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Olympia Steel Buildings Galvalume Roof Panels

Olympia’s Roof Panels

Olympia Steel Buildings roof panels are made of 26-gauge steel with a yield of 80,000 PSI and a huge corrugation depth of 1 1/4”. The strength of the steel together with the high PSI yield and deep corrugation create tremendous protection against strong winds and heavy snow loads.

Olympia's steel building roof panels are wind rated to meet Florida code. The Florida code number is FL-3722-R1.

The thickness of the steel building panels on the sidewalls and roof of some metal buildings companies is 29-gauge steel. These buildings are not as strong and are less durable since the steel is 32% lighter than the 26-gauge steel utilized by Olympia. The competition's corrugation is 5/8” in depth, half the depth of Olympia's 1 1/4” corrugation. Therefore, the Olympia steel building panel has twice the strength.

Some steel building companies are not wind rated and do not have a Florida approval number.

Olympia Steel Buildings and The Intelligent Building Buyer

Olympia Steel Buildings knows that the intelligent buyer wants to get the best quality building for the best price. You don’t want your roof collapsing and you don’t want the metal building to leak or to be susceptible to corrosion. Olympia Steel has worked hard to overcome these potential problems inherent in any building construction. First and foremost, the most susceptible part of a steel building or any building is the roof and one of the most important components of the roof is the roof material and coating. Olympia Steel 's roof coating is AZ55 Galvalume ® which requires no maintenance or painting and retains its original luster forever. It is comprised of 55% aluminum, 44% zinc and 1% silicone. This greater aluminum content creates a higher resistance to rust. Olympia Steel Buildings offers a 25-year rust through perforation warranty backed by the steel mills. If a hole rusts through a panel, the steel mill will replace the panel.

 

 

Some steel building companies use only an AZ50 coating on their roof panels, which only has a 50% aluminum content. And some metal buildings companies only offer a 20-year perforation warranty if a hole rusts through a panel. Some other companies use a zinc-galvanized roof coating which contains no aluminum. Roof panels with this coating will rust and corrode causing holes to form and leaks to develop.

California Builders Choose Olympia Steel Buildings

Olympia Steel Buildings are great for California builders, businesses and homeowners, whether you need a new warehouse or manufacturing plant, an office building, a retail store or strip mall, whether you want to start a mini-storage warehouse business, or even a garage or residential home.

Olympia pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems are approved by LA County and are designed and engineered to meet all California metal building codes, including seismic, wind and snow loads.

Residents of the Golden State love the fact that steel buildings are not only rot and rust resistant, making them virtually maintenance free, healthier for livestock and the perfect protector for commodities storage, Olympia steel buildings are fire resistant too! This means that when "fire season" hits, your property will protected against the ravages of Nature.

Metal steel buildings roofs do not ignite as do shake shingles and other similar materials, and steel building siding is fire resistant as well. Metal building materials can have the look of stucco or stone, and even wood, but will not ignite as wood siding and shingles can.

California farmers love Olympia Steel buildings for agriculture too. Whether designed for a dairy facility, metal storage barn for commodities, a horse barn or riding arena, Olympia Steel buildings are the steel metal buildings of choice for California.

Olympia Prefab Barn Steel Buildings

Olympia prefab barn metal buildings for farm and agriculture offer 100% clear-span interiors of up to 200 feet in width and unlimited lengths allowing for storage of even the largest combines and other farm machinery. Olympia barn steel buildings are virtually maintenance free. Unlike stick-built pole barns and pole buildings or pole barns and pole buildings from some other companies, Olympia prefab barn steel buildings for agriculture are impervious to insects and rot and have no place for birds to roost and defecate on machinery, crops and livestock. Olympia steel buildings and metal barns for agriculture feature unmatched steel building industry warranty protection, with a 25 year steel mill warranty on the AZ55 Galvalume PBR roof sheeting, which is sturdy 26 gauge, 80,000 psi. Olympia Steel also offers a lifetime warranty on the stainless steel capped fasteners and a limited 50 year warranty on the structural steel frames. The paint used by Olympia Steel buildings is a siliconized polyester baked-on enamel certified "cool paint" from Akzo Nobel that comes in 12 attractive colors for metal building panels and trim and a 40 year warranty. Olympia offers steel building kits and metal barn building kits with inexpensive, easy to use insulation packages to keep your animals warm and hearty, and Olympia steel buildings simple to erect bolt together construction with no welding, cutting, or drilling saves time and money and can make building your new metal barn a quick and easy do-it-yourself project.

Olympia Commercial Steel Buildings

Commercial metal buildings and prefab commercial steel buildings designed by Olympia Steel Buildings for retail stores, commercial office metal buildings, strip malls, mega-stores, warehouse metal buildings and commercial distribution centers, manufacturers’ outlets and any commercial building application are a flexible and cost-effective method of commercial building construction. Olympia Steel modular commercial metal buildings can provide you with a vast amount of open floor space for cubicles, conference rooms and storage, distribution centers or shipping operations. Olympia modular commercial metal buildings, available in custom building design configurations and unlimited building widths and lengths and up to four stories high, are designed with flexibility in mind allowing your business to easily expand. Olympia Steel metal commercial buildings feature solid steel I-beam steel building construction and a 50 year limited warranty on the structural steel frames. Secondary framing is hot-dipped mill-galvanized coating for long-life rust protection, and with every Olympia Steel building, you receive standard at no extra cost, cable X-bracing which provides enormous strength for wind protection. Olympia Steel commercial buildings are pre-engineered to meet or exceed all local building code requirements for snow, wind and seismic conditions. Olympia commercial metal buildings and prefabricated commercial steel buildings are engineered to meet Florida’s strict wind requirements to withstand even hurricane force winds.