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Pete W's Tin Shed Project.
vtsteam:
Oh don't worry Pete! And also looking back at my first post I realize I wasn't encouraging, being too taken up with my own supposed sense of humor about my own shed. You've done a great job! :clap:
I have mixed storage in there, plus a CNC foam cutter I built, lots of foam, and a lot of my casting supplies (the shed is adjacent to my new furnace) . It's nearly impossible to get into now and I need to stop procrastinating and sort it out to make it usable again. Also fix the leaks before some important things get ruined. :poke:
The main impediment to access is the CNC foam cutter, which takes up 4 x 8 feet. I should take that apart, since I'm not using it these days.
Your shed must feel great to be completing, and will be an asset to organization, as a new space always is. :thumbup:
I need to convert mine back to that!
Pete W.:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 16, 2013, 09:36:06 PM ---I have the same shed! Ten million screws and no panel bigger than about a square foot, and 50 pages of instructions.
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Hi there, again, VT,
As I wrote earlier, our shed panels are held together with self-tapping screws. These have nasty sharp points that come into the interior of the shed. They were originally covered with little white plastic screw-on gizmos that I tried to save during the dis-assembly. However, lots of them got lost during the move and the time the shed parts were stacked awaiting re-assembly.
I'd buy some more to complete the job but I haven't found any on the self-tapping screw stockists' web sites, mainly because I don't know what they're called!
Googling 'little white plastic screw-on gizmos' hasn't met with a lot of success! :D :D :D
(Needless to say, I did also google 'screw covers', 'thread covers', 'thread shields', 'thread protectors', 'point covers' and as many other similar phrases as I could think of.)
You mentioned that you have (or had) the assembly instructions for your shed - do those instructions include a parts list with a mention of 'little white plastic screw-on gizmos'? If so, please can you tell me their 'official' name? :scratch: :scratch: :scratch:
Failing all of that, I shall get some small diameter PVC tubing and cut it into short pieces and screw them onto the screw points.
Our spell of hot dry weather has come to an end and I have a few leaks in the shed roof to locate and fix. So moving-in day has been postponed somewhat. :bang: :bang: :bang:
vtsteam:
Pete, I just went out and checked on the shed, because I didn't remember plastic screw protectors at all. There are none in my shed.
All of the sheet metal screws are very short. And they are almost all protruding into some form of integrated structural guard. Typically they protrude into stamped framing shaped like either a channel, or angle, so you really can't contact them. And they might be protruding only 2mm anyway. Where they would be exposed, the fastener is generally a machine screw and nut rather than a sheet metal screw.
Would soda straws work in your case? Or possibly pieces of clear vinyl tubing, cut into lengths with scissors?
Pete W.:
Hi there, VT,
Thank you for your prompt reply and especially for going out to eyeball your shed fixings.
Yes, short lengths of small bore vinyl tubing seems to be the way I should go. I've replaced a lot of the original screws because they had rusted - the replacements I bought are 1/2" rather than the 3/8" originals and, although they are not self-drilling, they still do have vicious points.
The original screws were assembled with thin plastic washers under their heads but those washers didn't survive the move. I found some self adhesive black neoprene washers on eBay and have fitted those wherever I've used the new screws.
vtsteam:
Happy to help, Pete.
Hope you get those leaks solved! I don't think the tape system these sheds have is a very good way to do it -- particularly on my gambrel roof where rain runs into a joint from a higher peak. I'm actually thinking of making a new simple peaked roof from standard galvanized roofing and setting it over the old one. Also I'm a great believer in eaves, especially here in snow country, so I'd have those on a new roof.
Best of luck Pete and keep the progress coming!
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