Grain bins converted to shed

[riptides]

I used crushed bluestone in my barn, which had a concrete floor. The issue was leveling, since the barn had been used for dairy operations, it was sloped and of course had various troughs on all sides.

The gravel stayed, and is actually low maintenance, packed in it with the bota, and it set up hard. Been that way for about 8 years now. It works.

 

[toppop52]

Clam shells also make an excellent floor if you have access to them, pack like concrete. Great job on the shed!

 

[bakerg]

Here are a few more pics from inside the shed.

Roof pictures

Here how I tied in the 2x8s and 2x10s

 

[toppop52]

That corrugated metal is plenty strong! Are going to flash and seal the roof connections or do something else?

 

[bakerg]

Going to seal the edges and shingle the roof. Thought about putting a metal roof on but shingling is much easier to cut the curves of the bins in.

 

[toppop52]

What I was asking was are you using metal flashing where the wood connects to the metal bins, then sealing?

 

[toppop52]

By the way, rolled roofing works very well if you don't mind the smooth look, it has the grit and everything and is basically shingles on a roll, very inexpensive and easy to use. if you want the look of individual shingles it won't do that. It does make a great underlay though for any roof.

 

[TCJatko]

Very creative. Looks like it's going to be tricky to get a good seal between the bins and the roof.

 

[deerseeker001]

good job.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

You are creative to come up with this useful idea and then make it happen.

I really can not visualize flashing it so the valley does not leak over time with all that water coming from each roof from just the photos but the grain bins do have a bit of an eve. If the decking was 4" higher at the bin walls it would give a natural valley and no positive water pressure could exist on the sides of the steel walls. At the top I see you can flash all the way up under the bin eves but that is not the point of high water volume.

Keep coming with the pics because your approach is needed for these small and no longer useful bins all over North America.