Steel Buliding Decaying!!

[chado613]

Has anyone had any experience with this?

Is it repairable? or does the whole piece need to be replaced?

 

[gwstang]

Have you had any salt blocks or mineral blocks in there? Mine did that when I had horses many years ago and had a mineral block for them to lick on. Happened quick too.

 

[chado613]

I believe the previous owner use to salt the around the entrance to that building

 

[Rustyiron]

All building material, wood or metal, should be 6" above the grade. A few solutions would be to install a PT "skirt board" around the perimeter (a 2X10 or 12). This would allow you to cut the siding up (above grade) about 6-8" and install a horizontal trim (J channel or rat guard) and this new 2X would be your new fastening point for the siding & trim as well as a closure between the building & the ground.
Another solution would be to do the same thing at the bottom, but cut the siding up at the next wall girt and using a different accent color to replace the lower damaged piececreating a "wainscott" look and dressing things up a little. This also makes for easy future repairs at this area that is veunerable to damage.

 

[dragoneggs]

All building material, wood or metal, should be 6" above the grade. A few solutions would be to install a PT "skirt board" around the perimeter (a 2X10 or 12). This would allow you to cut the siding up (above grade) about 6-8" and install a horizontal trim (J channel or rat guard) and this new 2X would be your new fastening point for the siding & trim as well as a closure between the building & the ground.
Another solution would be to do the same thing at the bottom, but cut the siding up at the next wall girt and using a different accent color to replace the lower damaged piececreating a "wainscott" look and dressing things up a little. This also makes for easy future repairs at this area that is veunerable to damage.

Good ideas Rusty... yeah looks like salt corrosion.

 

[brown40]

Was something behind the panel piled up against it? It looks like stuff is falling out of the building...

 

[EddieWalker]

You can easily cut it off with a cutting disk on a 4 1/2 inch grinder and then slide a longer piece under it that is about a foot longer. Shouldn't take very long or cost very much

 

[chado613]

It's actually the insulation coming out of the bottom. Thanks for the advice fellas I am going to give it a try

 

[rswyan]

Make sure to paint the cut edge where the bare steel is exposed ...

 

[dragoneggs]

Make sure to paint the cut edge where the bare steel is exposed ...

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