# Construction issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-issues/25420>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 29, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-issues/25420 "2020-11-29T11:31:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![zantanzuken](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zantanzuken/32/10325_2.png) [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-issues/25420/1 "2020-11-29T11:31:32Z")

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trying to create metal bars for a small structure that can still be shot through… i put down wood floor (because the metal bars say they need a ‘floor’) but i still cant build it. does it need a wall next to it as well, as seen in like, gun shops?

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-issues/25420/2 "2020-11-29T12:30:11Z")

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“Known” bug, see here:

> [@Can't build Metal Bars on Any Floor but pregenerated](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-metal-bars-on-any-floor-but-pregenerated/23410):
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> You can’t build metal bars on ANY flooring other than “floor”, which is pregenerated in houses. No buildable floor counts. That’s ridiculous, it should include ANY floor that’s not just dirt.

You can work around this for now by constructing and deconstructing a door frame, leaving a floor behind.

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**Author:** ![zantanzuken](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zantanzuken/32/10325_2.png) [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-issues/25420/3 "2020-11-29T12:32:22Z")

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ah~ for now i just went with chain link fence, cause it was a temporary defense kinda thing anyway (against big stompy boys… but temporary still.)