Your Future Steel Building Partner

Steel buildings use a variety of steels and metals to build sturdy structures that have an assortment of advantages over structures made of wood, vinyl and asphalt. The framing, walls, siding and roofs are all made of metal so they are extremely strong and resilient. They don’t absorb water in a major downpour or a flood so there is no rotting or mildew on the steel. They don’t catch fire and are flexible in an earthquake and when battered by hurricane powered winds. They are often less expensive to build than masonry or wood buildings because they are prefabricated and it is easy to join the elements together.

Two of the elements that may be used in steel structures are galvanized and stainless steel. There are at least sixty grades of stainless steel depending on the alloy elements in its microstructure within the three main categories of stainless steel; Martenistic, Ferritic, and Austenitic. When considering roll forming design it’s important to know which category you’re working with. Stainless steel is used because of its anti-corrosive properties. It has been developed not only to resist a number of corrosives but also to ensure our workplaces. It is always made by using chromium. The amount of chromium used is about ten and a half percent. A chromium oxide film is formed on the steel helping it become corrosion resistant.

The other steel sent through roll forming presses for buildings is galvanized steel. Galvanized steel is an inexpensive and effective steel used in a wide variety of applications. It is used in steel frame houses, cars, roofing and it can be reused and recycled multiple times. Galvanized steel is also corrosive resistant. It goes through a chemical process where the steel gets coated with layers of zinc. A key factor with zinc is that rust won’t attack zinc. What makes the galvanized steel so effective is that the chemical reaction in the alloying process permanently bonds the zinc to the steel, that’s what galvanizing means. It is an electrochemical process named after Luigi Galvani, an Italian scientist.

You will find galvanized steel being used in a wide variety of uses, one of which is Purlin roll forming. You will find it on roofs, on siding, drain pipes and many more applications. It is inexpensive and much more durable than most other materials used for building. It can be painted and comes in a variety of different looks for your housing material needs.