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Everything You Need to Know About Steel Framing Homes
Steel framing offers a strong, accurate, stable, and durable framing alternative to traditional wooden frames. In fact, lightweight steel framing is the superior choice for residential construction. Steel frames come in a wide range of sizes and shapes, much more so than standard lumber, and yield a high-quality home.
Most steel construction involves extremely strong light gauge steel. Prepared in a factory and assembled on-site, steel framing can accommodate essentially any structural need.
Buildings can deteriorate over time without regular maintenance and care. Steel framing, however, is a good building alternative because it is known for its ability to withstand common causes of deterioration, requiring low maintenance needs. Your steel building lifespan can increase if you maintain it regularly and address small damage in a timely manner.
There are many reasons why home builders are turning to steel framing as replacements for wood, especially for those who want to leave a smaller ecological footprint.
Steel is a lightweight and high-quality material that weighs less than wood and has many other advantages as a framing material.
Steel has the upper hand over wood when it comes to durability. Steel doesn’t warp or expand, and it can withstand extreme earthquakes and hurricanes because it’s flexible and can bend without cracking.
The lifespan for steel framing with exterior exposures in higher humidity and external pollutants is estimated to be 150 years or more.
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