Storing Metal Building Kit Prior to Erecting Structure
barbergs
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I’ll be taking delivery of an all metal building in the next couple weeks. The pad isn’t poured yet so erecting the building won’t start immediately. The build site is a hay field so there is nothing but tall grass all around and topsoil.
I’m thinking the steel for the sides and roof should rest on top of railroad ties or old pallets then loosely covered with 6-mil but with air flow. Parts like doors and insulation I have some dry space to move them to. The columns, girts, etc. maybe can tolerate the rain.
Best practice?
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Ask the manufacturer for their recommendations. If it were me, I'd store the stuff on dunnage as high above ground level as practicable AND place dunnage over top of the pack under the tarps or whatever you're using for cover. Overhang the cover almost equal to the height of the and leave at least 2 opposite ends open - you're shooting for good air circulation.
Today's tarps suck and have a very short life span. I have given up on tarps and have bought numerous sheets of (26 gauge?) galvanized corrugated steel about 8' long. I cover my lumber with these sheets and the corrugations nest quite nicely for side laps. I always make sure that they're sloped for drainage AND weighted to prevent the wind from lifting them off the pile. SERIOUSLY weighted - you'd be amazed how easily a t-storm or microburst can send them flying.
The most common ways to add shelving to a metal building are:
1.Fastening wooden beams to the walls of the shed.
2. Attaching shelves directly to the shed's frame.
3.Using floating or free-standing shelving units.
Don't understand how you read OP's question to ask about shelving.
My read is that OP is concerned about storing the building's components until it can be erected.
Maybe it’s a Google translate thing. ;-)
I was just going to ignore it. :)