Steel studs questions

[Gmonkee]

I was given a small pile of steel studs from a wall a friend took out. The recent quakes that shook my house had me scrounging to take down a stacked block temp wall and replace it. It scared the lady of the house to keep that up.
The steel studs were used and the future doorway covered with painted plywood.

Fast, gosh darn easy and quite solid to fill a 8 X 6' opening. Few tools required also which was nice.

Got me thinking to build a small outbuilding of them sheathed with fiberglass roofing panels as siding to keep it very low maintence and translucent on the roof for light inside.

It would be on a pallet with skids and probably 8 X 10' at the biggest. Sloped one panel roof and 16'' on center stud walls.

Would this push the limits of the materials at all? We get high winds so earth anchors will have to be used but that would be a minor factor. It would be in the shadow of a two story house for a little additional weather protection.

 

[kaiser715]

There are structural steel studs, nd non-structural (for non load bearing). Which will you use/did use?

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[Gmonkee]

I am going to guess I had the non load bearing type to play with as it was a temporary room he made. My wall certianly bears no weight of the structure on it. It just plugs an empty doorway.

And he is cheap by nature.
HD has a selection by longitude so now I have to check if there is a load bearing version next visit.

 

[MushCreek]

They are mostly likely non-load bearing. It might be OK if you don't get snow or wind. The fiberglass panels won't add much strength, either.

 

[jetnow1]

check with a local drywall distributor for load bearing metal studs. You would need to do
something better than fiberglass panels for rack resistance with the wind, Maybe an x across the inside using t shaped struts?

 

[Gmonkee]

Yes. Internal bracing and cables run from floor then through the roof and back to floor to make sure the roof stays on.
I have seen what winds in the high desert of CA do to tin sheds. Sheet metal screws were not always enough.

Not a minimum investment project of course. I want it to last a decade or more in regular use without major rebuilding of the structure.

 

[tncatadjuster]

I put my little shed up on parking bumpers and used the pin holes to attach the floor joist at each of 8 locations with large connectors, that was 18 years ago.