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Frequently
Asked Questions regarding Steel
Garages and our Garage Kit
Remember, our building system
is expressly designed with the
Do-It-Yourselfer in mind. If you
don’t want to install the
building, it’s easy for
you to find someone who has the
capabilities to put your building
kit together. A local contractor
or even just a good general handyman
will have no problems completing
the work in only two to three
days.
The heaviest
single piece of our buildings
weighs slightly over 27 lbs. Two
people can easily erect a building…we’ve
had husband and wife teams do
it!
Absolutely not. Sometimes we deal
with entities that want to “write
one check”, meaning they’ll
have to use a general contractor.
When we are confronted with this
type of purchaser, usually a municipality
or political entity of some sort,
we refer them to one of the many
general contractors we have worked
with or some elect to choose their
own. Without exception, we have
seen our material being billed
at 15 to 25% higher than what
we would charge the customer.
In addition, there is usually
20% added to all other materials
and subcontracted work such as
concrete. Usually it’s in
the bill presented to you as “overhead
& supervision”.
In the final
analysis, you’ll do whatever
you feel comfortable with but
we’ve made it pretty easy
for you to save money:
A. Just hand the contractor the installation
instructions and tell him you
are considering building a garage
kit or shop (steel building kit).
Furnish him/her with your particular
dimensions, and tell them that
you will be supplying the building
materials for the structure. The contractor, now or later,
will attempt to sell you on another
system and why he thinks you should
purchase it…because he can
mark it up.
B. Ask them what they’d charge
to provide you with plans and
permits because a general contractor
won’t touch the job without
them. Please go to engineered
plans for more information on
that subject.
C.
A fair price for the installation
of our buildings is about $3 per
square foot. Roll up or sectional
doors run about $2.25 per square
foot to install and usually, because
of the spring tensions and adjustments,
you are better off to have a professional
garage door installer put the
doors in for you.
We’ve been doing this a
long time and we have developed
excellent sources for your exterior
panels and trim. If you live in
an area that we are unfamiliar
with, we’ll call the company
representative of the finest panels
made and find out where to send
you to make the purchase. 99%
of the time we can refer you to
a local source for the panels
or you can purchase these panels
in most any length and color from
most building supply, hardware
or farm supply stores.
Your local
Yellow Pages under the heading
of “steel roofing”or
“metal roofing”has
probably got several sources that
can supply you with this product.
Prices vary based upon quality
etc. but a 29 gauge, siliconized
paint, galvanized aluminum panel
will cost you in the range of
$2.45 to $3.00 per lineal foot.
Color coordinated screws are purchased
from the same supplier. For screws,
you’ll need a #12x1”self-tapping
screw in the same color as the
panel.
Our customer
service department is an important
part of what we provide you—its
part of what you pay for and we
know that. All our personnel are
well versed at using our proprietary
software that will quickly and
accurately provide you all the
quantities of exterior panels,
panel screws and various trims
you should order.
The key word is similar.
Do your homework and you’ll
find that these are the differences:
A.
The difference is in
the assembly. Other kits have
connections that have two female
ends that are attached by a sleeve
that fits into each female end.
Not only does this add about 33%
more parts (plus twice the amount
of work) to assemble but it also
requires that each connection
be measured to match the other
so that rooflines etc. are level.
Two and sometimes three people
are required, very often-using
string lines, to hold these parts
together in precise positions
while another person affixes them
together with self-tapping screws.
Our frames have a male end and
a female end. Simply slip them
together, tap them snug and use
the self-tapping screws to affix
the joints together. Frame assembly
is a one-man job!
No Struggling
To Hold Loose Parts In Place---Very
Little Measuring!
B. There are several steel garage
/ shop building kits on the market.
None of them provide you with
the finest frame system made in
the world. Ours are made of 2”x3”
14 & 15 gauge galvanized rectangular
tubing. All our tube has the maximum
galvanized protection: G90. Applied
on top of the galvanized is a
patented clear coat process which
gives our frames their corrosive
resistant reputation. That’s
why our building frame systems
are in use by the United States
Marines in Hawaii and our carport
frame systems are used by Cargill
Salt in their mines in Ohio to
direct air flow down in the mine...imagine
the moisture and salt inside that
mine!
The competition
uses bare galvanized tubing that
has no rust or corrosion protection.
Our frames are wind, snow load
and salt spray certified. The
competition’s are not!
C.
Absolute Steel’s
building is pre-engineered with
engineered plans available for
nearly all areas within the continental
United Sates.
Ask the
competition if they can do that!
The truth
is, if you want cheap, buy the
competition’s but just remember,
you get what you pay for.
Buy
quality—it lasts long after
the cheap price is forgotten!
Please
call us at 1-877-833-3237 or get
an Immediate Free Quote!
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