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Miracle Truss Buildings Review (2026)

DIY building kit supplier using steel web trusses with wood infill

Written by Gary ThompsonSteel Building Research EditorReviewed by Find Steel Buildings Editorial Team

  • Company type

    Building kit supplier

    Hybrid steel-and-wood kit system

  • System

    Steel web truss + wood

    Steel trusses with wood nailers

  • Assembly

    DIY oriented

    Designed for owner assembly

  • Best suited for

    Finished workshops

    Buyers who want to line the interior

Editorial verdict

Find Steel Buildings' Take

Miracle Truss occupies a useful middle ground between steel and timber: steel web trusses provide the clear span and strength, while wood nailers make the building easy to insulate, line and fit out with ordinary carpentry. For a self-builder who wants a finished, insulated workshop or garage rather than a bare steel shell, that hybrid is a genuinely different proposition from a pure tube-frame kit. The company describes the product as US-made, and the model is kit supply — erection and per-state coverage are not published, so plan the labour yourself.

The hybrid system solves a real problem. Insulating and finishing a light steel building means adding framing you did not buy; here the wood nailers are already part of the structure, so drywall, insulation, shelving and electrical boxes attach the way a carpenter expects.

An editorial assessment written from the company's published material listed under Sources at the end of this page. Not a score, rating or endorsement.

Strengths and buyer considerations

Potential strengths

  • Hybrid design makes interior finishing far easier than in bare steel buildings.
  • Clear-span steel trusses give usable, column-free interiors.
  • Aimed squarely at capable self-builders.
  • Engineering documentation supplied with kits.

Things to consider

  • No erection service published — labour is yours to organise.
  • More parts and more assembly time than the lightest tube kits.
  • Coverage is not published by state.
  • Manufacturing arrangements beyond the US-made description are not detailed.

Considerations are scope questions raised by the company's published model, not customer complaints.

Concept photograph of a 40 by 60 foot hybrid building with exposed galvanized steel web trusses over wood framing at an open end bay, beige ribbed steel siding, a bronze gable metal roof and an overhead door; illustrative configuration, not a real project.
40x60 steel-truss and wood-frame workshop configuration.Illustrative configuration for planning purposes only. This image is not an actual project of Miracle Truss Buildings and does not depict work built, supplied, installed, or endorsed by that company.

The bottom line

The costs of that convenience are weight, part count and assembly time relative to the simplest tube kits, plus the same DIY caveat as the rest of the category: the kit is not a building until someone stands it up. Check the design loads for your county, confirm the foundation requirement, and be realistic about how many weekends the erection will take.

What Miracle Truss Buildings builds

  • Garages
  • Workshops
  • Storage buildings
  • Agricultural buildings
  • Barns
Show all 8 building types

Residential & personal

  • Garages
  • Workshops

Agricultural & equestrian

  • Barns
  • Riding arenas
  • Equipment storage
  • Agricultural buildings

Commercial & industrial

  • Commercial buildings
  • Storage buildings

Building systems: Building kits · Clear-span · Structural steel · Post-frame hybrid

What Miracle Truss Buildings offers

  • Steel web truss kits

    Clear-span steel trusses supplied as a complete building kit.

  • Wood nailer infill

    Timber members integrated for straightforward interior finishing.

  • Engineered drawings

    Engineering documentation supplied with kits.

  • Direct sales

    Kits are purchased directly from the company.

  • Delivery

    Kits are shipped to the buyer's site.

How buying from Miracle Truss Buildings works

  1. 01Confirm loadsGet local snow and wind criteria before selecting a model.
  2. 02Plan the interiorDecide insulation and finishing now — the system's advantage is easiest to use when planned.
  3. 03Build the foundationMatch the base detail exactly to the kit's requirement.
  4. 04Schedule assemblyLine up help and lifting equipment for truss setting.

Building systems in practice

A steel web truss carries the span while integrated wood members provide fixing surfaces. Structurally the steel does the work; practically the wood is what makes the building livable, because every subsequent trade can use standard fixings.

Compared with post-frame, the hybrid gives cleaner clear spans; compared with all-steel kits, it costs more but finishes far more easily. If the building will be insulated and lined, that comparison usually favours the hybrid.

Published market coverage

Marketed reach

Kit supply — coverage not published by state

The evidenced model is DIY kit supply. No installation service or state-level coverage is published.

  • Base state

    Minnesota

    Company-associated location

  • Product

    Steel truss kits with wood infill

    Company-described hybrid system

  • Assembly

    Owner-assembled

    Designed for DIY construction

  • Erection service

    Not published

    Arrange your own crew if required

Only the published kit model and system description are treated as verified.

What to confirm before you buy

  • What design snow and wind loads apply to your address?
  • What foundation does the kit require — slab, piers or knee walls?
  • How many people and how long does assembly take at your building size?
  • What documentation is supplied for permitting?
  • What is excluded — doors, windows, insulation, fasteners?
  • How is the kit delivered and offloaded?

Engineering, delivery and construction

Ask which drawings are supplied and whether they are sealed for your state — permit requirements, not the kit design, are the usual obstacle for DIY buyers.

Pricing and warranty

No published price list. Request written warranty terms for the steel components, the timber components and the cladding separately.

Counting the cost of finishing, not just framing

Buyers comparing kit prices rarely price the finish. Insulating and lining a bare steel building means adding girts or furring, then insulation, then a lining board — labour and materials that never appear in the kit quote.

If your building will be heated or used as a workshop, add that finishing cost to every quote before comparing. Hybrid systems often start higher and end lower once the interior is included.

How Miracle Truss Buildings compares

Compare kit against kit on assembly effort and finishing cost, not on the sticker price alone.

VersaTube Building Systems

Steel building kit supplier · TN

Company type
Steel building kit supplier
HQ
Clarksville, TN
Building focus
Slip-fit tube kits
Published geography
TN base
Why compare

Lighter, faster all-steel alternative.

Hansen Pole Buildings, LLC

Steel building kit supplier

Company type
Post-frame kit supplier
Building focus
Post-frame packages with sealed plans
Why compare

Different system aimed at the same self-builder.

Comparison fields are drawn from each company's own published material. No ranking, score or winner is implied.

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Frequently asked questions

Steel web trusses combined with wood nailers, so the building has steel's span and timber's ease of finishing.

No erection service is published. The kits are designed for owner or contractor assembly.

That is the system's main advantage — the wood members give standard fixing surfaces for insulation and lining.

Engineering documentation is supplied with kits. Confirm it meets your jurisdiction's submission requirements.

No standard figure is published. Truss setting needs help and lifting equipment; plan more time than a small tube kit requires.

Sources · review date not recorded

This review is written by Find Steel Buildings from the company's own published material. We are not affiliated with Miracle Truss Buildings and hold no customer-review, rating or complaint dataset for it, so none is presented here.