Can cold steel become a cozy home for your favorite animals? Pet shelters and farms around the country will answer that question with an unequivocal and enthusiastic yes. Steel buildings are among the most popular choices for organizations and private homeowners who build kennels, barns and other types of animal shelter. What makes steel buildings so popular with farmers, animal lovers and pet owners? Here are just a few reasons that steel buildings are a great choice to house animals.

Choose Your Size

From small storage building size to dairy farm barns, steel buildings can be built in just about any size you need. Larger buildings are ideal for use as barns for larger animals, while smaller buildings can easily house dogs in a kennel or cats in a shelter. Whatever size you need, you can purchase and erect a metal building to suit it perfectly.

Design Your Floor Plan

The interior of steel buildings are completely unencumbered by support posts and beams. That means you can customize the interior to suit the needs of your animals and your needs to provide them with the best care. You can build stalls along the sides, divide up the interior with walls and create a food storage and equipment area with fencing or modular wall systems. You can even create a sheltered dog run inside the kennel for exercising animals on days when the weather is inclement.

Spend Less on Building

Steel buildings are among the most affordable types of construction on the market. While the cost of steel may be higher than some types of wood framing, the construction costs offset the difference. Overall, you can often build a metal building for close to half the cost of a wood or masonry building. Those savings can be meaningful if you’re an organization trying to devote your budget to animal care.

Expand As Needed

If you find you need more space in the future, steel buildings are generally very easy to expand, as long as you have the land for expansion. In most cases, you’ll only be able to expand lengthwise, so be sure to situate your building to allow the expansion if you expect to need more space in the future.

The interior of your steel building can also be customized as you want to make it more comfortable for the animals. Insulation, electricity and accessories are all you need to turn steel buildings into great domiciles for animals.