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Roofing a silage slab

  • 14-06-2014 1:32pm
    #1
    onyerbikepat
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    We have a fairly decent silage slab beside a cubicle shed that i was thinking of roofing. I could do with the extra space for calving cows and storing machinery.

    It's about 45 feet long by about 30 feet wide. There are 5 feet poured walls on two sides.We havent used it for silage for a few years now as we make only baled silage.

    Anyone care to estimate;
    1 - what it would cost to roof and
    2 - how high should I go, so that I could still make pit silage in it down the road, if needs be?


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  • #2
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    15 foot above the walls to the lowest point of the truss, tractors and loaders aren't getting any smaller.


  • #3
    bogman_bass
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    your contractor wont thank you for it!


  • #4
    agriman27
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    I'd recommend going as high as you can that looks ok and fits into the look of your yard it won't cost that much more to go higher compared to wider or longer. A higher shed is class for storing straw and hay and you could put up shelves for storing stuff. As mentioned 15 foot would be loads of height but you'd want to build a fair height of walls too.


  • #5
    gazahayes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭gazahayes


    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    We have a fairly decent silage slab beside a cubicle shed that i was thinking of roofing. I could do with the extra space for calving cows and storing machinery.

    It's about 45 feet long by about 30 feet wide. There are 5 feet poured walls on two sides.We havent used it for silage for a few years now as we make only baled silage.

    Anyone care to estimate;
    1 - what it would cost to roof and
    2 - how high should I go, so that I could still make pit silage in it down the road, if needs be?

    An thinking about doing ours too think it's the same size. Hasn't been used for silage as long as I can remember. Father had it turned into a feed line for cows now it's just storage of stuff.

    Must price around for sheds


  • #6
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    The only problem is, it is on top of a hill so any extra height will be every exposed.


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  • #7
    Sam Kade
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    Why not build a shed elsewhere? You will have the pillars outside the walls and the pillars on the existing shed will not be strong enough to go the extra height.


  • #8
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Why not build a shed elsewhere? You will have the pillars outside the walls and the pillars on the existing shed will not be strong enough to go the extra height.
    Ya, I know what you are saying, but the slab is no being used for anything worthwhile at the moment. I could put a lean-too on the other side of the cubicle shed, but I may put a slatted shed there in the future.


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