Steel Buildings On Clearance – Can You Get a Sweet Deal?

If you’ve been looking at websites that sell steel buildings as garages, workshops, storage buildings and for other residential uses, chances are that you’ve run across at least one dealer site offering “clearance prices” on certain steel building styles and sizes. They proclaim that prices are slashed, you’ll get half off for a limited time only – and to prove it, they’ll often have a huge graphic of the “regular price” slashed out with a big red X and the new, lower clearance price listed right below it. Is it for real?

Probably not, according to most industry insiders. The fact is that steel buildings are nearly always designed and fabricated to order. That means that it’s not at all likely that any metal building dealer has any pre-fabricated steel buildings taking up room in his warehouse. And if he actually does, chances are good that the building he’s got sitting there won’t meet the building standards and codes for your area. The plain fact is that “clearance sales” on steel buildings are probably no more than high pressure sales tactics at best, and at the very least, using deceptive sales tactics by slashing an inflated “regular price.”

That’s just one of the things you should understand if you’re looking for a sweet deal on a steel building for your property. Here are some other things to keep in mind when you’re shopping for a good deal on a metal building.

“Everything Included” May Not Mean What You Think It Does

It’s not that steel building manufacturers are lying to you. It’s just that “everything” may not mean the same thing to you as it does in the construction industry. The price you’ll be quoted for your “complete” metal building will usually include everything you need to put up the shell of your garage or storage building, including the frame, the wall panels, the roof panels and the trim that fits over the seams at the corners and roof joins. Unless they’re specified in the contract with the metal building manufacturer, it will probably not include windows and doors – though it will include the openings for the doors and windows that you designate, and it very probably will not include the shipping charges.

You CAN Build It Yourself, But It’s Not As Easy As They Make It Sound

If you’re generally handy and have a few strong, generally handy friends, and your building is small enough, you probably can erect the steel building you buy without professional help. Some city and town governments, however, require that steel buildings be professionally assembled, and if the building is bigger than a workshop or storage shed, you may find it difficult to wrestle the heavy pieces into place without the help of some lifting equipment.

The most important thing you can do when shopping for storage buildings, garages, barns and other steel buildings is research. The more you know and understand about the business, the more likely it is that you’ll get the building you want out of the deal.