Steel Structure Lean-to

The Rigid Frame Steel Building System – eMetalBuildings.com

The building system consists of primary framing members, secondary framing members, roof system, wall system, and accessories.

The prime objective of the Steel Building System is to provide a quality structure. Our buildings are available in a range of configurations – from the small, standard structures to maximum performance structures with creative architectural refinements to satisfy the spectrum of the owner’s requirements. The variety of building configurations and sizes offers many solutions to fulfill needs of the commercial, community, and industrial markets.

You will hear the word standard used many times in our business. It is misunderstood more than any other word. Certainly any manufacturer who designs and produces parts that must fit together to provide a completed product has a definite direction or “standard”, which is the base of normal application of the product. Consequently, standard items are considered to be those that are commonly manufactured on the production line and those that are purchased by customers.

However, if a situation arises involving something that is “nonstandard”, it is still possible and practical to meet that need in many cases. Our engineers believe nothing is impossible but variation from a standard often means extra work, expense, and time. Sometimes this is negligible, but at other times it might be quite involved.

Primary framing furnishes the main support of a building. A bearing frame (post and beam) and a main frame (rigid frame) are examples of primary framing. In this text, we will not only be talking about the main frame as a primary framing system, but also about secondary framing members, and bracing that join with the main frames to make up a complete structural system.

Roof-Slope is defined as the tangent of the angle that a roof surface makes with the horizontal, usually expressed in units of vertical rise to 12 units of horizontal run.

The roof slope of a building is expressed as 1/2 : 12, 1:12, 4:12, etc. A 1:12 roof-slope rises 1 inch in every 12 inches measured horizontally from the side of the building across its width to the peak of the building. A 1 : 12 is what is provided with the Value Building System.

The main frame (rigid frame) is the primary structural member of the building system. The main frame consists of columns and rafters. Columns are used in a vertical position on a building to transfer loads from main roof beams, trusses, or rafters to the foundations. Rafters are the main beams supporting the roof system.

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