Truck wash building
Truck wash building
(OP)
We will be designing a building for a truck wash: 40 x 100. W/2 large OH doors each end. What is your preference: wood frame (most economical probably), ridged steel building or concrete block. The owner is concerned about difficulty of dealing with moisture getting in the walls with any system
With a wood frame building there has to be a shear wall (or something) at each end to resist the reaction of the roof diaphragm. (2 large OH doors leave little to work with
The soil conditions are ok for shallow strip footing (5') for wod frame option or timber piling (35 ft) for steel frame).
With a wood frame building there has to be a shear wall (or something) at each end to resist the reaction of the roof diaphragm. (2 large OH doors leave little to work with
The soil conditions are ok for shallow strip footing (5') for wod frame option or timber piling (35 ft) for steel frame).






RE: Truck wash building
RE: Truck wash building
I would go with a rigid steel building.
Depending on how high you need the building to be, you may want to consider steel studs. I'm a big fan of steel studs.
RE: Truck wash building
RE: Truck wash building
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Truck wash building
Go CMU all the way. Around here steel pan siding will rust from the ground up (on the ouside edge towards parking lots where salt is used) in less than a decade.
RE: Truck wash building
RE: Truck wash building
RE: Truck wash building
RE: Truck wash building
Other option, precast concrete wall panels (or tilt up) or concrete masonry block. I have one currently in the bid stage. The contractor convinced the owner that concrete masonry block is less expensive than insulated precast concrete wall panel. Probably not the case, but we made the change. Masonry or concrete offers a durable structural wall system with out needing to protect it from corrosion.