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Visited a farm with a setup like this, they had a building which was probably 140ft wide, with the center being a 60ft portal, then a 40ft lean to each side, just 1 roller door in the middle of the gable end. Internally each bay of the lean-to's were partitioned with concrete panels so they...

You will never regret getting a 100x100 shed, the clear span space would have so many uses. But you do need to balance costs (unless you have unlimited budget) so something like 40 or 50ft in the middle and 25ft lean to each side would be economical and give you good partitioning capabilities...

Seen quote a few fields like that through Herefordshire, too many apples.

Change your rafters on quote 1 to 406x140x39UB, then that will be the best option. A deep slim rafter is better that a shallow wide one due to the bending, both options should have rafters stays, probably in 2 locations up each rafter. All buildings should have site specific calculations, even...

I believe its the 80mm ks1000 panel you need to get +60mins fire integrity, but worth asking kingspan before ordering. Intumescent paint will depend on the use/location/ownership etc

Accoya wood

Yes composite panel being used to the floor level now. This can be a freestanding wall panel that sits on the floor, or a standard composite panel fixed to cold rolled rails etc, if its a retrofit and you dont have internal columns then the freestanding ones are a good option. You can single...

Unless you get a written guarantee off your panel supplier building control will not sign off concrete panels as a firewall partition. Currently doing a 4 building site where this has happened and the panel order has been cancelled and now the partitions are being clad to floor level. Twin skin...

Only a 200acre farm so that's all the hours he is needed for, owner does the morning feed and son is required in for around 9:30am. Summer hours are more for harvest etc. He does do his own firewood splitting/drying/selling on the side on his own as a sideline business, so is usually out all...

Yes I bet, but not a lot of choice in our area. He did plumbing and electrics at college and got student of the year but couldn't find an apprenticeship.

Our son is 18, works full time on a local mixed farm, can and will do any task required, feeding, taking to market, combining, mucking out, TB testing, repairs and maintenance on kit, can drive any machine, telehandler/digger/combine etc A lot of the kit is a few years old, no shiny new stuff...

How much for the 60x60x14?

If it is just pitted and a bit damaged but no major cracks right through it then maybe look at getting it ground down and polished. These chaps are the nuts, Martin runs a very good operation https://www.concretepolishing.co.uk/project/industrial-polished-concrete-gloucestershire/

You need to be looking at something like this https://www.kingspan.com/gb/en/products/insulation-boards/roof-insulation-boards/kingspan-greenguard-gg700/

Yes regs state metal consumer unit only, or box it in as its a fire risk. Change the box would be the easiest I would image? If you box it doesn't it need to be 60mins fire rated, so fireboard but the door would need proper attention too.