Why steel frame homes have become popular

In the last two decades, steel has been known as the mainstay of the building materials market, known as an indispensable material in all kinds of construction. And steel frame homes are growing in popularity in various regions as they are springing up. There are multiple benefits to choosing to build a steel frame home. They are cheaper to build than other alternatives, can save a lot of money, are safer, more comfortable and easier to maintain.

Let’s find out why steel frame homes are popular.

Cost-effective

The main material of steel frame home kits is steel, in China, due to the developed steel industry, the price of steel is low and high quality, which creates a good condition for the rapid development of steel frame home.

Since all the materials of steel frame home kits are lightweight materials, the self-weight is light, which can greatly reduce the cost of foundation, only 1/5 of the cost of brick structure and comparable to the cost of wood structure.

During the construction process, the steel frame home is produced in a highly industrialized and fast manner. The construction period is short and labour is reduced. steel frame home kits are only assembled on site and the cost of lifting on site is reduced.

Structural safety

The safety of the steel frame home is mainly reflected in the seismic, wind and durability of the metal home kits.

Seismic resistance

Most of the roofs of low-rise villas are sloping roofs, so the roof structure basically adopts the triangular roof frame system made of cold-formed steel members, and after sealing the structural plates and gypsum boards, the metal home kits form a very strong “plate rib structural system”, which is a structural system with a stronger seismic resistance and resistance to the horizontal load, and it is suitable for the areas with a seismic intensity of more than 8 degrees.

Wind resistance

The metal home kits are lightweight, high strength, good overall rigidity and strong deformation ability. The self-weight of the building is only one-fifth of that of the brick-concrete structure, and it can resist hurricane winds of 70 meters per second, so that life and property can be effectively protected.

Durability

Steel frame home structure is mostly composed of cold-formed thin-walled steel component system, the steel skeleton is made of super anti-corrosive high-strength cold-rolled galvanized sheet, which effectively avoids the effect of rusting of the steel plate in the process of construction and use, and increases the service life of the lightweight steel components. The service life of the structure is up to 100 years.

Comfort

The comfort of a steel frame home is characterized by the building’s thermal, acoustic and environmental performance.

Heat preservation

The heat preservation and insulation material is mainly made of fiberglass wool, which has good heat preservation and insulation effect. Used in the external wall of the thermal insulation board, effectively avoiding the wall of the “cold bridge” phenomenon, to achieve a better thermal insulation effect. 100mm thick R15 thermal insulation cotton thermal resistance value can be equivalent to 1m thick brick wall.

Sound insulation:

Sound insulation effect is an important index to assess the residence, light steel house installed windows are using hollow glass, sound insulation effect is good, sound insulation up to 40 decibels or more; by the light steel keel, thermal insulation material gypsum board composed of walls, its sound insulation effect can be as high as 60 decibels.

Environmentally friendly

Light steel house adopts dry work construction, which reduces the pollution caused by waste to the environment, the steel structure material of the house can be 100% recycled, and most of the other supporting materials can be recycled, which is in line with the current awareness of environmental protection; all the materials are green building materials, which meets the requirements of the ecological environment and is conducive to health.

Easy maintenance

Since the main material of light steel house is steel, you just need to maintain the steel properly. Apart from the fact that the steel has been treated with galvanized or aluminized zinc plating before installation, which ensures protection against rust and corrosion, the maintenance at a later stage is only the application of anti-rust paint on the structure, which is simple and convenient. This is still relatively easy to maintain compared to the wooden structure, fire and moisture resistant and termite resistant measures.

You see, for the above reasons, steel frame home is becoming more and more popular. solidhome has been operating in the field of steel frame home for many years, and has a strong team of designers all the time, with an experienced supply chain system, which can provide buyers with unparalleled products and services, and give you a surprise home!