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Since 1999, Willie Kimmons has been selling and building Wick Buildings in Merrill, WI and the surrounding area. As a trained building professional, Willie will consult with you about your project and work with you to make every step of the building process easy. He has the skills and experience to guide you through the many design options for agricultural, commercial, residential, and equestrian buildings.
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Each of our buildings is built by a trained and professional Wick Buildings crew. When you choose Willie Kimmons and Wick Buildings, you can count on receiving detail-oriented and customer-focused services. He strives to provide each customer with an exceptional buying and building experience.
Quality Building Materials, Always
The strength of the structure starts with its foundation, which in the case of a post-frame building are the laminated columns. The columns carry the weight of the building, providing the “legs” that support and stabilize everything above ground.
Like most building materials, laminated wood columns come in different strengths. It’s important to understand that size alone doesn’t measure the strength of a column; there are several factors involved:
Wick uses only machine stress rated (MSR) lumber that meets a minimum strength requirement for all column lumber material, both in-ground treated and above ground untreated. Wick also utilizes an optimal stitching pattern with a 4 foot overlap and plates when splicing long columns. This construction method, when combined with the machine graded lumber, results in columns that are at least 75% stronger than columns utilizing #1 or #2 visually graded lumber.
“Because we spent a considerable amount of time touring barns and planning out our general floor plan based on our personal needs and use, we were looking for a company to build our horse barn and riding arena that would be willing to work with our specific requests. Wick Buildings and Willie Kimmons were exactly the right choice for us. All of our ideas were met with a “can do” attitude from designing a structure to accommodate a barreled entry ceiling and true light dormers over the horse stalls. When planning the details of the building, stalls, windows and doors, we weren't simply choosing between options A, B, or C. We were working with a team to custom design a facility specifically suited to us and our needs. We found the entire staff and crew that we came in contact with to be extremely courteous, conscientious, and dedicated to producing a first-class quality building. The end result is a horse facility that not only provides for a safe and healthy environment for our horses, but also a beautiful facility that we can also enjoy. Wick builders were a pleasure to work with and we would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for the best!”
- Lynne and Race F., Hazelhurst, Wisconsin
Wick uses only machine graded or machine evaluated lumber for all structural components such as truss members, columns, girts and purlins.
In addition to the visual benefits of cleaner lumber with less bark and knots, it's at least 15% stronger than regular lumber so you'll see less maintenance down the road.