OSB will absorb humidity when the paint inevitably fails. theres a ton of calculators on your 16' tall walls but really its your corners that will do the work. If the whole 32' width is open face, youll need a substantial header, steel probably. Especially if its sporting a curtains weight
Metal roof will last longer, you can put the snow catches up on that. to stop the snow, and deflectors in lieu of gutters if you were concerned about keeping water back. For shits and giggles you should just collect all the old rd27 dishes and run them through a press. make metal shingles out of them On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 1:01 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > I am moving my steel racks to an outdoor pad. To keep water off them I > am planning to build a tall, skinny, 3 sided lean-to with an open front and > a roll down curtain. > 16’ tall, 5 feed deep, 32’ wide. > It will be placed against one of the walls of my building. > > I presume I can just use 16’ studs and do normal walls? > > If I skin the back and sides with OSB and paint it, will it last? > Or should I use some kind of siding? > > Asphalt shingles? I really don’t want snow sliding off, I prefer it stays > up there until it melts. > I wouldn’t mind siding it with metal to match my building but I sheets are > needed to stiffen the wall. > I will probably tie it to the building at the top. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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