| Steel garages have become a storage solution for | | | | The prices will vary according to size but are typically |
| many people. These portable buildings are often used | | | | much cheaper than a sight built garage made from |
| by businesses to act as warehouses. | | | | brick and mortar. A traditional two car garage made |
| What Are They? | | | | from brick and mortar can easily cost over ten |
| These buildings are typically sight built but come in | | | | thousand dollars to build. A steel garage of the same |
| parts from the factory. The walls and the roof panels | | | | size will be half the cost. This is a huge savings. |
| are constructed in a factory than brought to the | | | | As the garage goes up in size the savings actually |
| work sight where they are assembled like a big | | | | becomes greater. |
| puzzle. Each piece and panel are marked with a letter | | | | Benefits |
| or number and connects to another piece of panel | | | | There are other benefits besides just the cost |
| marked with a number or letter. | | | | savings. The time that is saved is also a huge benefit. |
| These buildings are rather industrial looking and are | | | | It can take much longer to build a traditional garage |
| pretty heavy duty. | | | | out of brick and mortar even a stick built building |
| Styles | | | | made into a garage will take longer to build than steel |
| There are not many styles to choose from, they all | | | | garages will. |
| look pretty much the same, the biggest difference | | | | Weather concerns that may hold up traditional |
| will be size. There are small steel garages with | | | | construction is not a problem either since the |
| enough room to hold one or two cars, than there are | | | | majority of the project happens in a factory. |
| really big ones that are designed to hold a bevy of | | | | There are many companies that produce and install |
| trucks to include eighteen wheelers. | | | | steel garages. Finding one is simple enough. Most local |
| These are practical buildings that are not necessarily | | | | yellow pages will list companies that provide this |
| built to be aesthetically pleasing. The designed is | | | | service. A phone call will result in an appointment for |
| geared toward being functional. There are usually roll | | | | a site survey. The installer will let you know where |
| down doors like any garage would have and in the | | | | the best place to set this type of building will be. It |
| cases of the larger models usually a standard | | | | usually takes anywhere from three to six weeks for |
| entrance doorway to walk in and out of. | | | | delivery and setup to be complete. In some cases it |
| Costs | | | | may be sooner. |