Have you taken the cladding off?
That's the shed in the picture. Some rain blows in on top of the slats but that's not a problem I really would like to protect the structure of the shed from the rain.
Either clad over the steelwork or extend every purlin and have a row of sheets overhang.
Why would you need a gap, are you talking about a canopy on the ridge
Why would you need a gap, are you talking about a canopy on the ridge
Yeah I was thinking about extending out the purlins. If i extended out 2m by bolting a purlin on to the existing purlin say using 4m bolted to the purlin with an extension of 2m. That would use up the 6m length. My only concern would be this end of the shed is exposed to storms and could rip off the canopy plus some of the existing roof.
When you say you want to protect the structure of the shed do you mean you just want to protect the steel and the end of the timbers.
Yes but also to stop the wind driven rain blowing in to the shed. A spaced board would be a solution but if you stand in the shed in the winter when the sun is shining and because the sun is lower in the sky it shines a lot of the way up the shed. The cattle are very content when the sun shines on their backs. This is why a projected out canopy would tick all the boxes.
I don't think a canopy is going to stop much rain blowing in. How about putting on space boarding with a spacing of about one or two foot and then put wind breaker on top. The reason for the boarding is to support the wind breaker to keep it from flapping too much in the wind. It's something I've been thinking about doing here.
Does the wind breaker be any good after a few years. I have seen it ripped on sheds
A flashing would protect the ends of the purlin and then just get flashing or something to wrap around the H irons
Think you can get flashings made to suit to.
We have the green wind breaker on a shed here. It's north facing so not getting the strong winds. Three strands of high tensile wire pulled with a ratchet. And the wind breaker is cable tied to it. Up over 6 years now and is ok. The bloody cattle pulled at the bottom of the breaker and damaged it doh other than that works well
Is it on the most exposed side of the shed? The gable end of my shed is South facing and the winds can hit it hard.
South facing but another building in front of it.
