Some of the advantages that steel has over other traditional building materials (i.e. wood and brick) include:
- Quicker build times. A prefabricated steel horse barn from General Steel is easily erected within days or weeks, not months (after the concrete base has been poured). This gives you more immediate access to your new horse barn while also keeping construction labor costs to a minimum.
- Unmatched protection from fire and termite damage. Steel doesn’t burn. It melts. And, a fire would need to reach 2,500 degrees fahrenheit for a General Steel building to start melting. Even the hottest-burning structure fires rarely exceed 1,500 degrees, making steel an excellent choice for fire resilience. Moreover, steel cannot be consumed by termites or rodents. The same can’t be said for wood, and brick mortar is not impervious to the jaws of a determined rat!
- Lower cost compared with brick. Brick-and-mortar horse barns are expensive. And, they don’t always allow for design features you might want in a horse barn. General Steel horse barns have virtually limitless design possibilities, with support-less interior spans of up to 200 feet!
