Things You'll Need:
- Construction company that can make a prefabricated steel building
- desire to learn about steel buildings
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Step 1
Weigh the advantages of steel buildings in general, and prefab steel houses in particular, against the disadvantages. They're strong, wind and fire resistant, affordable and economically efficient.
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Step 2
Buy a prefab steel home constructed with foil insulation, which will reflect back the heat from sunlight in the summer and lower air conditioning cost. Make sure the pre-fab steel home comes with a roof that also uses materials that reflect sunlight. Choose a prefabricated steel building constructed to leave room in the steel frame for plenty of insulation.
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Step 3
Choose a steel frame and avoid wood, for steel's recyclable qualities and for its being an excellent renewable resource to use in your prefab home. Wood not only uses up precious natural resources, but tends to result in rapid logging that lowers the quality of lumber and encourages logging in old growth forests.
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Step 4
Use less prefabricated steel, which is much stronger than wood, than you would wood, since less is required to yield the same strength. That fact makes prefab steel homes lighter than many home buyers think. With both tension and compression strength and elasticity comparable to wood, prefab steel is said to be safer in an earthquake.
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Step 5
Keep cosmetic considerations in mind--you won't have to sacrifice them as you might think. A prefab steel home looks as pretty on the outside as a wood-framed home. Just take a look at some prefab steel houses and see if you can tell the difference.
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Step 6
Get quotes from construction companies who make general steel buildings or offer pre fab metal buildings, metal building kits or prefabricated steel buildings for residential purposes. Check out construction companies that specialize in prefab steel homes. Choose a steel building construction company that offers quality building materials at a reasonable cost.
