machine shed pics and repair advice

johnwayne360 · Mar 17, 2015

1950s era machine shed. all oak home sawed lumber.
Tin roof added about 15 years ago. Parts of the roof
sheeting are getting rotten, and can hold screws to
hold tin on. Do I need to strip down to the rafters?
And if I do, do i need to just put 2x4(?) every 4 feet,
or do I need to resheet the entire roof with plywood?
Attempting to add pics.

johnwayne360 · Mar 17, 2015

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redforlife · Mar 17, 2015

Tear off whats on top of the sheeting boards. Tin, shingles, or whatever. But leave the sheeting. As long as you don't have large spaces (larger than 2 foot by 4 foot areas) that is completely rotted out, just lay new tin over existing sheeting. If you do have a large area of sheeting boards rotted out, I would just replace some sheeting boards in that area. Be sure you stay off of rotted areas when on the roof. Don't test it out by walking on it. Test it out by hitting it hard with a hammer or such, to see how solid it is before walking on it with your own weight.

ed will · Mar 17, 2015

Hi, like was mentioned, just take out the
rotten and then if other stuff wont hold
screws, just take out the boards every 2 ft
and replace with 2x4 then screw the metal roofing down
To the new wood. Ed will

Steve@Advance · Mar 17, 2015

If it can be seen from below, I would cut out the bad boards and replace them with something similar.

ObsoElitist · Mar 17, 2015

Does it snow or tornado where you live?

notjustair · Mar 17, 2015

I'd be tempted to take thick plywood and cut it to the width of the space between the trusses. Cut it long enough to span two boards onto the "good wood". Then attach it from the bottom side and use longer screws on the roof side so you draw into the plywood. It isn't the way I would do a lot of repairs, but if there are only a few spots that's what I would try. With a roof that steep you aren't going to be walking around up there and this way would give you the least time on that pitch. Much of it could be done underneath in the bucket of the loader tractor.

showcrop · Mar 17, 2015

2X what Redforlife said.

johnwayne360 · Mar 18, 2015

both ne iowa

1130Leo · Mar 18, 2015

Looks like there are a few collar ties on the inside that need repair or replacement as well. How bad is the tin on the outside? The pictures seem to show that you have a couple areas that are leaking, but does not look like it is all bad. Depending upon how much money you want to spend, if the majority of the existing steel is not bad and if you can get new steel that matches, I would remove the bad areas replace the bad boards and put new steel only where needed. Or, remove all repair bad boards and put on all new steel. Other than that the shed looks to be in pretty good shape.

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