Author: Rural Builder Staff

But while it’s easy for the metal panels to pull off this kind of longevity, it’s not always so easy for the sealant keeping them in place while providing an attractive, water-tight seal.

The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA®) recently announced the publication of revisions to nine product standards. All of the revisions have been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). 

Steel and lumber supplies seem sure to become a lot shorter than they are now. Some economists say the world will face a critical steel shortage by 1980.

Over the past few years, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has taken note of a few growing trends, which we see continuing into 2022 and beyond.

In the autumn of 2017 a small startup company in Sundance, Wyoming attempted something new. The company is called Straight Cold Rolling, LLC and they wanted to build a 60’x140’ pole-barn style building using cold formed steel.