8 Ways Steel Buildings Are Best for Storage Sheds

If you need more storage on your property, the options available for steel buildings make them the best choice for your needs. Here are 8 reasons that steel buildings make the best storage sheds for your private or commercial property.

Affordability

Steel buildings are among the most affordable options for all types of construction, but that’s especially true of small storage buildings that need little customization and interior finish work. A metal building costs about half the price per square foot as a similarly sized stick-built storage shed.

Speed

If you’re impatient, steel buildings were made for you. While it may take a few weeks for the pieces of your storage building to be fabricated, once you’ve got your metal building on site, it goes up lickety-split. A small 8 x 10 storage shed, for example, can easily go up in a day or over the weekend if you’ve got willing help.

Style

Whether you want something totally unique or a steel building that looks like it was built alongside the house, you can find the perfect style and color for your new storage shed when you choose steel buildings.

Durability

Metal buildings are manufactured to last. Some steel buildings that were erected as agricultural storage and storage sheds in the 1940s and 1950s are still standing more than 50 years later.

Maintenance

That is, lack of maintenance. Garages and other structures made of steel require very little attention in the way of maintenance. You won’t have to scrape and repaint every few years because the powder-coated color on steel buildings is meant to last as long as the building does.

Insurability

Steel is one of the most fire resistant building materials in use today, and steel buildings can be designed to withstand most major weather events in your area, whatever area it happens to be. That makes insurance companies very happy, and when insurance companies are happy, they save you money.

Recyclability

You might think steel buildings are rough on mother nature, but the exact opposite is true. A metal building uses fewer non-renewable resources than most other types of construction, largely because it is made with recycled and recyclable steel. In addition, its relatively lighter weight requires less of a foundation and uses fewer materials than wooden or concrete structures.

Versatility

Look, it’s a garage! It’s a workshop! It’s a home office! No, it’s a steel building Because the interior is almost entirely open space, steel buildings are among the most versatile of any type of building you can erect. So go on, build your storage shed today and know that next year, it can easily become a home office, a pool house or your very own man cave.