| 1. Why should I purchase an Accu-Steel
Cover Building? |
| When you start with an Accu-Steel
Cover Building you know you are starting with an
engineered building, built with the best materials,
backed by the best warranty, and priced to be the
best value on the market. You can add any option
to an Accu-Steel Cover Building that you can with
a conventional building. Your initial investment
is less with an Accu-Steel Cover Building, which
can allow a greater return on your money sooner. |
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| 2. What sizes do Accu-Steel
Cover Buildings come in? |
| Accu-Steel Cover Buildings
come in 17 different
standard sizes from 22’- 188’
in clear span widths. Accu-Steel can also design
a cover building to fit your specific needs. Accu-Steel
Cover Buildings can be constructed to any length
and placed on almost any surface, even a site
that slopes.
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Why is Hot Dipped Galvanizing a better coating than “shielding” products? |
| A Hot Dip Galvanized finish
is better because the zinc is applied after the
manufacturing process is completed. Accu-Steel parts
have a 3.9-millimeter plating of zinc on the outside,
inside, and over the completed welds. This is three
times more zinc than “shielding” products;
the amount
of zinc is directly related to corrosion resistance
of a part. “Shielding” products come
pre-coated with zinc on the outside and paint on
the inside. Both are burned away at welding locations.
Some companies try to replace the zinc with gray
paint over the welds; this rarely keeps red rust
from forming. They can’t address the burned
paint on the inside where corrosion starts. Ask
the competition why they only care about the rust
that can be seen and not the corrosion on the inside
that can lead to failures. Accu-Steel products are
Hot Dipped Galvanized to ASTM-A-123 Standards, which
will give you years of maintenance free service
and add value to your purchase. |
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| 4. What does it mean to
be “Designed for Hot Dip Galvanizing”? |
| Accu-Steel products are Engineered
to be Hot Dip Galvanized. This means building components are
manufactured with venting holes sized and located
for optimum zinc flow through and zinc protection
once the Hot Dip Galvanizing is completed. Our competition
“designs” for hot dip by just cut holes
with a grinder or torch to vent already welded tubing.
This improper venting does not allow correct flow
though, this leads to early corrosion and depending
on where the cuts were made may weaken the truss
structure. This is an excellent difference in quality
and attitude between Accu-Steel Cover
Buildings and others. |
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| 5. Can I customize my Accu-Steel
Cover Building? |
| Yes you can. Accu-Steel prides
itself on finding innovative solutions that solve
our customer’s problems and keep them within
their budget. You can add any option to an Accu-Steel
Cover Building that you can with a conventional
building; your initial investment is less with an
Accu-Steel Cover Building. |
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| 6. What kind of foundation
do I need for an Accu-Steel Cover Building? |
| Accu-Steel Inc. will work with
you to determine the best foundation for your Accu-Steel
Cover Building. Accu-Steel Cover Buildings 76’
Bar Truss and under can be placed on Portable
Pre-Cast Concrete Barriers. Portable Pre-Cast
Concrete Barriers provide vertical sidewalls, quick
installations and relocation while maintaining an
engineered structure. Accu-Steel Building Crews
have experience with ground anchors, Portable Pre-Cast
barriers, and cast in place concrete piers. |
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| 7. Can I relocate my Accu-Steel
Cover Building? |
| Yes you can. The versatility
of an Accu-Steel Cover Building that allows for
fast installations also allows for easy relocation.
Simply by reversing the build process, if you have
chosen a portable pre-cast concrete foundation, you
can have your engineered building on the move in
no time without having to leave costly foundation
components behind. This is a great asset when dealing
with rented or leased property. |
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| 8. Can I get an Engineering
Stamp for an Accu-Steel Cover Building? |
| Yes you can. Accu-Steel Cover
Buildings are independently designed by a licensed
professional engineer to meet the International
Building Code (IBC), the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), and the Uniform Building Code
(UBC) in your geographical location. Any building
is only as good as the foundation that it is placed
upon; Accu-Steel can assist you in foundation engineering
also. Once the proper building, options and foundations
are decided upon, Accu-Steel can offer complete installation
on time and in budget. |
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| 9. What makes an Engineering
Stamp on an Accu-Steel Cover Building Unique? |
| Accu-Steel Inc. can supply an
Engineer’s Wet Seal on the installation drawings
that include the customers name, location, and base
plate reactions. When the competition supplies proof
of “engineered” buildings, many times
it is a copied picture of a single truss with a
copied engineer's stamp. This information tells the
customer almost nothing about the product being
supplied. If the stamped or sealed prints do not
have the name and location of the project and a
signature of an licensed professional engineer in
the state the building is being used, the information
is almost useless in obtaining building permits
and providing proof you are purchasing an engineered
structure for insurance reasons. The Engineering
Stamp on Accu-Steel prints provides proof your complete
building including base plates, purlins, and end
walls, at the elevation of your foundation in your
location has been reviewed by licensed professional
engineer of record for your state. |
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| 10. Why does Accu-Steel
Cover Buildings offer so many different Rafter Centers? |
| Accu-Steel Cover Buildings Rafters
are designed and manufactured to allow the rafter
centers to be adjusted to meet the exact loading
required in your location. When a company designs
a building with only one rafter center length, they
can only sell one loading at one price. A customer
of our competition may be paying for more loading
in a building than they need or they may be paying
for a product that is not engineered for their location.
