I know. Most of y'all thought I had went to the big project in the sky since it's been so long since I've posted a project here. I've been doing stuff. It's just been little stuff. The kind of stuff that keeps the bills paid in these tough times.
TBN is still my home page on the puter. And projects is still my favorite forums.
Late last year a friend approached me about a barn. He had purchased a forty by one forty metal building. It was a tear down but they had taken pictures of the demo so we had an idea of what all the parts were.
When I looked at the pictures and the pieces I found out a very interesting fact about the building he'd purchased. It was two buildings by two different manufacturers. One of them used structural steel for the major framework. The other used formed sheet metal components. The structural design has the purlins running between the arches. The formed design has the purlins running on the outside of the arches.
When we talked about how we should build it I suggested a twenty foot covered apron. He had me come up with what I thought I needed in addition to the materials we had from the demolition of the building. Which by the way was a strip shopping center in some west Texas town.
The next thing I know is he has the material all in place and it's ready to start when I am.