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Do any of you guys know how to put corrugated
galvanized sheet metal on a Quonset hut? That is
the building with a round roof. The sheet metal
must come in 10-12 foot or longer lengths. It
would be impossible to use roof jacks. Back in the
day when they were built they did not have the
lifts that are used today. Any ideas? My thought
is they started at the top and worked from one end
to the other and top to bottom, tucking the next
row under the top row. I know a single woman who
has one on her property and a piece of sheet metal
has came off. I was thinking of helping her out.
 
I have never seen one put up, but I would assume that they started at the bottom and worked their way to the top. That is the way I would do it. I suppose the sheets are put thru a roller to get the curve in it.
 
The one I've done was done just like you described. The building was strapped with 2x4s so you could climb the strapping like a ladder. Reaching over 3 feet to put in screws with a drill will beef up your pipes too. You can get steel up to 48 feet long. To make a repair, you may need to use a ladder and possibly rope to be able to get up and on the building.
 
A lot comes into play on how to do that. How big it this building??? I have seen some that where so tall you almost need a sky hook to do any thing and others where a guy could park a truck close and then stick a ladder in such a way that it would lean on the building and the truck bumper hold the ladder so it could not slide out and let you down hard
 
it's easy. i'm a contractor and have done this a couple of times. i used several different size ladders , depending on where i needed to be at. we rolled the metal over a barrel to get the form we needed. when we got to the top we were able to walk on the roof.we were using plain corrugated steel.
 
Post a picture of the quonset hut, the location and of course the single woman and maybe a few fellow YTMag"rs will show up to help you out. Quanity could hinge on picture 3.
 
This is not a huge building, maybe 30 feet wide at ground level. From what you have said you have given me an idea. Thanks
 
I was wondering how to get the sheet metal to bend in the long direction. A friend had his round roofed barn covered with the same sheet metal. But it came out already rolled length ways a little.
 
the sheets i was using were either 10 or 12 feet long. we used a 55 gallon drum to roll them across.worked great for us.
 
I went to YouTube and did a search of "building a quonset hut", and guess what? There are videos of it. Give it a shot. Easier to watch a video than to try and interpret something written.

That YouTube is somewhat of a remarkable thing. Seriously. Can do searches pretty much on anything.

Anyway, good luck.

Mark
 
All the old ones I have seen used the sheets of metal going not up and down but side ways so the ripples layed long ways never bent due to the fact if bent the corrugation would/could bend and then open up holes
 
30 foot wide means around 15 foot tall so yep a ladder and a truck etc to keep it from sliding out form under you will work well. I have also done a thing with a truck etc and a rope and the correct climbing equipment but that was in my younger days and repelling off a cliff of 100 plus feet was fun.
 
About 30 years ago I helped on a crew setting up two free standing Quonset huts. I for the life of me can't remember what affixed each strip to the other, though I remember that they were overlapped. I remember that each peice was a full from one side to the over complete length. We used two bakker staggings one on top of the other to set up the top of the hut. It was cool that even without any interior walls, once the two ends were complete it was a very sturdy structure. I wish I could remember what we fastened the curved sheets with. I remember that we had to fasten them on the top of each ridge, and never in the bottom.
 
There is some curvature in the long direction also. The arc is not big enough so the metal lies on a flat surface.
 
All I could find on u-tube was the modern all metal Quonset huts. Not the ones you see on the old farms build out of lumber and corrugated sheet metal.
 
On the quonset hut we had they started a sheet on the bottom of each side then the second on each side finishing with the one over the top 12' sheets. They just used ladders and the wood structure to stand on.
 
I have put up two of the original quonset huts. The smaller 20x48 and the larger 40x100. As stated the when the metal goes long ways to the top the corrugated metal was put through corrugated rolls to create an arch. I had a company that makes water tanks make me some sheets last time. I have aquired two more of the 40x100 frames and lots of flat 8" and 16" sheets and need them rolled. I have been looking for a used set of rolls for corrugated sheets but all I can find is a new machine in Australia. I may just have to take my sheets to the water tank guys to roll my sheets. If you have any questions about assembly let me know
 
Were you able to roll your sheet metal?

i was doing some searching and came across this thread. I'm buying a property in Sonoma County and it has a quonset hut in disrepair. I'm going to repair it, but needed to find out how to find the rolled corrugated sheet metal. There are no suppliers of it that I have found. What I'm reading here is rolling the standard home depot product:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Construction-Metals-10-ft-Corrugated-Galvanized-Steel-29-Gauge-Roof-Panel-CR10G-U/202093107

over a 55 gallon drum will help shape it properly. My "hut" is the standard 20x50 model and i have figured it will take me 80 of these sheets... Thats alot of rolling.

Anyone with any input or links to you tube videos showing how to do it would be appreciated
 
(quoted from post at 22:32:12 11/26/12) All the old ones I have seen used the sheets of metal going not up and down but side ways so the ripples layed long ways never bent due to the fact if bent the corrugation would/could bend and then open up holes
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The ones we had when I was in the Military the sheets ran horizontal. Ladders and scaffolds were mainly used.
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