In either instance, Accu-Steel Cover Buildings can
provide value and strength through engineering that
the competition cannot provide. |
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| 11. What are Accu-Steel
Cover Buildings made of? |
The Truss
– Accu-Steel uses the highest quality domestically
produced steel square tubing in all of the truss
buildings that Accu-Steel manufactures. Square
tubing is 20% stronger than the competition’s
round tubing. Once the truss rafter and metal
components are finished in the manufacturing plant
they are taken off site to be Hot Dipped Galvanized.
Hot Dipped Galvanizing gives Accu-Steel products
three times the zinc protection than “shielded”
products.
The Cover – Accu-Steel’s
covers are produced from woven
polyethylene fabric. Accu-Steel covers feature
5 layers of polyethylene that provide unequaled
strength to weight ratio and excellent puncture
and tear resistance. Accu-Steel’s covers
have a limitied amount of maintenance once in place. With the
latest in ultra-violet stabilizing, the covers
will outlast most commercial shingles. Accu-Steel
Cover Buildings also have the option of utilizing poly-vinyl-chloride
or PVC covers.
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| 12. Where can I see an
Accu-Steel Cover Building and where is Templeton, Iowa? |
| Accu-Steel has buildings all
over the United States with a concentration in the
Upper Mid-West. Give us a call and we can arrange
to have a Accu-Steel sales representative meet with
you at your nearest Accu-Steel Cover Building location.
Accu-Steel Inc. is located in Templeton, Iowa. Templeton
is located in West Central Iowa between Des Moines,
Sioux City, and Omaha NE. This location allows for
economical nation wide transportation rates. To
visit our manufacturing location and product demonstration
area, please call 1-877-338-6936 to set up an appointment. |
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| 13. Where can I purchase
an Accu-Steel Cover Building? |
| You can purchase an Accu-Steel
Cover Building directly from the manufacturer, Accu-Steel.
1-877-338-6936 places you in touch with an Accu-Steel
Factory Representative who will assist you in finding
the right designs and options that allow your Cover
Building to fit your exact needs and price range. |
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| 14. How much does an
Accu-Steel Cover Building cost? |
| Accu-Steel manufactures the
products that it sells; therefore we can offer the
highest quality building at competitive prices.
The design and options that you choose with your
building will determine the final cost. When you
start with an Accu-Steel Cover Building you know
you are starting with an engineered building, built
with the best materials, backed by the best warranty,
and priced to be the best value on the market. Please
call Accu-Steel Cover Buildings at 1-877-338-6936
to answer any question and get a quote today. |
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| 15. Are there Factory
Finance options available? |
| Yes, Call your Accu-Steel Factory
Representative at 1-877-338-6936 for more information
about our money-saving lease programs and how easy
it is to own the best cover building on the market.
