Storage ideas for spare sheet metal

   / Storage ideas for spare sheet metal #11  
Are you in a part of the country that has high humidity and temperature swings that will CAUSE condensation? We are, and yet our supplier stores theirs laying flat with minimal wrapping.
I store my used/leftovers flat on a skid with support under the ends so the snow load doesn't fold it. Your pieces are longer than mine but we have had long pieces delivered on a ten foot long skid with 4 feet hanging out each end.
I guess you could build a rack to hold it on edge that was only 3" wide so it wouldn't fold, then sling the whole rack onder a boom pole on your 3pth to move it around. You would only need an 8' long rack qnd let the ends hang out.
If you do store it flat outside just make sure that A: you don't leave it where you will drive over it when its covered with snow, and B; you lash them together so the wind won't pick them up one sheet at a time. They are deadly when airbourne....
 
   / Storage ideas for spare sheet metal
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#12  
Store it inside the barn standing it up on its side. DON'T lay it flat. Condensation will build up between the sheets and rust/corode/discolor.. the panels. It should really only take up a couple inches of space this way too.

I ended up going with this method. Thanks for the ideas!
 
   / Storage ideas for spare sheet metal #13  
If you have a gap between the post and outer wall you could see about slipping some between post and wall, on edge. Perhaps a few at each purlin elevation. I have heard the R panels are easy for a crook to cut. Several lawyers might slow them.
 
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If you have a gap between the post and outer wall you could see about slipping some between post and wall, on edge. Perhaps a few at each purlin elevation. I have heard the R panels are easy for a crook to cut. Several lawyers might slow them.

I don't have a gap and plan to use the left over sheets on other projects. Also, there are easier ways to get into my barn than to cut into the wall, so I'm not worried about that.

Thanks for your comment.
 

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