Adding to Your House? Think Steel Buildings

Considering an addition to your house? Whether your family needs a new bedroom, a mother-in-law apartment or a home theater room, a steel building could be the perfect solution. Steel buildings are popular choices for garages and workshops, but they’re not always the first type of construction that comes to mind when people are thinking of adding residential space to their homes. That’s a shame, because residential steel buildings offer a whole list of benefits for homeowners who want to add more living space to their homes. These are just a few of them.

Affordability

Steel buildings are more economical to build than structures built of any other material. Steel is nearly always the most affordable building material available, but that’s just the start of the savings. Because pre-engineered metal buildings are delivered ready to erect, they go up much faster than wood frame or masonry buildings, which saves you construction costs. In many cases, a steel-framed addition to your house can be built on a concrete slab foundation, reducing your costs even further. Finally, the cost of ownership for steel buildings – and by extension, steel additions – is lower than the ongoing cost of ownership than any other type of structure.

Durability

When you build an addition onto your house, you expect that it will last decades, but metal buildings are even more durable than wood or stone structures. Every steel building is constructed to meet or exceed the building codes for the area in which they are built, so you can be sure that they’ll withstand the typical weather and environmental events common in your region. The best manufacturers of steel buildings provide warranties on the different parts of their structures that range from 25 years on the wall paneling to 50 years on the steel frames to lifetime warranties on the fasteners used to hold the whole thing together.

Maintenance

Who wants to repaint their building addition a few years after putting it up? When you choose a quality metal building frame for your addition, you won’t have to worry about scraping and repainting for decades. Steel building panels are generally painted with a powder coating method that bonds the paint to the metal rather than floating it on top. It won’t peel or blister, and is generally resistant to rust, corrosion and discoloration. It won’t fade in the sun – and you certainly don’t have to worry about termites.

Whether you want to add a new bedroom wing to your home or build on a new home office, take a look at the many benefits and advantages when you choose steel buildings for your expansion needs.