Steel Buildings for Storage and So Much More

Has your lawn and garden equipment outgrown the few feet of space you’ve allotted in the garage? Do you wish you had a place to entertain friends with movies and parties? Do you need a place to store the equipment for your spa or pool? Steel buildings just may be the solution for all of those needs. Today’s modern, pre-engineered steel buildings are in use all over the country as  garages, garden sheds, barns, and home workshops – as well as for more exotic uses, such as music studios, home theaters and guest houses. Why should you consider a metal building for your storage or space needs? There are a number of excellent reasons.

Barns

Once upon a time, barn raisings were an occasion for all of the folks from miles around to pool their talents and put together a barn for one of their neighbors. These days, steel barns are rapidly taking the place of old wooden barns that require constant maintenance and upkeep – and thanks to the ease of assembling pre-fabricated steel building kits, it’s not unusual for neighbors to gather to erect a steel barn just as they used to do in the old days. Metal buildings eliminate a lot of the problems to which wooden barns are prone. Steel doesn’t rot, become infested with termites or need to be repainted every few years. Steel roofs don’t cave in – many of them are guaranteed for 50 years or more. And because steel isn’t flammable, they’re much safer for the animals and equipment stored inside them.

Garages

Steel garages cost about 40% less than conventional garages, but cost is only part of the attraction to those who decide to erect a steel building to garage their car. New technologies allow for steel buildings that fit right into your neighborhood’s general style, just as a conventional garage does. Pre-fab metal building kits can also be used to construct one-, two- and three-car garages, often by the homeowner with some help from friends – as long as the city or town where they live allows it. Steel garages are designed to meet all the applicable building codes and standards of the location where they will be erected. They’re precision engineered to handle heavy wind, heavy snow loads and even earth tremors.

Most steel buildings only require a concrete slab foundation, which greatly reduces the cost of building a new garage, barn or other out building on your property. No matter what your needs are, consider the many ways a steel building can meet them far better than just about any other sort of construction.