Joining buildings

Gruffalo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Midlands
We have a 120' x 50'grain store which we'd like to build next to (probably same size or possibly 60' span) seeing as we'll create a valley between the 2 how do you go about height difference ? Guessing they may need to be different heights ? Also would want a good size continuous gutter. Has any got any close up pictures to give us an idea before we start. Thanks
 

dannewhouse

Member
Location
huddersfield
just make sure the "new" rafter is at the correct height so that the purlins make the roof sheets come to the same height as existing sheets and decide on a gutter width I have some 170mm deep flow and think it would be fine as long as you put fall on it! but you can get seamless aluminium but they normally lay it flat which means silt/sh!t build up so problems later!

I would always advise not to create valley gutters though if avoidable ie extend on gable end or separate shed with yard space between? the little cost saving in columns isn't really much compared with a total project cost? don't cut corners to save a little bit of money and in my opinion compromise quality of finished product.
 

Gruffalo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Midlands
Put the new shed up 20' away from the other one then join the two together with a single pitch roof and get an extra shed very cheaply whilst taking care of any height difference at the same time
Surely the single pitch will create the same issue one side or the other that I'm thinking now ?
 

mo!

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
York
When your gutter leaks you will have water in the grain store. How will you clean the gutter? What will you pay in 25 years time to go back and do the job properly? We have a few valleys and boundary wall gutters here and I really wish we didn't.
 

zr105

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
East of Ireland
Build it a foot/ 2foot taller than existing put up a new gutter then put a short side sheet down into existing gutter that way existing gutter doesn't have to cope with much extra water
 

Gadget

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Sutton Coldfield
The top picture is how we added an extra shed to the side of the corn store. We needed more height for the drier, the little silver square at the eaves of the original shed is the new gutter.

The second picture is how an extra span was added to the existing shed at approximately the same height. I say approximately because from the outside it looks the same height, although, from the inside picture, it obviously isn't.
The gutter is the black box like structure, it is now a formed aluminium one but was originally a fibre cement type. The right hand side is straight and the left hand sloped.

I would agree with the comments above about not having valley gutters in corn stores, we have had our fair share of problems with water coming in during big downpours. We have combatted it to a certain degree by cutting all but an inch or so off the stop ends on the gutter. When there is light rain it is held in and goes down the downspout, when the rain is heavy any excess shoots straight over the end and away.

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