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How important are warranties and, more importantly, the length of steel building warranties to consumers today? The answer seems to be that they are growing more and more important nationwide and steel building suppliers and manufacturers are reacting. Steel building companies are progressing, competitively, to eventually provide the longest and largest steel building warranty that has ever been available to American consumers. Steel building warranties are moving to 30, 35 and even 50 years.
As a consumer, a warranty is your contract with the manufacturer of your steel building that states that any defects will be corrected at the manufacturer’s expense. For most steel building companies a clear understanding of the warranty needs to be understood by the purchaser before any deposit is applied to a building.
A well stated warranty helps the steel building manufacturer or supplier that provides it. Longer warranted buildings are more attractive to consumers as compared to steel building companies with shorter warranties. In the competitive pricing market of steel buildings, when two buildings are equally attractive to the buyer the longest warranty usually will win out over price. The longer the warranty the more the consumer will have “peace of mind” about the structural integrity of the building. There also needs to be no additional cost