Have you been thinking about putting together you're own metal building? Or just hoping to familiarize yourself with the steel building industry?

Good for you. We commend this initiative and hope to help in any way we can. Below, we've listed a handful of terms that all future metal building owners should know:

• Auger: A tool for drillingholes in wood, consisting of a bit with a spirally inclined plane and a handle.
• Baluster: A rod supporting a railing of any kind.
• Batten: A strip of wood, or a board, used to bridge or seal a gap between two other boards.
• Block Plane: A small hand tool used to shave off or smooth lumber.
• Common Nail: A flat headed nail with a heavier head and thicker chank than a box nail.
• Gusset: A flat brace joining two boards, often a triangle of plywood joining two rafters at the roof peak.
• Jamb: The inner framework of a door facing the edge of the door.
• Skid - A foundation board for a metal storage building, dog house, etc.

What other terms would you like to know? What steps, if any, are you confused about as you plan your residential or commercial steel building?

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