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Smiffy

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I'm very often caught by Pam admiring the steelwork in shops/supermarkets .... there are some impressive buildings about, when you stop and look :giggle::giggle:
How about this ones front A frame.

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Canal Navvy

Canal Navvy

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I'm very often caught by Pam admiring the steelwork in shops/supermarkets .... there are some impressive buildings about, when you stop and look :giggle::giggle:

Know the feeling, security guards find it highly suspicious 😁
When Dysons put up the frame for their company gym in Malmesbury it was a truly gorgeous sight, semi-eliptical rolled steel trusses in white gloss 👌😍
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
It’s got to electric doors in the gables . 3.6m wide 3.3 full opening .
We haven’t built the gable panels yet . Next job is the eaves beams then the gable columns
don't see any wind bracing Vin? presumably it has some?
 
Vinpetrol

Vinpetrol

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Looks a really good structure - I’ve not seen one like that before. Where did you get that?
It’s from a company called Murray steel buildings . They can engineer them for wind loads up here so I was happy with that . I’ve done bases for their buildings before and they seemed pretty good . Certainly been good to work with since I opted for self build and their own fitters are available on the phone and really helpful when I have a query . I also got lucky as I paid for 40 mm insulated building but I ended up with a 60mm building as they had quoted me for both and although I paid for the 40mm I ended up with the 60mm !
 
Vinpetrol

Vinpetrol

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don't see any wind bracing Vin? presumably it has some?
What do you mean wind bracing Graham ?
It’s got 12no 1400 x 1600 x 600 pads under the slab that have resin anchored steels into the slab they structurally hold it up and also hold it down to assist with wind load .
The frame isn’t finished yet , it has some cross bracing to go in the bay walls and the roof .
 
Vinpetrol

Vinpetrol

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I need to “ cold cut “ some of the sheets in the gable . They have 60mm insulation so are probably close to 100mm at widest point . What can I cold cut with ? I asked a t local hire shop for cold cut circular saw but they don’t have any . Any ideas what I can use to do these cuts ?
 
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Smiffy

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I need to “ cold cut “ some of the sheets in the gable . They have 60mm insulation so are probably close to 100mm at widest point . What can I cold cut with ? I asked a t local hire shop for cold cut circular saw but they don’t have any . Any ideas what I can use to do these cuts ?

The cladders doing the buildings we are on at the moment use a recipe saw for it. If it's really got to be accurate they have a Makita circular saw but 90% is being done with a recipe then covered with flashing and filled with expanding foam.


 
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