Anyone re-skin a 1950's shop?

[Jack345]

A few random pictures.

Looks like you will have a super nice shop with lots of storage & work area you are lucky. enough room to have 2-3 projects going at same time out of the weather, get it weather tight & all will work out.

 

[930dreamer]

I'm toying with the idea of renting an excavator for a week. One hydrant needs to be dug up as it leaks bad. I also have a leak north of a shut-off valve that goes to another hydrant. No issue finding other things to move, stack etc. I could relocated a septic tank cover I buried also.
This is the only opening I have before the grandkids go back to school and my summer duties change to school duties. Big drawback is it's going to be in triple digits. Probably drink a ton of water and pace myself. Just venting here.

 

[circus]

Impressive how little is actually holding the beast up. After 70 years, no arguing it works.

 

[DanielW]

Impressive how little is actually holding the beast up. After 70 years, no arguing it works.
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I thought the same thing. 2x6's on their flats at what looks like 24" spacing and 8'-10' truss centres. Don't think I'd want to try that here. My guess is the OP is somewhere that doesn't get a lot of snow load. But if kit works, it works.

 

[930dreamer]

I thought the same thing. 2x6's on their flats at what looks like 24" spacing and 8'-10' truss centres. Don't think I'd want to try that here. My guess is the OP is somewhere that doesn't get a lot of snow load. But if kit works, it works.

We get blizzards in this part of Texas, 70 mph winds etc. So, really I need to look at some framing upgrades and whether this building is conducive to all this.

 

[drsportster]

I would repaint it

 

[DanielW]

We get blizzards in this part of Texas, 70 mph winds etc. So, really I need to look at some framing upgrades and whether this building is conducive to all this.

If you get snow loads, I'd want new steel on the roof. Especially for a lower slope like that. Old steel with a bit of surface rust (even after paint) has more texture/friction, and tends to hold a lot more snow. New steel let's it slide right off. I'd not be worried about the siding. Maybe paint it if you wanted it looking better, but even left as-is it'll probably outlive any of us by a long stretch.

Based on our own experience buying steel (for three barns and a shed in the last two years) and hiring crews with a man-lift to do jobs, I really don't see why it should cost more than $15k or so (at most) to re-skin that roof. The steel here for that square footage would be about $6k. Shouldn't take any decent crew more than a couple days to do, and $10k would be pretty good payment for a few guys for a couple of days.

 

[a49deere]

I would repaint it

And then repaint it in 5 years!

 

[drsportster]

6 years

 

[hurleyjd]

Find a Conklin roof contractor they can spray foam on the roof to stop leaks and add some insulation value to the roof

 

[a49deere]

Find a Conklin roof contractor they can spray foam on the roof to stop leaks and add some insulation value to the roof

Foam won't stop leaks!! If anything, it will make roof rust/rot out more with moisture getting trapped between foam and roof tin!

 

[a49deere]

6 years

Do you really think it is practical to prep properly this size of structure to paint and actually have it hold up? I don't think so!

 

[MM-TX]

Just for anyone interested. For Amarillo area wind is a concern, snow is not.

 

[hurleyjd]

Foam won't stop leaks!! If anything, it will make roof rust/rot out more with moisture getting trapped between foam and roof tin!

You do not realize what the conklin spray foam does.