roofing a 1980s slurry pit

Dickie10

hi i have a bit of a plan for an old slurry pit. it was built in the early 1980s. i will upload pictures when i get the chance. it is rectangular not exactly square though
it has mass concrete walls and concrete floor. it is roughly 45 feet long by 20 feet wide. just wondering how i would go about putting a roof over it.
I was thinking a roof across it all and have a big open straw bedded shed to divide up wish. the other plan could be to make two smaller sheds facing each other. what type of money would we be talking.

prob need 6 steel rsj uprights or maybe 8 if i go with two different sheds good bit of sateel and sheeting on roof. walls are 6 ft high not worried about sheeting them down

Tyson Lannister

Dickie10 wrote: »

hi i have a bit of a plan for an old slurry pit. it was built in the early 1980s. i will upload pictures when i get the chance. it is rectangular not exactly square though
it has mass concrete walls and concrete floor. it is roughly 45 feet long by 20 feet wide. just wondering how i would go about putting a roof over it.
I was thinking a roof across it all and have a big open straw bedded shed to divide up wish. the other plan could be to make two smaller sheds facing each other. what type of money would we be talking.

prob need 6 steel rsj uprights or maybe 8 if i go with two different sheds good bit of sateel and sheeting on roof. walls are 6 ft high not worried about sheeting them down

What width are the concrete walls?

Dickie10

about 3/4 foot width

Tyson Lannister

Dickie10 wrote: »

about 3/4 foot width

do you hope to bolt the base plates of the poles to the top of the concrete walls?

patsy_mccabe

Is the tank leaking at all?

Dickie10

no i think i will bolt down the steel base plates outside or inside the walls, walls will have no weight on them

Dickie10

yeah bit of seepage in places why?

Dickie10

like water

patsy_mccabe

Dickie10 wrote: »

yeah bit of seepage in places why?

Sorry should have read all your post. I thought you were going to use it for slurry storage.

Dickie10

nope just want to make a shed out of it. i will put a more simple dug stead up next to it, dosent need to be as big as it is. think i could use the area more productivley maybe rear 20 suck calves each year in it or something.

Who2

Is it really going to be of benefit or will it just be in the way of future buildings? Could it be used for storing bales? You often see people roofing over such sheds more for the sake of utilizing them but sacrificing the yard layout by doing so. Looking at my own yard and I often regret not knocking some buildings.

Dickie10

yeah could be used for bales if i go high with a V shape. i think you can never have enugh dry straw beded sheds. espically with sheep and suckler cows