Mother Nature decided to spend my tax refund for me- dropped the south half of a 50-foot forked pine tree on my backyard shed. Insurance will only cover a small part of it, once deductible and cap on tree-removal reimbursement ($300) are factored in. Most of shed is still sort-of okay- another tree caught the fallen one before it could smash shed and the fence around it entirely. Contents are fine. Walls are a tad bowed, but the 3 of the roof purlins? (sideways rafters) and a couple roof panels are toast. I think that if I could find 'close enough' matching parts, I could blacksmith the thing good enough to last a couple more years. Not sure of brand- I think it is an Arrow, but maybe an OEM they produced for a store or something- no nameplates or trademarks on it. I looked at the same-size Arrow that Lowes carries- what a flimsy POS. (The floor model was mangled, and the metal was thinner than mine, and had much less interior reinforcement.) Menards has their floor models
20 feet in air, so you can't look closely, but didn't have any larger and/or high-headroom metal ones on display. Mine is 10x13, gambrel roof.I'd like a real barn out there, of course, but not enough to pay the 3-4 grand for a stick-built one, or the extra taxes for a permanent building. This thing actually met my needs pretty well till wind and gravity kicked in. Anybody got any ideas or suggestions? Arrow web site doesn't list parts, and the manuals for the current ones show some changes. (2piece purlins, probably to make easier to ship, vertical siding vs horizontal, etc.)
Failing parts, I may have to bite bullet, and (come warm weather) buy another one to put together. Anybody got any cheap recommendations? I'm not a fan of plastic sheds, especially in this climate. And like I said, the current Arrows, at least the ones the Borgs around here carry, are crap. I could hillbilly repair it well enough for my needs, but I plan to sell in 3-4 years, so I wanted something at least presentable looking.
-- aem sends...