Today i started salvaging an old pole barn.I am not sure what i am going to do with all the metal but it isn't going to be scraped.The metal off the roof is the thick kind that is self supporting.It looks like about 40 sheets 16 foot long.The metal looks like it was part of an old Butler building that was salvaged.The old man that built the pole barn was a funny fellow he probable got it free 25 years ago when he built the pole barn.May be tomorrow i can post some pictures,I have to decide if i want to re-roof my old shed and clean it out or do i want to build a new work shop.Its the cleaning out that i would dread.When you have lived in the same place for 28 years a lot of stuff accumulates.As bad as it sounds it would be easier to build a 16x16 metal workshop than to clean the old garage out.
My dear wife has informed me i cant have a new workshop i have to many out buildings as it is.I do have a few 6 to be exact, she may have a point.When i shut down my store i stored 2 coolers 2 quarter pushers and 2 ice cream freezers in the garage.This was added to 2 beds a ton of display racks and a 4000 lb wire forming 4 slide from a past business.Yep life accumulates junk I guess i can scrap the old roof and the wire former for cash and sell the coolers freezers and quarter pushers.The garage is bigger if its cleaned out its 20x36 so this barn metal will be enough to re-roof the garage.The old roof has a few leaks that need fixed anyway.The price is right for the new roof FREE all i will have in it is blood sweat and tears.
a great salvage. I am about to go buy 20 12 footers for my back patio area. good savings. By all means post pictures. I would love to see them. thanks. come visit my blog sometime.
ReplyDeleteWhats those sheets costin you about 30$ each for 28ga? Rat i do pop by been reading you since dankin was modest.
DeleteI think I"m paying 26 a piece with my 10% discount. thanks
DeleteOutbuildings are useful and if you can put one up with salvaged materials, all the better. They may not be terribly attractive to the eye but they're about utility, not aesthetics.
ReplyDeleteI like builing stuff aint no good at it but i like it.As for looks a little paint covers a lot of ugly.look at that lean to pic i just posted.to see it close you would swear it would fall if you hollered to loud but its withstood 4 windstorms with 75 mph winds.
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