than 30′ won’t have the option for standard horizontal paneling and will automatically be vertical paneling. Horizontal lap siding is available for buildings of all sizes in the areas where it’s an option.
The remaining options under “Additional Options” won’t change the design in front of you but will help the building specialist in quoting your building.
If you have any questions about these options and their benefits, contact our building specialists at 888-551-2156.
4. Time To Design
If you’ve gotten down to the “Doors, Windows, and Frameouts” and “Colors” options, you’re ready for arguably the most fun part of this process!
CUSTOM DOORS, WINDOWS & FRAMEOUTS
Once you click on this tab, there are two ways you can add a door, window, frameout, or garage door to your building:
- You can click on the wall where you’d like to place a feature and then click the item on the right side. Once added to your building, you can drag it wherever you want on the wall.
- You can click and drag the item from the right and place it wherever you want on the building.
Side note: If you don’t see the garage door size option on the list, you can put a frameout instead for the size you need and then clarify that you’d like a door there instead when you submit the design.
COLORS
Color garage doors aren’t available everywhere, but no matter where you’re located, you can choose the color you’d like for the roof, trim, side walls, and end walls.
No color costs more than the other.
Side note: Choosing a two-tone (wainscot) on the walls will be an additional charge ONLY if it’s done on walls that have vertical paneling.
5. Submit for a Quote
Once you’ve chosen your colors, you’re ready to submit your design to our team for a quote. There’s another tab that says “Structure Details,” but that’s just the breakdown of your design, which will be emailed to you when you submit your design.
Whether you click “Save” or “Submit for Quote,” your information will still be sent to the building specialists at Bulldog Steel Structures.
If there’s enough information, they’ll send you a quote, and if they need clarification on anything, they’ll call you and then send a quote.
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Our free 3D builder is an excellent tool for you to get a visual of the design you have in your head, but we know you may not have the time to sit down and design your building.
If so, you can also describe the building to our building specialists at 888-551-2156 or online, and they’ll design the building and get a quote sent to you.
What Our Customers Are Saying
I'm really happy with the way my building turned out! Due to living in city limits I had to make changes to my original plan but working with Bryan made it easy. He was great to work with!
Corey Evans
Bulldog Steel Structures is fantastic. We had a 24'x40' garage built with two 10' garage doors, an entry door, two windows and fully insulated for under $16,000. The whole experience was so easy. Our salesman was Bryan Valadez. Bryan was so helpful and was easily available to answer my questions. Rebekah Aldridge handled all the documents and signing of them. The whole process was great. The building is well constructed and the crew that erected it were courteous and cleaned the worksite afterwords thoroughly. They did an excellent job in a time efficient period. Our experience with Bulldog Steel Structures was just great and we highly recommend them.
Mattie Roberts
I'm in early stages, just put deposit on building. I reviewed about 10 quotes and worked with many vendors in the space to assess. Constance from Bulldog Steel Structures made the experience fabulous and was key in our decision making. It's so refreshing to see a company like this have such outstanding client facing service. We are excited and huge shout out to Constance and the team. Bravo!
Max Escuder
I have purchased two structures/buildings from them and have been greatly satisfied. From "idea to implementation" it has gone smoothly. I love the idea of having one single point of contact (Noah) for any questions or concerns. The install crew comes in and gets right to work and the quality is the best I have seen. Highly Recommend!
Ron Barnes
I worked with Bryan Valadez in putting together my bids for a 2000 SF shop/garage. He was great to work with, very quick to respond and answered all my questions and concerns during several very thorough conversations regarding my project. I recommend you give Bulldog a shot when searching for your next building, their pricing was very good compared with some of the others, and they just seemed to have it very together for their process. Great Job, thanks Bryan. Jason
Jason Ford
Showed up on time and excellent quality. Could not be more pleased with the results!
Drew Hood
I called and spoke to Bryan. With some back and forth he helped me finalize the design (40x100 foot print). I placed my order and had to wait for my King County building permit to be issued. Once the slab was completed the installation team arrived with all the pieces. They got right to work and the building was completed in 8 days !!! I would highly recommend Bryan and Bulldog to any one :) Many thanks john in the pacific northwest
John Marcus
Great company to do business with. Would recommend them to others.
Webster Smith
Great to deal with. Building went up with no problems.
Florida Chapter POCI
I had a great experience with Bulldog Steel Buildings. The representatives were able to help me move from the online design to an actual building design to meet my goals. They set up the delivery and installation which turned out great. Installation was scheduled quickly after the foundation was done; and the building was completed within 2 days. Pricing was reasonable, and I'm very pleased with my new building.