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| 16. What is a Woven Polyethylene
Fabric? |
| Woven Polyethylene Fabric is
a material that is produced from three sheets of low-density
polyethylene extruded over two layers of high-density
woven polyethylene. All five layers have been treated
with the latest in Ultra-Violet (UV) stabilizers
and can be combined with a Fire Resistance (FR)
treatment to provide excellent protection and longevity
in your Accu-Steel Cover Building. |
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| 17. How heavy are the
Covers and can I get the Cover in Different Colors? |
| Accu-Steel can offers Woven Polyethylene Fabric in a weight of 14 oz. There are many Woven
Polyethylene Fabric colors to choose from including
clear greenhouse fabric and blackout fabric. The poly-vinyl-chloride
or PVC covers come in weights from 18 oz. to
32 oz. There are many colors to choose from in the
PVC fabric option; your Accu-Steel Factory Representative
can help you decide on the right weight and color
of fabric for your application. |
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| 18. What happens if the
cover becomes damaged for any reason? |
| You are covered; Accu-Steel
provides a cold patch repair kit from the original
supplier of the Woven Polyethylene Fabric with every
purchase. This patch is specially designed to bond
with the Woven Polyethylene Fabric for a weather
tight repair that is ultra-violet stable. If the
cover is unable to be repaired by the cold patch,
then Accu-Steel’s has standard 10-year warranty. First three years is covered at 100%, the next seven years has
pro-rated, see warranty for details. There is an extended warranty program available
from Accu-Steel that can cover the complete building
for up to 20 years. Please check with your Accu-Steel
Factory Representative for details. |
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| 19. What is the environment
like inside an Accu-Steel Cover Building? |
| The environment inside an Accu-Steel
Cover Building is unique
from other types of building systems because the
cover absorbs sound for a quieter interior and allows
sunlight in the building. The clear span design
height provides excellent air quality. Another benefit
of an Accu-Steel Cover Building is that university
studies have shown that the temperature inside a
cover building is 10 – 15 degrees warmer in
winter and 10 – 15 degrees cooler in summer
than the outside temperature. This makes an Accu-Steel
Cover Building the perfect answer in any climate
or situation. |
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| 20. Do I need a building
permit to construct an Accu-Steel Cover Building? |
| Each instance is unique to the
local permitting process; in most instances an agricultural
building does not need a building permit. An Accu-Steel
Factory Representative can assist you in this process
by providing information to obtain a building permit.
In most cases this is done at no additional charge. |
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| 21. What are the end
walls made from and are they engineered? |
| The end walls on an Accu-Steel
Cover Building are made from galvanized
cold-formed channel or rectangular structural tubing. This is the same product
that is used in the metal building industry. This
allows Accu-Steel Cover Building end walls to be
completely engineered and ready for any type of
commercial door, ventilation system, HVAC, or other
end wall option. |
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| 22. What makes Accu-Steel
Gather Doors different from other types of doors? |
| Accu-Steel Gather Doors are
different from other types of gather doors for three
main reasons. The track
that Accu-Steel manufactures is designed in
such a way that the more wind force there is on
the door the tighter the pipe is “locked”
into the track. The track is designed to work in
a negative pressure or suction wind case. This case
places more loading on an end wall than does a pressure
load. Another main difference is that Accu-Steel
uses pipe not tubing in the door pockets. The last
main comparison is that Accu-Steel
uses almost twice as many pipe than the competition
uses tubing. More features that you will find on
an Accu-Steel Gather Door that is that track is
recessed and the pipe run past the door opening.
This makes an Accu-Steel Gather Door the
most weather tight Gather Door on the market.
Accu-Steel
Gather Doors work great on
all types of buildings, especially salt domes, and
can be installed to be let down from the top or
raised from the bottom for ventilation in livestock
buildings. |
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| 23. Do you have someone
who will install an Accu-Steel Cover Building? |
| Yes we do. Accu-Steel has made
a commitment to become a full service center for
the design, manufacture, and installation of our
Cover Buildings. When you hire Accu-Steel to install
your Cover Building you know it is being built with
Accu-Steel employees. Accu-Steel employees bring
years of construction experience to your job site.
Jobsite Safety and Customer Satisfaction are top
priorities on Accu-Steel Cover Building installations;
our name is on your building. |
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| 24. What is a Rub Rail
and what does it do? |
| Accu-Steel has developed a Rub
Rail as part of the unique features only found
on an Accu-Steel Cover Building. The Rub Rail is
a building purlin placed on the outside of the base
plate of the truss rafter. The Rub Rail provides
a smooth consistent stand off for the cover in wall
mount applications. Other building suppliers use
strips of lumber instead of steel for a rub rail.
The lumber does not allow the cover to be readjusted,
and does not provide any structural support to the
building. This is a great example of the competition
recognizing a need, but unable to solve the problem. |
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| 25. What are the little
things that set Accu-Steel apart from other building suppliers? |
Accu-Steel cold rolls the
square tube cords in the truss rafters before
welding. This allows Accu-Steel rafters to transfer
the building loading into the next section as
they were designed with computer-aided software.
Some competitors press their rafter, which builds
up internal stress that can adversely affect the
quality of the truss.
Accu-Steel uses an inline
rafter connection with structural A-325 fasteners
as required by engineering codes. Our competition
uses regular bolts that may not handle the design
loads. Accu-Steel takes supplying Cover Buildings
very seriously, corners are not cut in design,
production, or installation.
Last and most important are the people that work
at Accu-Steel; employees at Accu-Steel make the
difference and it shows everyday in every building
that is produced. Our product is 100% manufactured in the United States & is a proud product of Iowa.
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