lightweight steel framed barn

[frank horton]

anyone recomend a firm....not done too well with google.........
need something thats easy to bolt together light enough to use telescopic boom or truck mounted Hyab....
the only firm I've found will not supply unless they errect it plus personell trsnsport and expenceses at £250 per person per day.......stuff that......!!!!!!
local labour is not a problem.......

barn size ideally 15mx15mx5m high but 12m width would be OK as a minimum........
always built my own frames (RsJ) but wont have to forks lifts and other lifting gear of my own etc...
basically this is to be built in a field and errected.....if I wanted a ready built RsJ framed kit it would have to be transported, 10 hours on a ferry and prob 3hrs either side...only available in Mainland Greece......
also, I'm now almost 70 and just cant do the struggling anymore, so resigned to buy a building kit........
instead of RSJ the main frame is a pressed / rolled galv strip......prob 2@4mm thick bolted together for each corner and the apex frame........
a recomend is what I'm after.......Know of anyone to deal with direct........???????
ta........

 

[addjunkie]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CE-STEEL-...694072?hash=item4b2eaddf78:g:CN4AAOSwtGlZDgpJ

These are in manchester, never used them

 

[andymfell]

a google for lightweight portal frame buildings produced these amongst others

http://miraclespan.co.uk/building-types/self-build-kit-buildings

https://www.tpstructures.co.uk/steel-portal-frame-buildings/

https://www.synseal.com/our-brands/skyspace/ manufacture an aluminium portal frame system

maybe have a look for swimming pool enclosures you might need to work out the weight of the roofing material if using aluminium framework


no connections to any of them

 

[gaz1]

im surprised you dont use pallet racking for the build of it



https://www.google.com/search?q=pal...iqTZAhVCB8AKHd0qDjkQ_AUICigB&biw=1768&bih=835

 

[frank horton]

thanks, a great help........

 

[frank horton]

pallet racking will be used to hold up the mezzanene floor in the middle.......the racking would be great for 1 side but still have to do the rest......these light weight bolt together sections can be hand-balled for pre assembly......
have already filled a 40" container and racking is hard / costley enough here...hahaha......

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Where are the Amish when you need them

 

[Burdekin]

Where do you get the pallet racking Gaz? When I saw the idea previously the racking seemed expensive so is there a cheap source?

 

[gaz1]

yes but you dont buy it as a frame unit buy it as separates

i will use this as a reference

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pallet-r...m=112811357719&_trksid=p2045573.c100506.m3226


3 x 3000mm / 900mm frames

16 x 2700mm beams 1000kg UDL per pair

you also have to remember different designs on these units

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pallet-R...294135?hash=item1a35a71d37:g:Dx8AAOSwT6JZwPg6

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pallet-R...100271?hash=item1a2c2a022f:g:WbcAAOSwXeJYJGuw

for uprights

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pallet-R...330606?hash=item1a35a7abae:g:hGMAAOSwX0NZwQAg

if you bought the shed size one

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Used-Pal...993897?hash=item3af5ec18a9:g:ojkAAMXQ0pNRvuMh

 

[gaz1]

pallet racking comes in different sizes as well as weights 1 too 3 ton per shelf

100mm too 150mm beam thickness x 2"

you can get it cheaper still depends how you shop and what you want also what lengths you want to use

but its a ready made shelving that can be used but also a frame for a building instead building the frame of building then building your storage areas

uprights are 3mm thick