David Grover
Bryan was great- honest, helpful, responsive and knowledgeable. I will call him if I ever need another steel building
Allan Brown
This company is the real deal. They go over and beyond to satisfy their customers. It is a joy to work with them. They are very knowledgeable and efficient. I looked forward to finishing my project with them.
David Thomas
Humberto was very responsive and it was a pleasure to work with. He went above and beyond to get delivery scheduled as soon as possible for our 30x50 building. Great company to work with.
Kelly Heckel
Hey folks - these people at Bulldog are real. Noah helped me all the way through - extremely patient and knowledgeable. He answers most often and when he doesn't it's easy to get another HUMAN to speak with. I looked at several companies for this project - I settled on the right one. If you wind up doing business with Brian - you're in luck there to. Outstanding work - worthy of trust.
Randall Drew
I purchased a 26x32 Garage from Bulldog Steel Structures they had it finished in two days. It looks really nice and the install crew was great. I’m thinking of getting another building and I will definitely contact Bryan Valadez again at Bulldog.
Kris Phillips
Great experience from start to finish. The sales process was easy and Casey helped me revise my plans several times to get the right building for my needs. Communication was excellent! The build crew was on time, friendly and professional. Beto took the time to understand what cutouts I needed and why I needed them in the sizes planned. Exceptional work. Highly recommend. Thank you!
Damon Trim
I would recommend Bulldog Steel Structures highly. They are very professional and accommodating. Want to give special thanks to Randall Hall and also matt preslar. They were very accommodating and helping me fill out paperwork and handling things when a timely basis. The building we were very satisfied with and the installers also were very polite and had things done on a timely basis. Thanks again Randall and Matt you`ve got my five star rating
Shirley M.
Bulldog has been great to work with. They explained everything from beginning to end. I live in the mountains of New Mexico and the staff made sure that my garage had the right support needed for this area of the country. I would highly recommend them for anyone building a new carport or gaeage!
Bruce J.
Good design tool on their website. Great customer service.
John S.
Have had nothing but a positive experience with Bulldog! Bryan was super helpful and still is after our install! He still responds super prompt and helpful. No complaints about our structure, as it looks amazing! Installers did a great job and picked up very nicely after they were done. Highly recommend!!
Kristie S.
I have now had my building in place for 3 months and I want to say that the whole team at Bulldog was very helpful throughout the entire process. My salesperson, Matthew, was extremely responsive. He was very helpful with the design phase, where we went back and forth with 3-4 different designs before settling on the perfect one. He always got back to me right away when I had a question. Although the delivery was delayed, understandable with the pandemic, he helped interface with Carolina Carports when I had delivery questions. So far I have no issues with the completed building. No leaks and all the doors are functioning perfectly. I would highly recommend using Bulldog for all your metal building needs.
Mike W.
Frank Rangel was very helpful and respectful. Also very understanding. I was pouring a concrete driveway and trying to put my down payment down. I may of got a little frustrated in the middle of it all. I could see the smile on Frank`s face the whole time! Thank you sir!
Jason M.
This is my second building from bulldog and I`m buying the same building , just different colors. They are great buildings that are strong and economical.
Parke H.
Excellent customer service during my order process, answered all my questions and they were very patient.
Jack D.
The website was very flexible and helped me customize my carport. The Bulldog staff was very prompt and helpful throughout the process.
Dale & Karen W.
Put up a RV cover for me on a concrete pad. Turned out great and the guys cleaned up after the work. Very satisfied. Would recommend these people.
Dan and Linda I.
I love my “She Shop.” It was amazingly easy. I sent an email, made 2 phones calls and it was done. The installation went even easier. Three guys showed up one day and finished the next. They were polite and cleaned up after themselves. My husband’s friends are all very impressed with the construction and materials used but were amazed at the reasonable price. I could not be more pleased. Thank you
DTheressa J.
I visited their website and used the 3D estimator and was able to see my building with doors, window placements, colors,and overall look. When you add or change any feature, including size, you can immediately see the result and change in price (if any). You can rotate the structure to see the overall look and framework. Once I placed my order, it was quickly and efficiently handled and the cost was lower than the estimate on the website The installers showed up early one morning and by noon the next day they had completed the structure. Everyone that comes by remarks on how nice it looks. I am very pleased with every aspect from ordering to installation.
David T.
Delivering & installing throughout the United States
Bulldog’s metal barns, garages, and carports are available for delivery and installation in most of the U.S. Whether you’re a homeowner in Maine, a rancher in Texas, or a small business owner in California, you’ll get to-your-door delivery and professional installation, so your building will be sturdy and reliable for years to come.
