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Steel is the future, so no boos please!
Has anyone dealt with steel home manufactors enough to know the good from the bad? Second question is does anyone know a good fabricator in or near Salinas Ca.?
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i Steel is the future
Shoot, and I thought it was going to be injection-molded plastic. Wrong again.
*Can't help you with either question, but will throw out a couple of web sites that you might find interesting if you are generally interested in light gauge steel framed homes:There is a list of steel fabricators at the Steel Framing Alliance web site: http://www.steelframingalliance.com/pubs/resdir.htmlthere are also other resources at their home page:http://www.steelframingalliance.comAnother light gauge steel framing association with a lengthy links page is:http://www.lgsea.com/You should also read the article on steel framed houses and California's energy requirements:http://www.cfanet.com/steelhouse/A realtor's site showing the construction of a steel frame house is:http://www.cfanet.com/steelhouse/There are a lot of sites relating to light gauge steel framing on the Internet and there have been several discussions regarding resources here at Breaktime. Try a search on both Breaktime and on the Internet with your favorite search engine. Unfortunately, I have not seen any recommendations of particular builders or fabricators.