Roof Sheeting

PN14

Lads need to put roof over slatted tank. have frame and timers up etc just ringing around for sheeting prices currently.

Is the agri spec sheeting worth the extra cost over the cheaper sheeting that can be got.

New shed will tie into two existing sheds one built in the 80's with galvanised sheeting and second put up about 5 years ago sheeted with corrifarm sheets

Probably around 1k difference in prices between the two.

Happy with the corrifarm sheeting its fine. But I also roofed a large straw beded house which we use for calving about 10 years ago with cheap box profile single skin cladding and its fine no issues with it at all. I know over the tank with animals on it all winter that there would be greater condensation etc on new shed but roof sheeting will be spaced and the shed will be open on two sides with the feeding area also open. Is the cost of the higher spec sheeting justified in your opinion

nashmach

Worth every cent IMV - you are only doing it once and that light stuff is only like paper when you walk on it.

Zr105

Id agree with Nash! The thin stuff is a pain to nail near the edge to... It just folds up and thats with a razor sharp punch before the nails... We were using up old sheets on a job here over last month or 2 and it takes some hammering to get through them.... You can just go straight in with the nail unless its overlapped and it'll only dint the sheet a tiny bit around the nail but not worth talking about.... They don't make it like they used to

monseiur

Zr105 wrote: »

Id agree with Nash! The thin stuff is a pain to nail near the edge to... It just folds up and thats with a razor sharp punch before the nails... We were using up old sheets on a job here over last month or 2 and it takes some hammering to get through them.... You can just go straight in with the nail unless its overlapped and it'll only dint the sheet a tiny bit around the nail but not worth talking about.... They don't make it like they used to

Tech Screws (they come with sealed rubber washers) and a screw gun is the way to go, less damage to both batten and sheet and when finished off with a colour matching cap, a much neater job. They are self tapping and are available in various lengths from 25mm to 195mm

M.

Zr105

monseiur wrote: »

Tech Screws (they come with sealed rubber washers) and a screw gun is the way to go, less damage to both batten and sheet and when finished off with a colour matching cap, a much neater job. They are self tapping and are available in various lengths from 25mm to 195mm

M.

Yeah we use them onto steel work at gables, but its much easier to drag a bucket of nails across the roof than a power lead.... And our cordless wouldn't last 3sheets..... And you can get the colour matched caps for nails to

blue5000

What sort of prices are you getting OP? How thick are the sheets?

PN14

Thanks for replies guys.

Head wrecked with different specs from different guys to be honest.

Grant approved stuff prices from 1900 to 2400.

I can get 0.6mm coated stuff for cheapest 1500 euro

I can get 0.5mm stuff as well for around 1200 euro.

To be honest its between the 0.6mm and the grant approved stuff but from what I can gather the grant approved is mostly 0.6mm as well so trying to firgure out what the difference is.

td5man

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah we use them onto steel work at gables, but its much easier to drag a bucket of nails across the roof than a power lead.... And our cordless wouldn't last 3sheets..... And you can get the colour matched caps for nails to

A 110v screw gun and transformer.

moy83

td5man wrote: »

A 110v screw gun and transformer.

Those battery impact drivers are savage , we were using 8" screws on decking a few weeks ago . Went through three batteries in the day which I thought was pretty reasonable

td5man

moy83 wrote: »

Those battery impact drivers are savage , we were using 8" screws on decking a few weeks ago . Went through three batteries in the day which I thought was pretty reasonable

What make was it? need to get a new cordless drill as the old one is getting old :rolleyes:

The Glass Key

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah we use them onto steel work at gables, but its much easier to drag a bucket of nails across the roof than a power lead.... And our cordless wouldn't last 3sheets..... And you can get the colour matched caps for nails to

I bought a cordless impact drill for the tech screws and it worked perfectly. iirc I was getting a min of 50 120mm screws on a charge, DeWalt 2Amp 2418 Volt. Edit> Heavy galvanized to wood.

moy83

td5man wrote: »

What make was it? need to get a new cordless drill as the old one is getting old :rolleyes:

It was Dewalt 18v , yer man has it working every day for the the last two years now and its still going strong but the batteries are losing charge at this stage .
A local place was doing a great deal there a few week ago , Milwawkee 18v impact driver and normal battery drill with 3 batteries for 300 snots . Im sorry I didnt buy it then

Zr105

td5man wrote: »

A 110v screw gun and transformer.

Yeah but I'm not a fan of dragging power leads around when handling sheets as one slip and its straight through the bloody thing, and you'll probably have a hand on it trying to stop the sheet hitting the ground and getting damaged, and reading other post 50 screws to a battery would drive me wrong... 2 batteries is still only 100 screws, we'd easily get through that in an hour when we get going at a roof and the first battery wouldn't be charged, not to mention loosing time running around to change batteries.... I'll stick to the punch and nails for the main part thanks! (Also I've often enough dropped the bloody hammer dont fancy letting a decent battery drill hit the ground from 12ft plus....)