Cheap and Simple Temporary Wall

[Jerry]

I have a shed that is currently open between bays, with a center stanchion mid way back in each 15 foot bay.

See pic....

Height to eaves at the back of the shed is a touch over 8 foot and the roof is mono pitch rising to about 25 foot at the front..

I want to put up a "wall" the depth of the shed to create two bunkers side by side as overflow temp grain storage at harvest but I want the "wall" to be temp and easily removed.

The dividing "wall" needs to be only 8 foot and will be the span in the picture above and the next one to the front of the shed if that makes sense. The distance between stanchion and front and rear of the shed is about 4m. Floor is concrete and ideally I dont want to drill any holes in it.

I was thinking about welding on some brackets to the stanchions to take a length of 4" box profile at ground level, at 4 foot and 8 foot to act as supports (3 in total) and then facing this with something to make it grain tight.

Dont think I want concrete panels as too tight a space to work in to remove them easily by myself.

Any other bright ideals?

I definitely want them removable as the shed is used for a number of purposes through the year.

 

[Dry Rot]

I saw a temporary store for grain made from a circle of weld mesh, like a large tube on end. The grain was retained by curtains of hessian hung on the inside. What would the side pressures be? Harras panels between your stanchions with hessian arranged in a similar way? Would that be strong enough? How high would the grain be?

 

[Cider]

I saw a temporary store for grain made from a circle of weld mesh, like a large tube on end. The grain was retained by curtains of hessian hung on the inside. What would the side pressures be? Harras panels between your stanchions with hessian arranged in a similar way? Would that be strong enough? How high would the grain be?

I have used big bales of straw to good effect in the past. Bit messy but quick, cheap (free) and does the job.
Just be careful as you load the grain that your "walls" don't start to creep but I have loaded 6ft without problems.
Could put a poly sheet against the bales but I didn't bother and a bit of straw in the sample wasn't a problem.
Cheers
Cider

 

[multi power]

I'd jam some timber in between the girders and put plywood sheets each side

 

[grainboy]

Have Crital grain panels available,

 

[Turra farmer]

I've 1 m by 3m steel sheets framed with steel angles , avaliable , about 20 avaliable

 

[Thick Farmer]

I'd jam some timber in between the girders and put plywood sheets each side

This.

 

[Pan mixer]

I would worry about the strength of those girders with any weight of grain on them, RSJ's are very weak that way round.

Panels would be the way to go but I would be putting in other posts to help.

If however it is only to stop grain 'rolling about' and mixing then ply and timber would be fine. Crittall type sections are very fiddly and awkward on your own, straw bales make a heck of a mess (straw blocks augers etc), take up loads of room and don't stay where you put them.

All the above from bitter experience.

 

[Grass And Grain]

600kg fert bags for the wall. Certainly OK one high.

 

[Jerry]

Bales and bags would work to a degree but take up too much room and bales are a mess no matter what you do with them.

Don't feel comfortable using wood as supports, think box will be much stronger though grain will only be about 7 to 8 foot deep.