Anyone live in a steel home?

[yamahonkawazuki]

next question srinath what are your plans for the aforementioned building? a home, ( might want to check codes on that), or a garage or...

[The Buddha]

Since I now live right by mak, I plan on copying his house ... but better ...  ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[jp]

Steel framing is the way to go if you want to build on site. With steel, your walls will be straight and true, as long as you assemble correctly. With wood, walls won't be perfectly straight no matter what you do, because wood warps. For you exterior walls, a larger percentage of the area will be insulation compared to wood.

With modular homes, where the walls are pre-fabbed, quality varies with the manufacturers, and with the contractors that assemble them. In 20 years or so, the only homes built on site will be prefab, or 3000 sq ft and up. Smaller homes will be priced out of the market.