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Our 4m x 5m steel building kit is popular

DIY office pod kit 4m x 5mWe’ve had a huge number of customers complete their backyard building projects with one of our 4m x 5m flatpack building kits. Whether for a DIY building project, installed to lockup, or completed, the 20sqm option is very popular. Often exempt in NSW as a non-habitable room up to 20sqm, our 4m x 5m building is also often approved for occupation as a bedroom with ensuite and kitchenette, home office, pool house, backyard cabin, or studio with/without facilities.

See here one of our most popular gallery examples – a much-loved home office for two people with beautiful views and room for a sofa, coffee-making, etc. This building was done as a DIY project by the husband of our customer but you could have something like this or your own style built for you, starting with our flatpack kit for versatility and cost-saving.

Australian engineering-certified Class 1A steel-framed and steel-clad building with integrated flooring and skillion roof for flatpack delivery

Inclusions:

  • Documentation for engineering-certified Class 1A (habitable) building kit with instructions
  • Integrated Truecore® floor framing system – no slab needed (or anchor to an existing slab)
  • Yellow-tongue flooring (standard) ready for your choice of floor coverings
  • Heavy-duty Truecore® wall frames (ask us about lintels and cross-bracing for openings)
  • Corrugated Colorbond® exterior wall cladding and wall sarking (add choice of insulation)
  • Low-profile skillion Zincalume® (standard) roof with Permastop fibreglass roof insulation
  • Guttering system ready for downpipe of your choice to stormwater, water tank, or garden
  • All flatpack building kit fixings and sealant with full parts list to check for complete delivery
  • Add your selected foundations, glazing, custom options, and any other construction extras

Dimensions: The finished building size is based on external wall measurements. Allow for Truecore® wall frame thickness of 75mm plus your choice of internal lining. A finished building height of 2.71m plus 600mm steel piers can achieve <3m above ground for exempt projects where applicable. Raked internal ceiling height 2450mm to 2650mm approx. Skillion roof pitch 5 °.

Delivery: Shipping costs will depend on your location and final kit specifications. The deposit for your sales order will be invoiced when your shipping quote has been confirmed and accepted. Your flatpack building kit is delivered by crane truck (Hiab) to your site address and placed as near to your desired position as permissible within operational safety regulations. Once your delivery is unbundled, 1-2 people can easily move the kit components to another spot for assembly. You will have 48 hours from delivery to check the full list of components on-site and let us know in the unlikely event of any missing, incorrect, or damaged items.

Payment:  50% deposit on final invoice to commence fabrication. 50% balance to be received before kit components are bundled for loading and delivery. Lead times in weeks may vary throughout the year and we’ll confirm with you when preparing your order.

DIY builders and owner-builders

The engineering-certified Class 1A flatpack steel building kit is the ideal ‘blank canvas’ for quickly and economically constructing studios, offices, guest cabins, dormitories, granny flats, tiny houses, and dream homes STCA. If you’ve got previous building experience and suitable tools, you can get to the lock-up stage within days by using a flatpack steel building kit instead of timber-framed construction. You can also save many $$$ thousands by becoming an exempt DIY builder or acting as the owner-builder.

If you have any questions or need help with either tackling a DIY-exempt building project, becoming an owner-builder for an approved project, getting drawings or sorting approvals for your project, or getting construction done, just ask us.