For the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) fan, steel kit homes are the ultimate DIY home! In addition to being one of the best alternatives for affordable housing, steel buildings provide the ultimate opportunity for the DIY-er who wants to build his...

Have you considered increasing the value of your home by installing a steel garage on your property? A steel garage has many advantages. The first advantage is the cost-effective nature of steel garage kits. Because you can install one...

Farming is a key business in Australia, and, as any farmer knows, requires a multitude of equipment to do properly. Farm machines include some of the most sophisticated (and expensive) machines in the world. A farmer should consider protecting...

Isn’t it amazing how much clutter one family can collect in the course of just one or two years? Maybe the time has come for you to consider building storage shed on your property. A steel storage shed kit is one of the most affordable...

Steel kit homes are steadily growing in popularity in Australia. The reason for this rise in popularity is that, in a country where home building costs are some of the highest in the world, steel kit homes provide affordable housing. There are...

At Wide Span Homes we offer a cost effective alternative to the tradition brick and mortar homes - with our steel kit home product range. Not only are our kit homes made from steel, a light, yet extremely strong material (saving thousands on...

Many of you may be aware that Wide Span Sheds recently launched a new television campaign in both Queensland and Western Australia. But did you know the talent who starred in the Wide Span Sheds’ TV commercial were “real” Wide...

Why do we embed columns in concrete? As we have mentioned in our previous blogs, Mother Nature has a very significant impact on basically everything we do, especially on buildings. That’s why it is so very important to secure the...

A fully constructed building has slight movement when the wind force is up, so try and envisage a semi-assembled building that has not been fully erected. Can you see it swaying from side to side? Can you imagine the ramifications of such a...

So you’ve made the decision to purchase a shed, and even your wife has given you the go ahead? So what now? Unfortunately, buying a shed isn’t as easy as going down to your local shed company and picking out the one that looks the...

Just like your house, a shed represents a major investment; it also makes a huge visual statement. So here are a couple of simple rules to help you maintain your smaller steel buildings. When your residential shed is being constructed, carefully...

Hello and welcome to Wide Span Sheds’ weblog. I guess you could say we are the Bubba Gump of sheds. However, unlike in Forrest Gump, our knowledge is about sheds – and basically that’s what we love to talk about! Whatever you...