"OLD" Metal building

[Beetle]

Have the job or opportunity of tearing down an old metal building that is aprox 50 years old. The 2 choices I have are tearing down with no regard and heading to the scrap yard and get make a little change......or take the building down and put it back up on a slab (to be poured) I need a building on my place and this would really help with storage of my tractor and my boat. Both will not fit in at the same time however I can move some other smaller items out of my large garage and then have room there for my boat.
Opinions please.......This building is very heavy gauge galvanized metal. The metal although 50 years old is without rust but for the lower edges. It has been painted regularly and has many coats of paint on it. Aprox 1 ft. width vertical metal sheets that wrap or snap on to the previous piece. At the top where the roof meets the sides of the building there is a angle iron frame that goes around the interior perimeter of the building. This perimeter brace is also braced from front to back and side to side to prevent the sides from spreading. Has anyone seen a building like this and got any thoughts as to the proper dissemble and reassemble. I'm not sure how the bottom edge is held but if I disassemble it I think I'll pour concrete upon in to hold in place after it's all squared and secured. Just looking for someone who might sway me one way or another with this. Sorry I forgot to say this building is about 14X20 and would work well in my plans.

 

[Tscott]

I looked into this option when building my shop. Living in Florida I had to worry about permitting and wind loads. Ultimately it was too much trouble to bring an older steel building up to code or get an engineer to certify it as is. If you don't plan or need to permit this one, then it sounds like a cheap way to get some extra space.

Tom

 

[D.J.]

Pictures wopuld help and also a location would be helpful.

 

[FJ 432]

It sounds to me that you've made up your mind. Do it. Where can you find storage for the costs of concrete?

 

[Beetle]

Pictures wopuld help and also a location would be helpful.

Sorry, I thought of pics after I have left. I actually didn't think of posting this here until I did some searching on the net. It had an old sticker on one of the sheets of metal and I thought I'd get all the info I needed from that & the web. However the sticker wasn't from the blg. mfg. but from a ladder and scaffolding mfg. If I get back up there I'll get some pics and post them

I looked into this option when building my shop. Living in Florida I had to worry about permitting and wind loads. Ultimately it was too much trouble to bring an older steel building up to code or get an engineer to certify it as is. If you don't plan or need to permit this one, then it sounds like a cheap way to get some extra space.
Tom

That shouldn't be a problem. IF I can get it put back anyways close to the way it is now. This thing is very solid.

It sounds to me that you've made up your mind. Do it. Where can you find storage for the costs of concrete?

Not really made up my mind as I've never seen a building with this design. Thus not familiar with any problems associated with disassembly and putting it all back together in the exact same way. I guess not knowing how hard it will be for each panel to come apart after 50 years mating surfaces in contact even though it is galvanized.

 

[Ed Litsch]

I'd use it. You never have enough space. You can always have someone put up those steel frames and then use your skin. They only need to be every five feet apart. Then run the siding crossways. That's what I would check into. You could probably do it for a few hundred bucks.

 

[Pathfinders]

You might have an issue with the paint. Lead paint was still used into the mid 70s. Just a thought.

 

[PECVD2]

I have taken two apart, one I kept the other we put back up at my brothers place. Mine is a 10x12 that I split into two lean-too's that i use to keep lumber in and the other side to keep my bead blaster and some other stuff stored in.
I would never turn that down but that is the scrounger in me.

 

[kursplat]

You might have an issue with the paint. Lead paint was still used into the mid 70s. Just a thought.

don't eat the paint. problem fixed

looking forward to your re-build thread

 

[upndown]

I picked up a 24x20 Versatube type building off CL. Before I set it up with my son and 2 SIL's to take it down, I took a Sharpie and marked every tube as well as sheeting, then made a drawing.

Took us a few hours and it was tied down on my trailer. Once the concrete is poured should be no problem getting it back up..

 

[Glenn M.]

