Re: Finally started on my Texas pole barn!
With those large screws, make sure you are very, VERY careful not to overtighten them. There is a little rubber gasket at the top, just under the washer, that is supposed to be snug. The second it starts to bulge out when tightening it, STOP!!!!!
If you tighten them too much, you will crack, split of spread apart the rubber gasket to the point of failure.
Metal rools rairly fail, but the screws will and nail will allot sooner. If you spend top dollar on anything, it should be your screws. The quality of the rugger on them varies from pure crap (box stores) to very good.
If you have any questions our unsure, do a search on some manufacturers websites. They are all pretty good at explaining how tight to get the screws and how much bulge is required on the screws.
If you overtighten them, or just one, it might be years until you see the leak. If it's in the right location, the water can travel a very long distance along the wood framing and disapear on you too. I've chased water trails through attics and it's always amazing how far water will travel away from the leak to the place where it's discovered.
Eddie
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My Goals for 2008
1. Fishing and Hunting with my kids.
2. Build my storage Shed.
3. Put my outside access bathroom together.
4. Fence in a quarter acre for Turkeys.
5. Build my gazebo for my front pasture.
6. Finish back pasture and plant it in Bermuda.
7. Start my food plots.
8. Build a comfortable deer stand for two.
9. Build a wood burning fireplace in my home.
10. New flooring in my home.
11. Build a pasture sprayer.
12. Get my old jeep running.
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