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In the metal building industry, you hear the term “steel line” used a lot, but the thing is—the term is not fully understood. So today, we want to clear up the murky space in which the steel line occasionally exists. Ready? Let’s do the steel line dance.

The Steel Line = the outside face of steel

It’s the outside face of the secondary member or wall girts. If there aren’t any secondary members, it refers to the outside face of the columns or eave strut.

Easy, right? Well…not always. As simplistic as the steel line seems, mixing your terminology, or not fully understanding the function of the steel line, can really affect the building process. For example:

The term is widely used not only here, but also across Canada, so you would think the correct use and comprehension of the term would be widespread, but it’s not.

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