Above 1200 Sq/FT Metal frame building with quanset style lean to

[12valve]

I bought a used steel building frame that I would like to make a wider building out of. My idea is to add a lean to. Looking at the cost of stick building the trusses and posts, then adding the sheeting has me now thinking about a hybrid lean to.
I was thinking of having quonset half arches bent for each side , to be ran down both lengths of the building. That way I could anchor at the footing and eve without building the interior frame structure. I know it might be difficult to seal at the eve. All the companies that produce metal trusses have seen had huge shipping charges and I will still have to fit them. Any ideas or suggestions

 

[LXCam]

I bought a used steel building frame that I would like to make a wider building out of. My idea is to add a lean to. Looking at the cost of stick building the trusses and posts, then adding the sheeting has me now thinking about a hybrid lean to.
I was thinking of having quonset half arches bent for each side , to be ran down both lengths of the building. That way I could anchor at the footing and eve without building the interior frame structure. I know it might be difficult to seal at the eve. All the companies that produce metal trusses have seen had huge shipping charges and I will still have to fit them. Any ideas or suggestions

We had a guy here for while that built exactly the same thing in a somewhat remote location either in the dakotas or Wyoming. He did a hell of a nice job scabbing this all together from used materials. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep to himself about somethings that are forbidden topics here and they axed …twice.

I wish I could remember his handle. Maybe another member will and look up the link.

Good luck.

 

[MadeByMiller]

We had a guy here for while that built exactly the same thing in a somewhat remote location either in the dakotas or Wyoming. He did a hell of a nice job scabbing this all together from used materials. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep to himself about somethings that are forbidden topics here and they axed …twice.

I wish I could remember his handle. Maybe another member will and look up the link.

Good luck.

I think you mean this one: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/grain-bin-pole-barndominium.507030/

 

[LXCam]

I think you mean this one: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/grain-bin-pole-barndominium.507030/

Yezz sir, that's the one. To bad that dude got the axe, I liked him.

BTW OP, I noticed there were no pictures until post 24.

 

[12valve]

Yeah that's the theory I was thinking of. I was wanting to use free standing arches though, without any framing. I have also thought about shipping containers to be the outside walls and running a straight panel roof over to them. With the price of concrete, who knows if I will even get started. Lol