Choosing Steel Buildings as Animal Shelters

Steel buildings make great churches and garages. They’re popping up all over the map as retail stores, factory building and workshops. But can they make a comfortable home for your favorite animals? Ask just about any farmer that question and he’ll look at you like you’re crazy. After all, steel buildings are the most common option for organizations that build kennels, barns, stables and riding arenas. Here are a few of the reasons that people who love animals love steel buildings.

Pick A Size, Any Size

Whether you need a kennel for four dogs or a barn to house a dozen horses, you can find a steel building that will be ideal for your use. Steel buildings are available in widths from 20 feet to 100 feet and lengths as long as you want. Just let your metal building supplier know how big you need your building to be and poof! You’ll have what you need.

You Want to Put What Where?

Forget about interior posts and beans. Most steel buildings don’t need them and won’t have them. That means that you can design the floor plan you want for your barn, shelter, stable or kennel. Build stalls along the walls, design the walls to hold racks of cages or add a food storage area at the back – you’ve got a completely unobstructed interior to design around. This makes them even more popular for use as riding arenas and similar uses, where there’s not only plenty of unobstructed room for practice – there’s also not a bad seat in the house for those times when you have an audience.

More Money for Important Things

Steel is the most affordable building material available, and steel buildings are among the most affordable types of construction you can erect. In most cases, you can put up metal barns or animal shelters for about half what it would cost you to build a wood or masonry structure. If you’re trying to devote your money to taking care of animals, those savings can add up to a lot.

Grow Your Buildings s You Grow

The most common styles of metal building are easily expandable lengthwise. Since they don’t require dug foundations, making your building longer can be as easy as pulling off the end cap, adding another unit and putting the end cap back on to close things up again. It’s one of the least expensive ways to add more space to a building you’ll ever see.

Finally, you can customize the inside of your steel building with all the accessories and finishing you need to make it a cozy, comfortable place for your animals. For more information about using steel buildings as barns and animal shelters, talk to a supplier or manufacturer of quality steel buildings.