I was lucky enough to buy a big trailer load of insulated (Double wall) 1' wide "snap-together" siding that someone had taken off a commercial building a long time ago. I reused it, but put it on as a 20'x35' addition to a single walled metal siding building that was already in place. I ended up cutting every piece to length with a cheap metal-cutting blade from Home Depot. Turned out to be a great project. I didn't put the end of the siding directly on the concrete slab or pour any concrete on it, though - instead, I used some spray can rubberized undercoating on the newly cut ends to kind of delay any rusting. I put the siding so that the bottom edge was just outside the edge of the slab. Seems to be holding up well.
Good luck with your project!

 

[Bib Overalls]

Mark every component in a logical manner. Take a lot of pictures. Enjoy your new to you building.

 

[coldfoot_luke]

You'll save a lot on material cost, might loose it on labor costs...

Any story behind the building? Sounds like potential to keep some history going.

 

[joe_padavano]

I put up a new 28x32 metal building myself (with some help). After fitting and attaching the metal siding, all I can say is good luck getting it back together the way it came apart. I'd suggest keeping the steel frame, but by the time you struggle with getting the screw holes lined up in the siding (or worse, patching all the holes that don't line up) you'll likely be time and money ahead simply buying new metal siding. Even if you do get the screw holes lined up, how many will strip out when you power-install the screws?

My situation is such that spare time is limited. I'd rather be working on my cars than on my shop. Yours may be different.

 

[Beetle]

Sorry Fellows for the delay in getting back on this. Opening weekend of modern gun deer season this past weekend. Always a big event. We really don't hunt as hard a many do but at my age it's the fellowship. Son also got to come in from school. It's always good to spend time in the woods with family and the wife always cooks BIG! Maybe not as big a the stories we tell but that's another thread!

Thanks for all the responses and I hope to get to the building and get a few pics today.. As I mentioned this building is constructed of aprox. 1'' vertical panels. The shape of these panels are roughly a C shape like a piece of channel iron but they have a small lip on one side of the C that overlaps the panel next to it and so forth. There are no screw holes in this metal so matching up and patching holes is not a problem. The roof does have an L shaped flashing on each end that is put up by screws to kind of finish off and prevent water from entering.
Has someone on this forum started a thread that would give some hints on the disassembly and reassembly of a building or cabin. A layout of some sort I can review on marking and what needs to be noted for proper reassembly. Thanks for being patient with me as I'm not a builder and completely out of my element. I do have some very good help but he don't do computers or I would let him post. I wouldn't have even considered this project without consulting him! Thanks in Advance!

 

[chamoisfive]

Quote: "Sorry Fellows for the delay in getting back on this. Opening weekend of modern gun deer season this past weekend. Always a big event. We really don't hunt as hard a many do but at my age it's the fellowship. Son also got to come in from school. It's always good to spend time in the woods with family and the wife always cooks BIG! Maybe not as big a the stories we tell but that's another thread! "

Don't leave me hanging with this teaser, how was the weekend's hunt. Did you get a deer? How was the venison?. Mmmmmm........... Venison!

 

[Ign]

I tore down a 25x32 Behlen building somewhat similar to what you're dealing with and re-assembled at my place. Saved a ton of cash doing it. I took it down in as large of sections as possible and labeled each one numerically. Putting it back up wasn't hard, but needed a spud bar to "stitch" the panels back together at each bolt hole in some spots. Others lined up perfectly.

 

[bobemmerich]

Sounds kinda like an old quonset hut....

 

[Beetle]

Don't leave me hanging with this teaser, how was the weekend's hunt. Did you get a deer? How was the venison?. Mmmmmm........... Venison!

When I was a bit younger a fellow that I worked under had a favorite expression. He absolutely wore me out with it. He always said,"There's not enough hours in the day to get everything done". I don't really think this one hit me till I retired. The photo's I promised of the building had to be postponed to assist my Mom with a problem she's having.

Chamoisfive back to you and the deer hunt. No good stories to tell and no venison Backstraps were consumed this weekend. If you're a deer hunter you know what that's all about! Although my brother got an adult doe he took it all home with him! We have several more days of modern gun hunting and another blackpowder season to go so there is no hurry.