NC is humid and heck has good changes in temperature to cause condensation. I would think if its hidden behind the dry wall and insulation its going to be tough to inspect. I'd think since its all galvanised, it will stand up just fine ... except for places you scrape the zinc off when you screw in stuff.
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Srinath.

Tru, rust IS a concern...this is why you buy kits with 50yr warranties and you buy from companies like Mueller who've been doing the work for the last century so odds are they'll still be around.

Man the red oxide BS ... its gonna be hard to spot rust on it too. I wanna powdercoat my house. I think I'll ask them that ...
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Srinath.

red oxide is difficult to deal with.  It's much easier to go with galvalume.  It lasts longer, it's stronger, and it's much easier to spot corrosion.

The way we intend to build the house the siding outside will be easily removed.  This way I can pull a random sheet periodically and inspect it for damage.  I really doubt it'll be a problem in my area, though.

Well wont it have to have house wrap under the siding ... and can I get the same red iron type pieces with galvalume on it instead of rust oxide
Damn mak ... I wish I were in texas just for this, or Phoenix ... moisture barrier ... try 100 miles of desert.
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I can't find a number for my friend, but I'll keep looking.

Quote from: seshadri_srinath on February 27, 2007, 01:59:18 PM
Well wont it have to have house wrap under the siding ... and can I get the same red iron type pieces with galvalume on it instead of rust oxide
Damn mak ... I wish I were in texas just for this, or Phoenix ... moisture barrier ... try 100 miles of desert.
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Just talk to whoever you'd buy material from and explain to them that you're concerned about rust and that inspection won't be easy.  They'll give all your options including warranties on thicker galvanized materials.

After we are done installing the siding etc ... cant we paint the screw and scratch marked areas with spray paint. Yea I know that POS will chip and flake off in a month. heck ... I'd powdercoat the whole house ... if I could find a large enough oven.
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Srinath.

Mak needs a Lustron! 

There are a few near me.  They look brand new, even though they were built during the late 40's.  All the steel is coated with porcelain!   

http://members.tripod.com/~Strandlund/index-9.html

A few interesting facts about the company:

The plant had the largest porcelain coating line in the world.

It had one of the largest stamping lines in the world.

Due to the electric enameling ovens, the plant used more electricity than the city of Columbus.

The Lustron company was sold for scrap not more than 5 years after being incorporated due to political pressure.

OK geep dude ... how about we sneak in while they are sleeping and like unbolt the panels and bring it over to my place ...
OK fine ... why dont I porcelain coat my panels and put it on ... Its like powdercoat right. BTW that jet hot coating I had on my exhaust ... pretty bad. The pipes rusted under it easily ... it was supposed to be ceramic.
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porcelin houses!  badass!

Mak, why dont they make the houses that will take steel siding that looks just like vinyl siding ... those studs they screw them into, they should have like a clip, so you can lock it to the lower panel and click the top into place on each stud. It will like have a little hook sorta thing and you clip it on and bend the thing over. Well ... maybe its meant to take the rolled seam less steel thing ... and that definetly needs screws ... Well is that why
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Hey ... what is the anticipated life of that material they use on the roof. Its called seamless steel roof.
I believe those are much better than the trailer roof things my welder fixes.
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Srinath.

You can get siding instead of sheet metal.  When ever you're ordering your material just order up some aluminum/vinyl/whatever siding and install it like you would anywhere else.

The roofing material we will buy will be warrantied for 50 years.

The seamless roof is what I was talking about. I know standing seam is warrantied for 50 years. but what is the warranty or expected life of that seamless or corrugated steel thing.
Now is that what the most common material is on the outside walls of the building.
I dont want siding. That is almost the worst idea to do to a steel house IMHO, with IMHO - brick being the worst.
I'd either do steel that looks like vinyl siding, or that corrugated steel stuff that looks like well steel sheets ... AKA making a house look like a building, and not a house.
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Mako ... I am getting more questions ...
The plan I drew is a 50 X 75. If I got a 70 X 100 building, I can have a 75 X 25 garage on one end, and have a 10 foot porch front and rear on the house and fit it all well in the building and have the coolest porch front and back too. I also want to have a mezzanine with the same porch. Now can I do a house with no load bearing walls at all for the 75 foot length, cos they's all be 10 feet inside the outer span.
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I said earlier in the post I knew some that built these as homes. I think I've tracked him down and will have his number soon. if so I'll call him and ask if I can post it.

Some one told me today a steel building ~ 10,000 sqft in size (is it ~50X200 or ~100X100 didn't ask ... ) can be built for ~6,000. I am waiting more info and calls from various people on that. Hope its right ... I also heard some old ones come for sale ... you will need to re install, but it be next to nothing for the building.
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Srinath.

Bump - need this topic to stay on and not disappear.
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rinath.

I know you can find old qounset huts REALLY cheap when they come up on  the market