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Safeway Steel Buildings surpass pole barns and pole buildings designed by our competitors because our steel buildings are made to be a superior building with the best quality to last you for a long time. Please review the quality and features we put into our metal buildings. The most important part of any building is the roof. The walls will collapse if the roof isn't sound. The roof takes a beating from the weather, dust and all the elements in the air.
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Our Galvalume® roof is AZ55 - aluminum makes up for 55% of the coating, zinc makes up for 44% and silicon makes up for 1%. The more aluminum in the coating, the more resistance to rusting.
The steel mill is able to give a 25 year rust through
perforation warranty because of AZ55. If a hole develops in a panel, the steel mill will replace it.
No maintenance is needed with Galvalume.
The AZ55 costs over AZ50 is worth the investment because of it's superior material. You will never have to paint or maintain your roof because Galvalume retains the same luster as it does when you install it. |
The competition only offer a 15 year guarantee on the roof. And, in some cases, they use only a zinc coating which will oxidize, fade and then rust. Some are only using AZ50 which can only provide you with a 20 year warranty. |
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We use a stainless steel capped fastener that will not rust and has a lifetime
warranty. It is also important that the fasteners on the roof be compatible with the AZ55 or AZ50 or the steel mill will not warranty the roof.
Our capped fasteners are steel made with 18 parts chrome and 8 parts nickel. Commonly known as stainless steel.
The fasteners will not tarnish, turn dark or black and will not rust because of the stainless steel. The roof will not rust and it will retain its beauty for a lifetime! |
Our competitors only use a long lasting alloy head, which doesn't rust, but turns dark gray or black. The roof also doesn't retain it's luster and beauty. |
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Our roof panels are made of 26 gauge AZ55 Galvalume, 80 yield, which makes the steel durable and sturdy.
Our steel buildings have a 1½" depth in our corrugation in the sheeting on the roof. The depth of corrugation adds strength to the roof.
The sheets on the roof overlap at each bay. If your building is 60' long, you will have 3 bays, as every 20' is a frame.
When the sheeting overlaps at each bay, the panel overlap goes all the way to the bottom of the corrugation and along the bottom like a reversed "L". This prevents water from backing up through the overlap into the building, thus preventing leaks and giving you a dry building.
The design of this overlap, which goes over the top of the corrugation, and to the bottom of the corrugation, and along the bottom like a reverse "L" looks like the letter "Z" resembling the purlins on the roof which join the rafters together.
This purlin braced roof provides tremendous strength and prevents the roof sheeting from bending or cracking. |
Other companies use only 29 gauge steel on the roof, which are lighter than 26 gauge so you cannot have the same strength or durability.
Other companies use only a 5/8" depth of corrugation, which is a full 50% less depth than the 1¼" corrugation and do not provide the strength.
Some companies use an R panel roof, which means that the sheeting overlap goes only one third of the way into the corrugation and not to the bottom and along the bottom like a reverse "L".
This means you will develop leaks, as the water will back up into the building.
This short overlap also does not provide the strength that is required for the roof. |
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The baked-on polyester paint has a 40 year warranty against chipping, cracking, peeling and blistering so your building maintains it's color and beauty for many, many years. |
Our competitors only warranty the roof for 10, 15 or 20 years. |
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To protect against rusting, the purlins - the 8” Zees, 16 gauge beams, which join the rafters together, and the girts - the 16 gauge 8” beams joining the columns together at the side of the building, have a zinc-galvanized coating applied at the mill. This is not a primer, which is only an oxide, but a zinc-galvanized coating applied at the mill.
15-20 years from now the purlins and girts will not corrode and leave unsightly rust leaking from the roof and sides of the building.
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Our competitors use girts and purlins made from wood, which will bow or bend causing screws to loosen, sheets to flap, and cause leaks.
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Rigid frame, plate steel, H beam construction backed by a 50 year warranty.
No wood, which means no warping, no fire hazard, no termites and insurance costs are less.
No cord going across truss, which means there is
complete space in building,
no way for birds to perch and defecate on machinery which saves tremendous costs in maintenance |
Wood frames will warp over time, are a fire hazard, gets eaten by termites and other insects all which bring insurance premiums up.
A cord goes across truss width, causing loss of space,
birds perch on cord and defecate on machinery – causing harm to equipment adding tremendous costs in maintenance. |
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