Re Option C :
Sent this email last night :
I am looking at installing a free standing shed with a roll off roof. This will permanently how two telescopes on permanent piers.
the size and arrangement is shown in the attachment.
The shed I am interested in will be 3.78m long x 2.34 wide with wall panels 2.13m high. I would prefer each wall except the "front" wall to uninterrupted (no windows), the front wall will only have a door (sliding is preferred).
The two end walls will support timber rails that the roof will roof off along.
There is no need to make provision for AC power - everything will be powered from 12V batteries .
The roof I require is a low pitch gable roof and I would like it supplied prefabricated if that is practical and it is light enough.
The materials I like are ;
walls = 38mm think metal clad PANELINK
roof = SPACEMAKER 1000 + what ever structurals is needed.
Q1 ; how heavy will a pref gable roof (400mm pitch) be ? how much to prefabricate it ?
Q2 ; how much to manufacture the 4 walls required + structurals ? How heavy will each wall be ?
Q3 ; how long from order placed to supply ?
Thanks ian Robinson
]Response :
Hi Ian
]I have attached a price list and specs sheets to help you with your enquiry – we only manufacture the panels you would have to contact a builder to help you with the installation and what panels and extrusions would be required, the turnaround time from order to supply is normally around 4-5 working days for wall panels and 7 working days for roof panels. Spacemaker 1000 roof is aprox 8kg per sq meter and panelink panels are aprox 4kg per sq meter.
Hope this information helps – if you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,Rhonda Mort
APS VERSICLAD Pty Ltd
They provided attachments including a detailed price list (too big to attach ... if anyone wants it .... email me and I'll share it).
Costing estimate base on info provided to me for Option C
A prefab gable roof ??
Spacemaker 1000 roof sheets 50mm thick (uninsulated steel roof sheetiing gets hot and reradiates significant heat , these are insulated .... this will keep the telescopes and slab cooler in summer a definite plus I think , the sheets are also very strong - you can walk on them up to 4m span !!! - so if the apex is strongly joined together , minimum structural reinforcement is required ?) are $86 per linear m , they are 1 m wide.
A few calcs reveals the prefab Spacemaker 1000 (2.4m x 3.8m x 0.2m pitch) roof will weight in at 74kg if a pitch of 400mm is used and sheeting works at about $800 (making queries on cost for a prefab roof (might be another $100 say for assembly of the pref unit ??).
Using standard Panellink panels (2.4m x 1.2m) the above will produce a roof with 100mm over hang on each end (enough for the external rails ??).
At 75kg it's a 2 man (probably a 4 man job lifting a pref roof this size to the rails about 2.2m off the ground unless I get cleavour
, I'm not a gingerbeer for nuffen !
)
Easiest end pieces are marine plywood I think both cut from one sheet.
The insulated walls the
bee's knees option .
$70 / lin m (comes as blanks 1.2m x 2.4m x 36mm thick (?)) for plain (Zn coated steel on both sides (also insulated).
I figure 9 standard sheets (cut) with (provision for a 1.2m wide entry door) are needed if I go for a shed 3.6m x 2.4m makes it easier). (If 9 sheets are needed = 24 lineal m = about $1700 for walls panels (uninstalled) made from basic Panellink panels .... a tad pricey but would be very nice.
Poor mans walls option : construct walls like a panel fence or simply build a timber or steel framed wall and Hardyplank it. Food for thought (visit to Mitre 10 or Bunnings worthwhile).
Door
Maybe a slider or hinged entry door made from a varnished or painted marine plywood sheet (1" thick) will suffice.
Thoughts anyone ?