Looking for a new metal building that can withstand heavy wind and snow loads? Our metal building garages can be manufactured to take on Mother Nature’s most brutalizing weather conditions without flinching under the threat of constant adversity. Every year, heavy snows and blizzard-like conditions reduce seemingly stable metal building into a trash heap, revealing structural flaws, leaving owners going back to the drawing board for a sturdier solution. You might ask, “What gives? I thought metal buildings were made to stand strong for years to come?” More often than not, however, this structural failing has more to do with ignoring basic principles in design and the building area’s climate. There’s no one size fits all model when it comes to constructing a metal building. What works for one neighborhood, simply won’t do for any other location. Each metal building must be designed with the appropriate gauge best suited for unique climate conditions.
Why Your Zip Code is So Important for Calculating Heavy Wind and Snow Loads
When shopping around for your next metal building or steel garage, you will likely run into every sales pitch imaginable. These brazen salesmen will likely ask almost every questionable that comes to mind, tempting you to hang up the phone and give up on your next dream building. At Steel Building Garages, we get to the point, so you can make an informed decision as soon as possible. One of the first questions we will ask during the quote process is for your zip code. And just why is this so important? Aside from calculating shipping, these seemingly nonconsequential five numbers reveal a range of engineering data crucial to manufacturing a sturdy metal garage that will last for decades to come. Each Steel Building Garages building is engineered to withstand your neighborhood’s unique climate by helping us to determine which gauge of metal to use for your project. Standard 14 gauge metal can be used for most building projects although snowier and windier climates will require a 12-gauge certified upgrade. You wouldn’t want a metal building destined for Charlotte, North Carolina to be erected at your home in snowy Wisconsin would you? Of course not. This building would almost certainly collapse during the first heavy snow of the winter. This is why it’s so important to provide the correct zip code during your metal building consultation.
Steel Building Garages Finishes Another Stellar Project at North Carolina Ski Resort
Recently, our crews put the finishing touches on a massive, but necessary steel building next to the chair lifts at Sugar Mountain Ski Resort in North Carolina. Needing an enclosed area to perform necessary repairs and maintenance to the lifts used to transport skiers and snowboarders up to the mountain’s summit, Sugar Ski contacted us to provide such a structure capable of withstanding heavy wind and snow loads. The metal building is positioned in such way for crews to attend to the chair lifts without taking them out of service and off the lift’s track system. The metal building at the ski resort could also provide shelter and a brief respite for guests waiting in line to get on the lift. Most ski resorts operate well above 5,000 feet under artificial snowmaking conditions that blast out hundreds of square feet of snow every season. Having a service building that can withstand heavy wind and snow loads is paramount to successful operations. If our metal buildings and steel garages can take on the heavy wind and snow loads of a ski resort, they are more than capable at providing a sturdy metal structure in almost any climate and weather conditions imaginable. Contact us today for a free consultation!