Order Your Steel Frame House Constructed by Pros in 2022

Steel frame homes are gaining more and more popularity today, and there are good reasons for it. These houses are great looking, eco-friendly and relevanly affordable to build. This article, created by the Structural Beam expert, lines out the obvious benefits of metal houses, and gives pro tips on how to buy one of the best quality at a reasonable price!

Here at Structural Beam we have been in metal house construction for more than a decade. Give us a call now at 773-917-8998 for a free consultation and an estimate!

Why is steel frame house gaining in popularity?

Let’s see, how a steel-framed home compares to the wooden framed one, to understand the differences, and gain insight into the growing popularity of steel frame homes with homeowners.

Steel frames vs wood frames

Steel frame houses, unlike traditional wood construction, offer many important benefits in the hot and humid Chicago climate and don’t shy away, when it’s a cold season.

The steel frame house is a multi-component structure, build of steel columns, steel beams, metal girders, steel floor joists, metal ceiling joists, that are made from structural steel. Such structures differ from traditional wooden frame homes, and that shows in the service life duration, reliability, ease of remodeling. Let’s consider the benefits one by one, shall we?

Lasting, reliable, and predictable structural integrity for decades

Steel buildings are extremely structurally stable because of the superior mechanical and structural properties of the materials they are made of. Hot-rolled mild structural steel is the main material in steel frame homes, most often metal frame members are made of carbon structural ASTM A36 steel.

Wooden-framed buildings are prone to sudden structural failure, because wood when compromised by dry rot, mold, fungus, or pests, becomes brittle and can fail without warning. Steel frame home is pest-proof, and in a rare case of structural failure, there’s always an evident deformation before the structural failure actually happens, so the issue can be addressed before the structural failure occurs.

Cost-effective alternative to masonry walls

Structural steel has an unbeatable strength-to-weight ratio and allows to build lighter homes, thus saving on the foundation and basement walls, which needn’t be so sturdy with lighter steel frame construction.

Smaller ecological footprint

In modern times, care for the environment is an important aspect of decision making, when planning for a new house. It sounds somehow counter-intuitive but steel frame house is actually an eco-friendly alternative to other construction materials, including wood, that is not recyclable. Unlike wood, bricks, or cement blocks, over 90% of all structural steel components, like steel beams, steel columns, steel plates, etc., are made from reclaimed steel. That is the reason steel frame homes meet the standards and codes of the “Green Building” program. Plus, steel frame homes leave very little landfill waste, if taken down, and little to no construction waste on the building site. Steel is eco-friendly, who knew?

Freedom of living quarters planning and remodeling

Have you ever tried moving a masonry wall? It’s a hustle, indeed, even with the help of qualified professionals. The fact of the matter is that our tastes and ideas about our immediate habitat change, so it’s good to always have an option of changing and remodeling it. Steel frame home allows for that option, due to large clear span, achievable with steel frame construction, such structures can have wide-open interiors, and are easy to remodel by moving walls, etc. Steel frame construction is future-friendly, greatly enhances the value of your home, and allows for adaptability to new requirements.

The fast and inexpensive construction process

The construction process of steel frame house erection is fast and straightforward. Be it a kit home, or custom-made kit home, all the steel framing members come pre-fab, and, with the help of Structural Beam’s steel erection team, your metal home frame can be erected in a span of 2 to 5 days, on average. This is a very fast, and very cost-efficient construction method, and that’s why it’s gaining popularity by the day.

Custom-made steel frame home

Structural Beam is your provider of choice if you are looking to have a custom steel frame house fabricated and erected. Structural engineers will produce all the blueprints and diagrams, and work with Structural Beam’s metal fabrication and metal erection teams to produce precise fabrication shop drawings and placement diagrams, so the process of erection will go smoothly and as planned.

Metal building kit homes

If you are looking for professionals to erect a steel frame home from a standard metal building kit, you can rely on our erection specialists to assemble your metal home in the shortest time possible, and at a cheap price. Trust professionals to the work, it’s way better to spend a little extra, and get a structurally sound steel home frame, than to save a little on DIY, and rip structural issues later, after the house’s been decorated, and you moved in.

Structural Beam is a reputable, Chicago-based structural steel construction company with a high rate of returning clients, that can make your dream steel-framed home come true, best quality at a reasonable price. If you have any questions left, call us today at 773-917-8998!

How long will a steel frame house last?

The life expectancy of an average steel frame house is literally decades, and if the foundation was done right, and the soil is not moving, we can safely say that the steel frame will easily serve for 50 years plus. Structural steel, if properly protected from the elements, can serve up to 100 years plus.

Are steel framed homes better?

If compared to masonry walls homes, steel-framed homes have some major advantages. The steel frame is a much lighter construction, and it doesn’t require a hefty and expensive foundation, as a masonry home does. It allows for easy remodeling, and for open plan living and resting spaces, which is also a big plus and is very much in fashion at the moment. Compared to wood frames, steel frames are impervious to wood’s maladies, are naturally fire-resistant, and have a much longer life expectancy. So, steel-framed homes are better in some ways.

Where to buy a steel frame house in Chicago IL?

Structural Beam is your local, Chicago IL steel frame homes provider, call us today at 773-917-8998 to have your questions answered by our professionals, and get a free price quote!