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6 RV Maintenance Tips You Need to Know

6 RV Maintenance Tips You Need to Know

According to RV owners, the typical RV owner tends to spend $500 to $1,000 per year to maintain their RV. This is a daunting number that many people may not think about when they buy an RV. Buying an RV is already a huge investment, not including all of the expenses...
The Advantages of A Metal Carport

The Advantages of A Metal Carport

The sun and the heat can be very damaging to your car (all elements can, like snow, rain, sun, hail, etc). During testing, interior car temperatures went all the way to 145 degrees Fahrenheit and interior surface temperatures to 195 degrees Fahrenheit when exposed to...
6 Reasons to Build a Detached Garage

6 Reasons to Build a Detached Garage

Did you know that in 2017, 63% of houses in America had garages or carports? The Midwest region is a big player for garages, with over 70% of them having one. If you’re living in this area, you might want to consider building a detached garage. There...
Why You Should Own a Metal Barn

Why You Should Own a Metal Barn

In the United States, only 63% of housing units have a garage, and most of them get constructed out of wood. For some areas of the country, and for some people, that may seem fine. If you live in an area that is prone to severe weather, like the midwest and south,...
5 Benefits of Metal RV Covers

5 Benefits of Metal RV Covers

People who have recreational vehicles understand how much value they provide. All kinds of options open up when you can take a comfortable living space with you while you are traveling. Maybe that is why the market for recreational vehicle dealers in the United...
A Quick Guide to Winter RV Storage

A Quick Guide to Winter RV Storage

You’ve traveled around the country to some new states. You’ve seen the sights you’ve always wanted to see. You visited some of the coolest national parks and national forests around the country. But now it’s almost winter, the wild animals are...
Metal Garage Prices: What You Need To Know

Metal Garage Prices: What You Need To Know

Did you know that home renovations focused on extensions or additions increased by over 50% last year? Home renovation projects sky-rocketed during the pandemic, and it isn’t showing any indicator of slowing down.  Adding on a garage can give you that...
What Are the Benefits of a Metal Garage?

What Are the Benefits of a Metal Garage?

If you need more space to store your things at home or on the job, you might consider building a metal garage. More and more people today are having metal garages built on their property and with good reason. Metal buildings offer a wide variety of benefits and...
7 Reasons You Should Consider a Metal Building

7 Reasons You Should Consider a Metal Building

7 Reasons You Should Consider a Metal Building Are you in the market for a new garage building, barn or workshop? If so, you might be wondering what building material to use. We often think of wood first, but did you realize that there are infinite advantages to...
Why You Need A Prefab Lean-To Metal Carport

Why You Need A Prefab Lean-To Metal Carport

Why You Need A Prefab Lean-To Metal Carport A prefab metal lean-to carport could be the perfect thing for you if you’re tired of parking in the driveway, in a parking lot, or on the side of a street. We think you’ll agree that this type of carport is both...
Gauge of steel 12 or 14?

Gauge of steel 12 or 14?

What’s the difference between 14 gauge and 12 gauge framing? What’s the difference between 14 gauge and 12 gauge steel framing? The answer to that question is very simple; strength and value. Stronger steel framing means your metal building will not only be more...
Gutters

Gutters

GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS Granted, rain gutters aren’t exactly glamorous, but they handle a critical task: routing the runoff from a very large surface—your roof—to proper drainage away from the house. By doing this, they keep your building high and dry, protecting...
Insulation

Insulation

Why Do I Need Steel Building Insulation? Metal and steel buildings are durable, but this choice of construction materials also presents a challenge when looking for insulation to use on such buildings. Choosing the right insulation for a metal building helps to reduce...
Color Scheme

Color Scheme

Metal Building Colors After you determine what type of metal building you need, it’s time to customize the look and functionality of your building. In one of our previous blog articles we discussed functional additions like gutters and downspouts.  Here we will focus...
A-Frame Roof

A-Frame Roof

A-FRAME ROOF STYLE STRUCTURES If you want an elegant looking steel structure to match your house design along with being affordable, look no further. A-Frame metal structures are built with an a-frame roof which matches most home designs. With our A-frame steel...
Regular Roof

Regular Roof

WHAT ARE THE FEATURES FOR REGULAR ROOF STYLE METAL STRUCTURES? THE PROS: The radius bend transition from the roof on to the legs or posts makes the regular roof style the most economical of the three roof styles that we offer. Which means there are no right angle...
Decorative Options

Decorative Options

DECORATIVE OPTIONS FOR YOUR METAL BUILDING While these decorative options are not all inclusive, these are a few of our most popular items. Colonial Trim Colonial trim buildings from Elite Metal Structures bring in a style of two colors meshing together on a vertical...
Roof Pitch

Roof Pitch

ROOF PITCH Roof pitch, angle, incline, and slope – they all can be used to refer to the steepness of a metal building roof. In the roofing trade the go-to term is “pitch” and it is expressed in terms of “12 inches.” So the pitch of a roof is determined by how many...
Clear Span Structures

Clear Span Structures

CLEAR SPAN STRUCTURES Clear span is an architectural term used to describe The distance between the inside surfaces of the two supports of a structural member; the distance that is unsupported or ‘clear’, if you will. Clear span construction is designed as...
Certified versus Non-Certified

Certified versus Non-Certified

CERTIFIED BUILDING VERSUS NON-CERTIFIED BUILDING One of the things you need to know when building a steel structure is whether you need a permit. Local building authorities may require a permit, and if that’s the case, you will have to purchase a Certified building....
Why Anchors?

Why Anchors?

WHICH ANCHORS SHOULD I USE? Whether you have prepared a flat and level ground, poured footers, or a concrete slab. You must anchor your building somehow. If you have concrete you will want to use concrete anchors. If you have chosen to use unimproved ground it must be...
Vertical Roof

Vertical Roof

VERTICAL STYLE ROOF One benefit of the vertical style roof is that water, snow, leaves, and other debris will have a much easier time running off that type of roof. Water, snow, and debris will tend to lay in the ridges of a carport with panels oriented horizontally,...