POWERBILT STEEL BUILDINGS - FEATURES
We are the leading metal building manufacturer
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Compare our Standard Features
Powerbilt Buildings |
Our Competition |
- 30 Year AZ55 Galvalume® Coating Warranty
- Full Colored Arches
- Full Colored Ends
- 24 Hour Customer Service
- Low Cost Community Freight
- 7" Deep Panel with Alternating Overlaps
- Flat Overlap on Panel Sides
- Squared Overlaps on Panel Sides
- Available in 14' to 90' Widths
- Bolted Every 6" at Laps
- Pre-Assembled Washers on Bolts
- Roll Formed Cross-Corrugation (More Rigid)
- Engineered for High Snow Loads without Factory Ends
- Extensive Updated Easy to follow Construction Manual
- 100% U.S. Made Materials
- Design Tested and Engineered Stamped
- drawings available for all 50 states
- Heavy Duty 50ksi Steel
- All Pre-drilled Holes
- Standard Concrete Drawings
- Standard Flashings for Custom Ends
- Factory to Customer Lifetime* Warranty
- Energy Star Compliant Program for Galvalume
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- Galvanized Steel with NO Warranty
- Voice Mail/Answering Service
- Full Freight Costs
- In-line Overlaps (Reduces Strength)
- Corrugated Overlaps at Panel Ends
- Rounded Overlaps on Panel Sides
- Restricted to 40', 50' or 60' Widths
- Bolted Every 9 1/2" at Laps
- No Washers on Bolts
- Stretch-Formed Corrugation (Reduces Gauge)
- Requires Factory Ends for Snow Loads
- Outdated Construction Manual
- Imported Materials
- Non-Tested
- 22 gauge 36ksi Steel
- Pilot Holes (Requires Labor-Intensive Drilling)
- Concrete Drawings Requires Additional Charge
- Flashings for Ends Requires Additional Charge
- Limited Warranty
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Compare steel building features vs. our Competition
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| Powerbilt Overlap |
Competition's Panel Overlap |
- Last 9" of panel is smooth
- Fits snug together -saves 30-40% on erection
- No struggle with assembly
- No caulking required for waterproofing
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- Last 9" of panel is crimped
- Does not fit snug together - difficult to assemble, requires 30-40% more erection time
- More alignment needed with drift pins
- Caulking is required for waterproofing - very time consuming, as each overlap must have four rows of caulking to prevent leaks
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| Powerbilt's Panel Crimping |
Competition's Panel Crimping |
- Crimps are together and smaller in depth
- No buckling problems
- 25% increase in strength
- All arches are predrilled
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- Crimps are farther apart and larger in depth
- Buckling problems
- Panels are weaker
- Some offer pilot holes.
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| Powerbilt's Hardware |
Competition's Hardware |
- High grade, long life fastener available
- More durable with industrial grade low density polyethylene recessed washer
- High strength
- Corrosion resistant
- Colored fasteners available with colored arches and endwalls
- All models arch connections are double overlapped
- Minimum grading
- Less tolerance variation
- AZ55 direct warranty from steel mill
- High resistance against corrosion
- 30 year warranty
- Studies show panel life is 40+ years
- Florida testing approval for high wind velocity, up to 150mph. Florida approval number FL-5897
- Full colored arches available
- Colored endwalls and trim available
- We are the leading metal building manufacturer
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- Grade 2 bolts - 200 hr fastener
- Less durable
- Low strength
- Not corrosion resistant
- Single lap on some models
- Nominal grading
- Greater tolerance variation
- AZ50 NO direct warranty from steel mill 50% aluminum, 48.5% zinc, 1.5% silicone
- Some use galvanized zinc coating - no warranty
- 20 year warranty
- low resistance to corrosion
- No Florida testing approval
- No colored arches available
- No colored endwall or trim
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