Homes, barndominiums and shops
Houses, additions, barndominiums, garages and shop buildings. Send house plans or just the size you want, and we'll match you with a manufacturer that builds residential frames.
Quote a home or shopCarolina Steel Buildings™ · Residential · Commercial · NC · SC · GA · TN
Steel framing, quoted from your plans.
Roof trusses, floor trusses, wall panels and full framing packages for homes and commercial buildings, engineered and delivered by our manufacturing partners.
Engineering is provided by the manufacturer. Stamped drawings are available on request, depending on project and state.
Building types
Homes and commercial buildings
Commercial and multi-story
Retail, office, restaurants, mixed-use and multi-story buildings. We take your architectural and structural drawings, and the manufacturer coordinates its framing design with your engineer of record.
Commercial framingGeneral notes: why steel
Why build with steel framing
Engineered, factory-built and made to last. Here's what steel framing gives your project.
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Engineered for your building
Every truss, wall panel and floor system is designed by the manufacturer's engineers for your plans and the loads at your site. Stamped drawings are available on request, depending on project and state.
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Riveted connections
Panels and trusses are joined at the factory with structural rivets, set by machine to the engineered design, the same kind of fastening that holds aircraft together. A rivet makes a permanent joint that can't back out the way a screw can.
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Built in a factory, stood up fast
Walls and trusses are roll-formed and assembled by computer-controlled machines from the engineering model, then arrive labeled to your plans. Your crew stands and connects them instead of measuring and cutting every piece on site, so the frame goes up in days.
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Straight and true
Steel doesn't shrink, swell or warp with moisture the way lumber does, so walls stay plumb, floors stay flat and drywall has fewer nail pops and cracks.
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No rot, mold food or termites
Steel is inorganic. Decay fungi and termites have nothing to eat, which matters in the humid Southeast where subterranean termites are common.
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Won't burn
Cold-formed steel is a noncombustible material, so the frame itself adds no fuel to a fire. Fire ratings for walls and floors come from the tested assembly your designer specifies.
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Ready for wiring and plumbing
Studs come with punched openings for electrical and plumbing runs, and open-web floor trusses leave room for ducts, so trades spend less time drilling and notching.
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Recyclable
Steel framing is made with recycled content, and offcuts and old framing can be recycled again instead of going to a landfill.
Steel framing usually costs more than wood up front. Compare the full cost, including labor and framing time.
Products
What we quote
Send the plans you have. We route them to a manufacturer who builds that product line.
Detail A: Roof trusses
Roof trusses
Engineered steel trusses built to your roof plan, pitch and spans.
Roof trusses: what to sendDetail B: Floor trusses
Floor trusses
Open-web steel floor trusses that leave room for ducts, pipe and wire.
Floor trusses: what to sendDetail C: Wall panels
Wall panels
Panelized steel walls built to your elevations, openings framed in.
Wall panels: what to sendSection 1: Building frame
Full framing packages and kits
Walls, floors and roof engineered together by one manufacturer, so the loads line up from the roof to the foundation. Kits cover a defined building, such as a shop or barndominium shell, delivered with a layout.
See packages and kitsTakeoff: steel vs. wood
Compare steel and wood
Compare the whole cost of framing, not just the lumber or steel: materials, labor and the days the frame takes to go up, priced at your own cost per day.
Sequence
How it works
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Send your plans or project details
Upload plans or describe the building: size, location, what you need and when.
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We review and match you
We check what you sent and match the project with a manufacturing partner that makes that product line.
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The manufacturer prices, engineers and delivers
You get pricing from the manufacturer. If you order, they engineer and deliver the framing.
Service area
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee
Questions
Common questions
Do you manufacture or install steel framing?
No. Carolina Steel Buildings reviews your plans or project details and matches you with one of our manufacturing partners. The manufacturer prices, engineers and delivers the framing. Your crew, or an installer you hire, puts it up.
What should I send for a quote?
Plans are best, as PDF or DWG. If you do not have plans yet, send the footprint, wall heights, roof pitch, project location, which parts you need (roof, floors, walls or the full frame) and your timeline.
Who does the engineering?
Engineering is provided by the manufacturer for your specific project. Stamped drawings are available on request, depending on project and state.
Is steel framing cheaper than wood?
Usually not up front. Steel framing generally costs more than wood at the material stage. People choose it for other reasons, such as straight, consistent members and resistance to rot and termites. Our calculator shows a planning range. Real pricing comes from the manufacturer.
Will steel framing be approved where I am building?
Requirements vary by state, county and city. Confirm code, load and permit requirements with your local building department and the engineer of record for your project.
What does a quote request cost me?
Nothing. Carolina Steel Buildings may receive a fee from manufacturers when a quote becomes an order.
Have plans? Send them over.
PDF or DWG is best. A sketch with dimensions works to start.
Prefer email? chad@cpenterprisessc.com