grain store details, side skid between posts

[Brains]

We are slowly putting up a new 60' x 80' grain store.

We have the basic shed and we have just got the concrete panels around, we shuffled them in-between the girders which doesn't leave us with a smooth edge to drive the corn bucket against when loading grain.

My plan was to weld some plate between the girders which will be so far cast in the floor slab and gives us a edge to concrete a slope up to the panel.

What size steel should we use? Would some 100x50 angle be enough or should I just use some 150 flat? We are 20ft bays. If it is set in the floor 2" it doesn't leave a lot above the floor. How have people seen this done which looks the best idea?

Any top tips!?

Cheers Brains

 

[BobGreen]

Why didn't you put the panels on the front face of the stanchions so you just have a concrete wall ??

 

[Derky]

I am with Bob.
Easier on the inside.

 

[David.]

Have you sealed the panels to the stanchions to stop the rain running through the vertical joint?
That can be a problem when you panel to the outer web of the stanchions.

 

[mo!]

You lose quite a bit of space on the front face, on a small store like ours it comes to 10%! I would use 150mm and have half in the floor.

 

[Lincsman]

150 angle and after floor is done you make a nice self cleaning slope up to the panel with stiff concrete, works really well and looks good inside and out. With the bonus of no risk of damage with buckets.

 

[Pan mixer]

I would cast a kerb on top of the floor with 200mm shutters, as long as there is a bit of a key on the slab edge.

Care has to be taken to stop the shutters drifting though but it looks neater than having angle iron and considerably cheaper. Make a couple of brackets to g-clamp the shutters to the post like on the right of the nearest red post in the photo below. That galvanised tank is a concrete weight that is preventing shutter creep in the centre of this 20 foot bay - but I am casting 400mm high here

 

[Lincsman]

I would cast a kerb on top of the floor with 200mm shutters, as long as there is a bit of a key on the slab edge.

Care has to be taken to stop the shutters drifting though but it looks neater than having angle iron and considerably cheaper. Make a couple of brackets to g-clamp the shutters to the post like on the right of the nearest red post in the photo below. That galvanised tank is a concrete weight that is preventing shutter creep in the centre of this 20 foot bay - but I am casting 400mm high here

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Angle iron wont chip and wear, only shine up.

 

[Pan mixer]

Angle iron wont chip and wear, only shine up.

But you can catch it with the bucket edge and rip a nasty lump out and it will cost a fortune.

 

[Lincsman]

But you can catch it with the bucket edge and rip a nasty lump out and it will cost a fortune.

A lump out of what?, its as smooth as the floor.

 

[BobGreen]

This size store level filled to 4 m would be 1725 cu m
A concrete panel wall 150mm thick on the inside of the stanchions will lose 50 cu m. Is that worth bothering about for the ease of cleaning out ?
If it is make building 1 foot wider

 

[Pan mixer]

A lump out of what?, its as smooth as the floor.

I have seen big loaders take the bottoms off the RSJ's.

 

[Lincsman]

This size store level filled to 4 m would be 1725 cu m
A concrete panel wall 150mm thick on the inside of the stanchions will lose 50 cu m. Is that worth bothering about for the ease of cleaning out ?
If it is make building 1 foot wider

Don't need any side cladding fillers though, its all smooth and neat on the outside.