New shed secure girders

letterkenny man

Hi al puting up a small shed 30x20 what is the best way to secure the steel girders concrete into the ground or on top of the slab shed is just really a store cheers folks

dzer2

letterkenny man wrote: »

Hi al puting up a small shed 30x20 what is the best way to secure the steel girders concrete into the ground or on top of the slab shed is just really a store cheers folks

If you a putting in a concrete wall then plate the RSJ's and bolt down to floor just deepen the floor at the points where the uprights are.

letterkenny man

dzer2 wrote: »

If you a putting in a concrete wall then plate the RSJ's and bolt down to floor just deepen the floor at the points where the uprights are.

Thanks what's the best to use is the bolts put in while concrete is wet or are they drilled in after

dzer2

If you are accurate enough put them in while wet. If not chemical anchor and threaded bar.

orm0nd

dzer2 wrote: »

If you a putting in a concrete wall then plate the RSJ's and bolt down to floor just deepen the floor at the points where the uprights are.

+1

and if you putting a pillar where there's no wall get a a foot square of 3," aero board and set that in the slab to allow the the base plate to be under ground and outa the way

use 7" anchor bolts and nothing will shift it

letterkenny man

orm0nd wrote: »

+1

and if you putting a pillar where there's no wall get a a foot square of 3," aero board and set that in the slab to allow the the base plate to be under ground and outa the way

use 7" anchor bolts and nothing will shift it

Thanks good idea the aero board

lakill Farm

myself and 2 uncles stood a 3 bay shed over the weekend.

8 pillars , 15 timbers and 4 cross beems up and bolted together and all plum in 5 hours. We couldn't believe it. Not bad for an accountant, a council worker and a lad who works in a plumbing supply store

dzer2

lakill Farm wrote: »

myself and 2 uncles stood a 3 bay shed over the weekend.

8 pillars , 15 timbers and 4 cross beems up and bolted together and all plum in 5 hours. We couldn't believe it. Not bad for an accountant, a council worker and a lad who works in a plumbing supply store

Would have sheeted it inthat time also:p

letterkenny man

lakill Farm wrote: »

myself and 2 uncles stood a 3 bay shed over the weekend.

8 pillars , 15 timbers and 4 cross beems up and bolted together and all plum in 5 hours. We couldn't believe it. Not bad for an accountant, a council worker and a lad who works in a plumbing supply store

Not bad goin was it a kit how much roughly

Miname

When your putting in the concrete have it deeper where the holes are, weld on flat plates onto short pieces of rsj and press down into the concrete. Make sure they are lined and squared and just run round with a laser and bobs your uncle. It gives a far firmer grip for the uprights when you weld them onto the plates and it's way faster.

lakill Farm

letterkenny man wrote: »

Not bad goin was it a kit how much roughly

ye he got a lad he knows to cut make the kit. ill ask him when im talking to him next

lakill Farm

dzer2 wrote: »

Would have sheeted it inthat time also:p

you don't fancy coming to stand a 3 bay hayshed with lean to for me so?

kowtow

Miname wrote: »

When your putting in the concrete have it deeper where the holes are, weld on flat plates onto short pieces of rsj and press down into the concrete. Make sure they are lined and squared and just run round with a laser and bobs your uncle. It gives a far firmer grip for the uprights when you weld them onto the plates and it's way faster.

Out of interest does this work also for square or round uprights for a crush or race - can they be plated and bolted or do they have to be sunk into the slab?

And is there a good source for chemical fixings / epoxy around Cork? Not so easy to get in the builders merchants here..

dzer2

kowtow wrote: »

Out of interest does this work also for square or round uprights for a crush or race - can they be plated and bolted or do they have to be sunk into the slab?

And is there a good source for chemical fixings / epoxy around Cork? Not so easy to get in the builders merchants here..

Hilti used to have a place out near wilton

dzer2

lakill Farm wrote: »

you don't fancy coming to stand a 3 bay hayshed with lean to for me so?

Is It all on site?

Miname

kowtow wrote: »

Out of interest does this work also for square or round uprights for a crush or race - can they be plated and bolted or do they have to be sunk into the slab?

And is there a good source for chemical fixings / epoxy around Cork? Not so easy to get in the builders merchants here..

It can work yes but a crush is a lot smaller set up and easier handled so I wouldn't see the point just set them in concrete and your finished. Chemical fixings are readily available in most places it's usually just you end up with the one clown that doesn't know what it is. Hilti does it alright but I think hilti has closed a lot of their stores in the last few years.