Which Is Cheaper, Wood or Metal Portable Storage Buildings?

Are Metal Buildings Cheaper?

When shopping for a storage structure, you are faced with many options. There are two main exterior structural differences in portable storage buildings that last: metal and wood. Have you ever wondered which building is cheaper, wood or metal? Let’s get to the facts.

Wood buildings can be exceptionally well made and low-maintenance for some time. Wood buildings typically have a wooden interior structure as well as wooden skids and joist for floor support. Usually, you will see wood sheds or buildings with an asphalt shingled roof or even a metal roof. People used to called these “tin roof” but a metal roof on a building can be cost-effective.

Wood buildings definitely absorb heat. Even if you have a window, vents, etc., the building will still get extremely hot inside, especially if it has a shingled roof. Wood buildings can be portable or built-on-site to stay put. Wood buildings weigh more than aluminum buildings do. Portable buildings made out of wood can also be built to withstand severe weather but over time, wood buildings do require, at the very least, semi-regular maintenance.

Metal buildings, or aluminum portable buildings have their pros or good points. This type of building is less expensive for the customer and also requires next to no maintenance whatsoever. The interior can be metal or aluminum, as well as the roof made of aluminum. This way, aluminum buildings repel the sun’s hot rays and make the building cooler inside overall than a wood building. Aluminum storage buildings also do not attract pests like squirrels, rats, snakes and bugs.

Aluminum portable buildings with aluminum roofs do not require paint or roof maintenance, as opposed to a wood building with shingles. A building built with a metal roof will require some maintenance but not as much, again, as a shingled roof.

If you purchase a building from Georgia Portable Buildings, Inc., you will have a very sturdy floor in your shed. 2”x6” pressure-treated skids and 2”x4” pressure-treated floor joists make for a very sturdy building that doesn’t allow for rotting or pests. This floor system still allows the shed to be portable at any time. Another thing you receive with one of our portable buildings is a warranty on the floor and the exterior.

Another common feature of both wood and metal buildings from our company is that you can have them pre-fab or modular built; in other words, the buildings are completely portable. The structure in itself is sound and can be moved if you decide to move or if you want the building in a different location. However, if you would prefer to have a building built on site, say your property doesn’t allow access to get a building delivered, you can choose the wood building option.

A note on portability…Many manufacturers do not sell a truly portable storage building because freestanding buildings cost the manufacturer less to build. With cheaper wood buildings, the materials used to make the floor skids and joists is not pressure-treated, can sometimes be very thin and prone to rotting. A downside to a stand-alone building instead of a portable is that they cannot be moved in the future (without great difficulty).

When you find the building you are looking for with Georgia Portable, you can have it built custom to your needs and still be 100 percent portable, with warranty and bug-proof. Whether you choose a metal aluminum building or a wood building is up to you but now you are more aware of the pros and cons of each type. What about prefab metal buildings? 

In summary, an aluminum (or some people call metal) building is cooler in the hot summer months due to the reflective roof. You have an excellent floor, hardly any maintenance and complete portability and the building weighs less than a wood structure. A wood building is very attractive, can have a shingled or metal roof, and can be built on site. Overall, aluminum (or metal) buildings are cheaper for you as the customer. Check out our selection and get a price today!

S.L.M. 12.24.09 

Sneaking Around - My Mom and Brother Connive

Ever since my Mom has come to live with my family (December 18, 2009 will be one year) she has been conspiring and sneaking and deceitful behind our backs.

She says my husband and I are the ones that have gone behind her back instead. It is impossibly to note all of the things my husband has done for my Mom and my brother too. He only wishes the best for them and wants peace and harmony in our family. My Mom just chooses to side with her loser son, instead of her daughter and son-in-law who show their love for her in healthy ways.

My Mom basically does not want to lose her house. That would be understandable if there were not so many factual reasons against it making sense:

• The house is upside-down in a loan (it is worth less than is owed on it)
• My Mom does not live in the property and has been ordered by a court of law not to ever move back there again
• The house is occupied by a rental tenant - my drug addicted brother
• The family, including my drug-addicted brother and (I sure thought) my Mom agreed April 21, 2009 that Brian would be moving out of the house when my Mom came to live with us. This choice was what was best for everyone, not a shocking twist.

