Wow... old thread! Thanks for contributing, but that barn was finished in 2015.
Well, in that case, it sounds like it may be time for an update, and/or renovation. I was thinking, maybe some extra wide, live-edge ash clapboard. I hear your about to have plenty of ash right in your yard. And, I know you could use a new sawmill to cut it yourself.Wow... old thread! Thanks for contributing, but that barn was finished in 2015.
haha! Actually, I've been treating my ash, the thread you read are on a friend's lot about seven miles up the road, where I get more than half of my firewood.Well, in that case, it sounds like it may be time for an update, and/or renovation. I was thinking, maybe some extra wide, live-edge ash clapboard. I hear your about to have plenty of ash right in your yard. And, I know you could use a new sawmill to cut it yourself.
That's a sharp looking outbuilding. What siding did you eventually go with? Too much effort to go through all your threads to see if you answered that elsewhere (at least at this time of year).haha! Actually, I've been treating my ash, the thread you read are on a friend's lot about seven miles up the road, where I get more than half of my firewood.
Here's the finished exterior, before cleaning up the last of the construction stuff in the driveway, to finish out the siding thread. Interior shots have been posted, elsewhere.
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That salt-box on the back was added in the 1990’s, to bring the overall depth of the barn to 30 feet. The original barn was only 20 feet deep, and that single seam you see on the back is where the original roof ends and the new extension was inserted under it. If you look at that second photo, you can see where the foundation starts for the addition, right at the grass line. They appear to have just bought more of the same roofing for the addition, and slid it up under the older roofing on the original structure, at that time.@Ashful
I noticed that the horizontal seams on your metal roofing are aligned rather than staggered. Was staggering them a consideration?
I'm designing and soon installing a metal roof on my house and wondered about the advantages of staggered versus aligned seams.
Thanks, good info. Makes sense. I plan to use standing seam. I hadn't thought about thermal expansion specifically at the horizontal seams.That salt-box on the back was added in the 1990’s, to bring the overall depth of the barn to 30 feet. The original barn was only 20 feet deep, and that single seam you see on the back is where the original roof ends and the new extension was inserted under it. If you look at that second photo, you can see where the foundation starts for the addition, right at the grass line. They appear to have just bought more of the same roofing for the addition, and slid it up under the older roofing on the original structure, at that time.
No issues, and they have more than a foot of overlap, probably the result of using standard-length panels without cutting to fit. If doing new, I’d aim to just buy panels of the right length, or roll on-site.
My house roof is traditional raised seam, made with short panels, and the joints there are staggered. I think they’re staked to the underlayment at one end only, so the other end (and the joints) can float with thermal expansion.
Our greenhouse roof with double-wall polycarbonate does the same thing. It definitely moves when the morning sun warms it up. And when it rains, it sounds like you are in the inside of a drum.I can tell you that barn roof, which is exposed fastener, groans and creaks a LOT on sunny days. I hear it heating up all afternoon, and then cooling off thru the evening hours. Like your stove, you get to know the sounds of it heating and cooling, after awhile.
We have a pole barn with an exposed fastener metal roof and I know what you're talking about. It's really something in a hard rain.I can tell you that barn roof, which is exposed fastener, groans and creaks a LOT on sunny days. I hear it heating up all afternoon, and then cooling off thru the evening hours. Like your stove, you get to know the sounds of it heating and cooling, after awhile.
We have a pole barn with an exposed fastener metal roof and I know what you're talking about. It's really something in a hard rain.