Need Cost Efficient Housing and Storage Space? Choose Metal Buildings!
Have you noticed how many metal buildings are out there? You very well may not have, as metal buildings blend in so well with their surroundings. Metal buildings are put to use in so many different ways, even as church buildings; your own house of worship may have had its start as a metal building.
Metal buildings have several features that make them an attractive choice for housing and storage. High on the list are strength and durability. The materials used for metal buildings are highly resistant to strong winds, snow and rain, as well as extreme weather conditions like hurricanes and tornadoes and natural disasters such as earthquakes. They are also easy to heat in the winter and cool in the summer; the prospect of keeping utility costs down attracts churches and schools to metal buildings as a cost effective way to house a congregation or a building full of students.
Metal buildings are also remarkably easy to construct, given the size of some the metal buildings kits. You basically lay the foundation and raise the support beams, rafters and metal sheeting for roof and walls. You frame windows and doors at the same time as you construct the walls and finish them off in the latter part of the assembly process. Of course, this process takes place over several days, but it’s much quicker than laying brick or concrete block walls!
Let’s take a look at a few of the basic metal buildings designs. Who hasn’t seen an example of the Q metal buildings series, which is based on the classic Quonset hut design developed during World War II? The arched roof Quonset design is widely regarded to be one of the strongest in architecture. No wonder the military loved these metal buildings for housing troops and equipment in the field. Today, they provide 100 percent usable space for grain or farm machinery storage, horse and livestock housing, and airplane hangars.
P series metal buildings offer a more traditional design featuring straight sidewalls and an arched roof that is perfect for housing a backyard workshop or garage or a guest cottage. The A series of metal buildings is engineered much like the P series, with the exception of a 4 to 12 pitch roof designed to withstand heavy wind and snow.
Metal buildings in the S series boast of high sidewalls and a rounded arch roof that provides 100 percent usable vertical and floor space for light commercial and manufacturing uses, recreational vehicle storage and use as fire stations or airport refueling stations.