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Tel: 083 632 0909, Fax: 086 751 1327zz
info@runrite.biz
www.runrite.biz
Runrite Construction cc
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The benefits of building a light steel frame home or structure are numerous and by far outweigh the costs associated with building a traditional brick-and-mortar home.
In short, building a light steel frame building is between 20% - 30% more cost efficient than constructing a traditional brick home. By cost efficiency, we mean that for every R1 spent on a light steel frame construction, up to 80 cents of value goes directly into the final building itself, whereas with a brick home, up to 60 cents of value goes into the actual building, with the rest going into building expenses.
That does not necessarily mean that you will pay less at this point for building a light steel frame building as some of the building materials are still imported and the economies of scale has yet to be achieved in South Arica, but it does mean that rand for rand, you get a greater return on the value of your expenditure – and that excludes the tremendous energy savings of an LSFB structure due to vastly superior insulation qualities compared to masonry structures.
Other advantages, to name but a few, are as follows:
In short, building a light steel frame building is between 20% -
That does not necessarily mean that you will pay less at this point for building a light steel frame building as some of the building materials are still imported and the economies of scale has yet to be achieved in South Arica, but it does mean that rand for rand, you get a greater return on the value of your expenditure – and that excludes the tremendous energy savings of an LSFB structure due to vastly superior insulation qualities compared to masonry structures.
Other advantages, to name but a few, are as follows:
· Up to 50% faster construction than a traditional brick-and-mortar home means significant savings on labour costs.
· Lower logistical cost of transporting building material. The lighter weight of steel vs. bricks translates into fuel cost savings, whilst the space it takes on a truck translates to fewer truckloads.
· Better protection against the pilferage of on-site building material – steel frames arrive on the building site precisely ready for erection which is fast.
· Alterations, repairs, maintenance and future extensions are simple and fast.
· Vastly superior thermal insulation compared to masonry, which translates into lower energy bills.
· Typically superior acoustic insulation. In other words, it’s quieter on the inside of an LSF structure than in a comparable brick structure.
· Light Steel Frame buildings complies with all fire safety standards with recorded incidents of superior fire resistance compared to similar masonry structures
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