Steel Buildings for Carports, Garden Sheds and Office Space

If you’re considering building a free-standing addition to your home for any reason, consider the many advantages of steel buildings for use on your property. Whether your addition is meant to house your car, serve as a storage shed or be used as a home office, a steel building could be the ideal solution. Consider these advantages of steel buildings for your residential storage, office and garage needs.

Carports and Garages

A traditional garage needs a foundation and framing and generally requires a contractor for the actual construction. A free-standing steel building is far less costly to erect, and costs less to maintain over the years. Most steel buildings can be expected to last at least 20 years without any need for repainting and no concerns about rotting wood or insect infestation. A simple eight to 10-foot wide Quonset hut is easily big enough to provide protection for a full-size car, as well as storage space for outdoor decorations and garden tools. For more than one vehicle, choose a larger steel building, or add on as your needs increase.

Hobby Room or Workshop

If your hobby requires more space than a tabletop or if you want a dedicated room for pursuing your avocation, a steel building can provide all the space you need for tools, equipment, supplies and projects. Steel buildings are an ideal solution for a home woodworking shop for many reasons. Because they’re separated from the house, you don’t have to worry about the noise of power tools disturbing others in the house, nor do you have to worry about children wandering down the cellar stairs and injuring themselves on your equipment. A large workshop building provides storage space for extra wood and gives you the space to leave all of your equipment set up and ready for use. Steel buildings are also ideal for use as a sewing room, a potter’s barn or for any other hobby or profession that benefits from dedicated space.

Home Offices

More and more people are working from home, and finding that setting up a home office in a spare bedroom or on the dining room table is a very unsatisfactory solution. Building a separate home office can be very expensive, but steel buildings can greatly reduce the cost. A DIY steelbuilding can provide the privacy and separate quarters you need to work at home without interruptions. Most manufacturers will work with you to design a building kit that includes all you need for electrical wiring and even plumbing, as well as insulation to ensure your comfort while you work. And while most people think of steel buildings as bare bones Quonset huts, they’re actually available in many styles and designs, including designs that will fit right in with your home and landscaping.

If you’re considering adding a separate building to your home for any use, talk to a manufacturer or vendor of steel buildings to learn about their many residential uses.