| Click to Post a New Message!
Page [ 1 ] |
|
|
|
Insulation in a steel building
I just finished roofing and residing a 50 yr. old wood frame building with common barn steel siding. I ran 1X4's horozontal on the outside of the old vertical car siding wood siding to screw the steel to, that worked fine. It's kind of hard to believe how a junky looking old building can look new again. I've decided to line the inside with steel for fire prevention when welding in the building. My goal is not to keep it toasty warm when it's zero outside, but just take the chill off for occasonal winter use. So now my question, should I put some kind of roll insulation between the 2X4 studs and the inside steel or would I just be building the biggest mouse hotel in Iowa? Also should I put some plastic behind the inside steel? Thanks in advance. Frank.
|
|
 Add Photo
Bookmarks: |
|
| |
|
Insulation in a steel building
Grinder; The roof is a common wood rafters with solid shiplap sheathing. on top of that is a layer of old asphalt shingles covered with 2X4 horozontal nailers 2 ft. apart toped with steel. Yes it's heavy but we did rebrace the rafters from underneath. The whole building is 24 X 32 with 8 ft. sidewalls and a common 4/12 roof. so we're not talking abouit a lot of volume to heat. I'm going to check into the foam that was mentioned above for the walls. So now should I leave the rafter space open and put some insulation on the bottom of the roof sheathing or put steel on the bottom of the rafter ties and lay some rool insulation on the top of it? My Son tells me to leave the space between the rafters open to better pull welding smoke out with a fan rather than put flat steel on the ceiling and try to capture the smoke with a hood. I completely striped out all the old wiring and my goal is to have no wiring in the walls I'll use surface mount conduit. Today the plan is to trench 3 phase to the building for some curent 3 phase equipment that I'll move over there when the building is done. Even the wife thinks this is a good idea because I might have trouble squeezing all my stuff in the smaller building, so it may limit my ability to buy any more toys, er, oh, I mean badly needed tools. Thanks everyone for all the info., any more thoughts will be apreciated. Frank.
|
|
Add Photo
Bookmarks: |
|
| |
|
Insulation in a steel building
Grinder, I've decided aganst steel on the ceiling to make for easier fume control and lower the noise potential. The plan now is to put paper back fiber glass roll between the rafters. I'll probably use flourescent for overall lighting and incondescant with shields for a spotlight effect. We've used this lighting system in the assembly room at the furniture plant for years and has been satisfactory. I'll keep you up to speed as things progress. Thanks for your intrest. Frank.
|
|
Add Photo
Bookmarks: |
|
| |
|
Page [ 1 ] | Thread 93289 Filter by Poster:
1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
()
Picture of the Day
Coachlarry
Unanswered Questions
Active Subjects
Hot Topics
Featured Suppliers
|
Gas Generator Weather Protecti
08-12-2004, 05:12 
Digg It 
Del.icio.us