seattle: Steel Framed homes now available in Puget Sound region
- 02/29/08 03:30 PM
Steel Framed homes now available in Puget Sound region Seattle Steel Homes offers steel framed custom homes exclusively. With over 15% of all new homes in the US being built with steel frames the time has come for the Pacific Northwest to embrace steel framing too. So, why do we frame with steel? The biggest reason is design flexibility. The framing system we use starts with a series of columns places around the foundation at critical points to support the roof. As you can tell by the photo the "studs" are NOT 16 or 18 inches on center. The vertical pieces, the (7 comments)