02/19/07, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 17,225
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Originally Posted by rambler
He is not talking about the metal I-beam buildings, he is talking about the steel arch buildings where the skin is deeply ribbed & is also the frame - no backbone or poles to his building. The end walls are vertical, the side walls are curved in an arch.
He wants to put a door into the curved arch side.
That is going to be expensive to do.
Your style of building would then be better for his needs. Yes it is easy to put a door in your style of building, if the metal supports are far enough apart.
His building would be one of these type:
http://www.miraclespan.com/
There are true arches, to some that are closer to a vertical wall but still the sheet metal is the load-bearing structure, so quite a header would be needed to keep the roof stable, and you still have the snow & rain coming off the top onto your door pad.
Cutting the sidewall & fitting a vertical door takes a lot more than 2 2x4s.
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Yes Paul, that's what I want, the kind with the verticle sidewall. I think If I made a U shaped trough to sit on top of the header I could divert rainwater to the sides. As for snow, it shouldn't be a problem as long as I blade it away before it sets up.
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