A Guide to Restoring Furniture

Cabin living usually means having a fully wooden cabin. This means wood trusses, flooring, and foundations. If your cabin has all of these facets, you may start noticing issues over time. Depending on where your cabin is located, you may start noticing issues with wood rot or with pests. These issues can lead to renovations. You can take the renovations and work them to your favor by having steel beams put in place of the current wood beams and trusses. Here are the benefits to this option and what to know about each. 

Pest Control Assistance

If you are experiencing pest issues, then upgrading to steel beams is an ideal option. Unlike wood trusses and beams, the steel does not allow pests to enter. Pests can not burrow within the steel or cause damage to the steel. This gives you a durable support system and the ability to maintain that support system without worry of termites and other bugs or animals that may break down your cabin structure. Keep in mind, you should still have pest control used on your landscape for the other aspects of your cabin that are wood. 

Reduced Wood Rot

Wood rot damage is a large concern for many cabin owners. This is heightened when you are in a forested or tree covered area where dampness and humidity can become extreme. If you are in an area that experiences heavy rains, snow, and ice you have added issues that increase the chances of wood rot. If snow or ice gets into your wood trusses and beams, it can cause an ice dam that pushes cracks further apart causing water damage and breakage to the beam. When you have a steel beam, this issue is greatly reduced. Steel beams do not have issues with water damage or with ice and snow creeping into the steel causing issues down the line. If dampness is an issue for you, then a steel beam upgrade is ideal. 

Longer Lifespan

In addition to pest issues and possible wood rot, you may be concerned with the lifespan of your building materials. By choosing to upgrade from wood trusses and beams to steel beams, you are offering yourself the chance for a longer lifespan of your home. Though repairs can still be done as needed, having the steel option will also help increase the time between necessary repairs and upgrades due to maintenance. 

These are just a few of the benefits to replacing your wood beams and trusses with steel beams during a cabin renovation. If you think this option may be ideal for you and your home maintenance needs, contact your renovation contractor. They can assess the cabin and determine if steel beams and trusses may be ideal and how those beams can be safely placed. Look into steel beams near you.