Building kits are a pre-packaged set of tools, building materials, and instructions to enable the construction of a certain structure or product, such as a garage. A kit will typically include all the required components needed to complete the project, such as lumber, wiring, plumbing, hardware, and fasteners.
Kits can be easily designed for multiple projects such as garages, stables, commercial premises, shops, aircraft hangars, kennels, barns, and more. They are sold in ready-to-assemble packages and are easily transported to site, where they can be assembled by even DIY builders.
Benefits of building kits
The main advantage of using kits is that they simplify the planning and construction process and save time and money. Other benefits include:
- Money Saving: Building kits are pre-engineered and pre-fabricated before they arrive on site. This reduces both construction and labour costs significantly when compared with traditional methods.
- Durability: Steel kits are designed to withstand the harshest weather conditions around. Galvanized steel gives it super strength and reduces time and money spent on maintenance. Removing any worries around rotting, warping, pest infestations, and fires.
- Speed: All kits arrive on-site with pre-cut and pre-drilled components, making assembly a straightforward process, even for DIY builders. This ensures a rapid build and quicker completion time.
- Spacious: The enhanced strength of steel allows designers to create larger open spaces without the need for interior supporting columns. This maximises the building footprint and creates a more usable area.
- Security: Steel kits are amongst the most secure buildings around, offering enhanced security for all your treasured items.
- Investment: Steel kits add value to any site, and offer customers a great opportunity to maximise the return on their investment.
Garage Kits
One of the most popular building kits on the market today are garages, such as the Quonset garage kits. They offer strength, versatility, and affordability, allowing people to safely store items in building that can be customized to meet their unique needs.
Customization
Customizing your garage kit is a whole lot easier than it sounds. Building kit specialists will happily guide you through the whole process and help you better understand exactly what you need from your new garage. They’ll come up with a plan that not only fits your size requirements but meets your budget too. Six things to consider when creating your customized garage include:
- Purpose: They key consideration before deciding on any garage customizations, is clarifying exactly how you will use the space. What is it for? Who will use it? How big does it need to be? Once you know exactly what you want the space to achieve you will be able to make clearer decisions.
- External Aesthetics: A common request for customization is the end walls of a building. Think about where the garage will sit on your land and consider how it will look once it’s in place. Many steel kit customers create unique custom end walls to match their house or other structures on their property.
- Doors and Windows: A key element of any design process is where to place doors, plus the size and shape of them. Kits offer the ability to include wide openings to suit trucks, trailers, and RV’s. When it comes to windows, skylights are an easy way to add lots of natural light to your space and reduce the need for lighting during daylight hours.
- Ventilation: Metal buildings can be prone to condensation. Incorporating ventilation such as louver or turbine vents is worth considering.
- Insulation and energy: Will your building require heating and if so, how will you heat it? Solar panels, biomass, heat pumps and insulation are all things to consider in the design process in order to make your garage a useable space that meets your needs.
- Skills: When designing your customized garage, it’s important to take into account who will be constructing the building. If you intend to build it yourself, it might be worth adjusting elements to better suit your building skills and help ease the construction process.
Whatever your space is for, whether it’s a place to keep your treasured collection of classic cars, somewhere for the RV, or a new workshop, you can be sure that there’s a garage kit out there to meet your requirements.