Prefabricated Metal Buildings Solve Your Storage Problems With Ease
Monday, December 28th, 2009You should look into prefabricated metal buildings if you are planning an expansion of workshop or storage space. Prefabricated metal buildings are versatile, easily assembled, affordable and constructed from materials strong enough to withstand the harshest weather conditions.
S series prefabricated metal buildings work wonderfully as large workshops or garages. With its high sidewalls, rounded roof and beamless support as its major selling points, you can understand how popular this design is for garages, workshops and storage buildings. S series prefabricated metal building kits come large enough to house an RV or boat or an 18 wheeler, if you drive truck for a living. Fire departments even use them for their fire stations. Commercial and industrial shop owners like the S series prefabricated metal building for its capacity to house small manufacturing operations.
Check out the P series of prefabricated metal buildings if you are looking for smaller, more personal space. This design gives you high sidewalls and arched roof ideal for use as a garage or backyard workshop and can be customized to match the outside of your home. Some people even use them as guest cottages, believe it or not. The A series prefabricated metal building varies slightly from the P series in that its roof is constructed to a 4 to 12 pitch to resist buildup in heavy snow and wind areas.
Last, but certainly not least, we have the Q series prefabricated metal building, which is modeled after the iconic Quonset huts of the World War II era. The huts were developed to house troops and equipment while in the field and became so popular with servicemen that many purchased the surplus huts after the war for their personal housing. Universities also purchased some of the surplus for overflow student housing.
Prefabricated metal buildings are not hard to assemble. Kits come with an easy to follow manual of instructions for completion of your prefabricated metal building in less than a week. Laying the foundation is the longest piece of the puzzle. Once you have laid either concrete beam supports or a full concrete floor, the rest is a matter of assembling the beams, rafters and metal sides and roof and customizing with doors and windows, wiring and insulation.