2018 - Volume #42, Issue #3, Page #25
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Pole Barn Built With Corrugated Flooring Panels
The metal is screwed to 4 by 6-in. upright wooden beams, and to double stringers on front and back of the building. The shed has no floor but stands on a hill so water drains away.
“A neighbor gave me the corrugated steel, which was left over from a shopping center project where it was used as the base for Terrazzo tile floors,” says Majerus. “This is thick, heavy 10-ga. metal with 6-in. wide, 4-in. deep corrugations. To make a floor, contractors place the metal over steel bar joists and then cover it with concrete. It results in a very solid floor.
“A big advantage of these panels is they’re built strong enough to clear a wide span without needing any joists or stringers for support. The roof on my shed is 15 ft. from front to back, yet I didn’t have to install any joists or stringers which saved a lot of work.”
The metal came in 30-ft. long, 40-in. wide panels. Majerus used his skid loader to load them onto a flatbed trailer, then used the same loader to hold them up while he screwed them onto the beams. A cut-off saw equipped with an abrasive bit was used to cut the metal panels to length for the roof.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mark Majerus, 1731 230th St. E., Farmington, Minn. 55024 (ph 651 463-7084; markmajerus46@hotmail.com).
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