FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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What people ask us before they call — about custom homes, barns, shops, barndominiums, additions, quotes and where we work.
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Working With Us
Quotes, timing and how a job runs.
How do I get a quote?
Fill out the form, or call or text (615) 326-5991. Tell us what you want to build and where. We'll follow up within 24 hours, come walk the site, and put a written quote in your hands after the walk. No trip fee.
Is the quote really the price?
The quote spells out the size, the materials and exactly what's included, and that's what you pay. If you change the scope, or we open a wall and find something nobody could have seen, we stop and talk to you before anything changes — you'll never find it on the invoice first.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Blue Collar Built is licensed and insured, and our custom homes are built with our licensed partner builder, who qualifies our licence. Ask and we'll send you the paperwork with your quote.
Do you build custom homes?
Yes. We build turnkey custom homes on your land with our licensed partner builder: permits, site work and foundation, framing, every trade and the finishes, then the keys. You keep one point of contact the whole way. See custom homes.
Do you use subcontractors?
We run a local crew, and the people who quote the job are the people who build it. Our custom homes are built with our licensed partner builder, and where a job needs a specialty trade, we coordinate it and stay responsible for the result. Either way you have one point of contact.
How long will my project take?
It depends on what it is, the site and the weather. A post-frame shell is one of the fastest buildings there is to put up — typically weeks, not months, once materials are on site. A custom home, barndominium or addition runs in phases over a longer stretch. You'll get a real schedule with your quote, and we'll tell you the moment something moves it.
Barns & Barndominiums
Post-frame questions.
What is a post-frame barn?
A building carried on heavy posts set into the ground or on brackets above grade, instead of on a continuous foundation. Trusses span post to post, purlins and girts tie it together, and metal roofing and siding close it in. It's what most people mean by "pole barn," and it's the majority of what we build. More on our post-frame barn page.
Do I need a slab before you build a barn?
No. The posts go in first and the building goes up over bare ground or a gravel pad. You can pour a slab inside later, pour part of it, or keep a gravel floor for equipment and hay. We'll set the building so a future slab works.
I already bought a metal building kit. Will you put it up?
Yes. If you've bought a kit from a metal building supplier, we can set the posts, fly the trusses and dry it in for you.
What's a barndominium, and do you build the inside too?
A barndominium is a barn-style shell — post-frame or stick-framed, with a metal roof and siding — finished out as living space, often with a shop under the same roof. We build the shell and full metal envelope, and we can carry the interior framing and finish carpentry as far as you want, or hand a dry shell to you and your subs. See our barndominium page.
Additions, Framing & Where We Work
The rest of the list.
Can I live in the house while you build an addition?
Usually. Most of the work happens outside until the tie-in; when we open the wall we contain the dust, keep a path through the house and keep water and power on outside of short, planned shut-offs. See home additions.
Do you frame for builders and project managers?
Yes — labor-only or furnish-and-install. Barndominium shells, roof and truss packages, additions. You supply the plans, we supply a crew that's on site when we said we'd be. See framing.
Where do you work?
We're based in Dickson, Tennessee and work across Middle Tennessee — Dickson, Charlotte, White Bluff, Burns, Bon Aqua, Centerville, Columbia and Franklin most often — and further for the right project. See the full service area.
Do you charge to come look at a job?
No. Honest quotes, no trip-fee surprises. We'd rather see the site and give you a real number than guess over the phone.
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