My Mom wants the house to be 'willed' to Brian (my brother); she says that's how my Dad wanted it and that's how she wants it. She has been declared incompetent but she wants to change her will to clarify this, and also remove me from receiving anything at all should she die.

Brian, the aforementioned loser brother, has only taken from my mom and abused the relationship he has with her. He is a manipulative co-dependent, addictive enabler who is the worse thing for my mom possible.

The two of them speak on the phone 2-3 times per day about how horrible it is for her to live here. She has a gorgeous room and beautiful furniture that she picked out. She has a brand new HDTV that she also chose which matches her furniture. She lives in a one-level entry and has one step from where her car is parked to where she steps inside. All of her meals are made for her, no requirements by her, and made to her tastes and liking. She sees doctors and specialists regularly and her medication is regulated better than it ever has been.

Despite everything she does have, including an opportunity to have a close relationship with her two grandsons, she hates living here and hates my husband and me. She is disrespectful of my husband's headship. She even refuses to wash herself properly or regularly. I really think she does this non-washing to punish us. She goes up to a month or more without showering.

The ways that she and Brian have been sneaking around are numerous. She lies easily and regularly. She has gone to an attorney and sought advice from him regarding matters that should only be decided by her legal guardian. She has been sneaking around with the mortgage company because she wants to keep her house and it is not in her best interests to do so; even the attorney has told her this.

S.L.M. 12.10.09

Yellowstone National Park & the Tetons Mountain Range

Our Family Trip to Yellowstone National Park - YNP

We took a family vacation to Yellowstone from 8-6-09 to 8-15-09 and it was great! We went to the Tetons, the Flaming Gorge and we swam in the Great Salt Lake besides Yellowstone National Park.

We flew to SLC and then we rented a Toyota Sienna, which I liked very much; we all liked did. It had one power side door and side/backseat windows that actually went down. There were cup holders everywhere and I have come to appreciate cup holders more in a vehicle now. There was enough so that almost every person in our party had two cup holders each.

It was fun swimming in the Great Salt Lake, something worth experiencing. The kids and my husband really enjoyed it. I have been there before and swam in the lake when I was younger.

The scenery at Yellowstone was amazing. I loved the waterfalls and the wild animals in their own, natural lives. The scenery was breathtaking; I had no idea how much water flows through the park.

Yellowstone National Park is very touristy. It costs a lot to just eat inside the park. We decided, before entering the park, that we would purchase fruit, bottled water and soda at a grocery store. I am glad we did that because it saved us a bunch of money. There were shops to buy souvenirs everywhere. In fact, I saw the word "souvenirs" so often that I actually thought it was misspelled.

At one point, I was trying to take a picture within Yellowstone, from the van ,while we were moving (out the window) and we were at a stop-and-go pace, barely moving. One construction worker yelled at me, "You're holding up the world!" C'mon now man! Like it's that big of a deal and I was NOT holding up the world. We were moving and that's how it was, final. I yelled "Whatever" out the window but I doubt he heard me - dummy. It just makes me feel better to say that.

Anyway, we had a wonderful vacation and it was planned out very nicely. My husband had an itinerary planned for each day, including where we were going to spend each night. We drove some days for about 5 hours and that was it; we had plenty of time to rest and enjoy our planned activities.

I would recommend Yellowstone to anyone. The Tetons were so wonderful - I had never really known what they were! That is very naive, I know, but I am just being honest. My Mom didn't know what the Tetons were either. We said, "Look, the Tetons" and my Mom said, "Pecans, where?" We were laughing cuz we told her what and where they were and she thought it was funny as well.

No one can really explain the magnificent beauty and splendor of Yellowstone, nor could they explain why everyone who can should try to see it. I hope you get a chance to go!

S.L.M. 8.21.09 @ 2:23 PM