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Typical galpon constructionThis forum post has messages dated from 07/13/11 through 07/15/11, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| Typical galpon construction What is the construction of a typical galpon likely to be? Figure 20 years old and in the 1300sqft to 1600sqft size range. I'm assuming a corrugated steel roof with some sort of low gable steel truss system, no insulation. Will the walls be steel also like the steel buildings in the US? Or will they be cinder block or concrete? Is it likely to be clear span or will there be support poles throughout? I know the one I'm looking at has a concrete slab floor. |
Comment #107/14/11 14:23Rural east Colonia departmento | "Galpones"
I really like the word :-) Un galpon can be anything from a small garden shed to a large aircraft hanger.Most modern ones are steel frame with corrugated metal cladding but I've met frameless brick built ones, steel frame c/w insulated panels, concrete block jobbies and even wooden pole barn type constructions. Mine is a former piggery and is constructed of crumbly hollow concrete blocks with reinforced concrete/steel uprights every 5 meters. It has a corrugated monopitch roof which was supported on rotten wooden poles so I replaced them with triangular purlins made from 3 x 7mm steel rods with 4mm zigzag rods welded between them to keep them rigid. Most galpones tend to be clear span. In these parts, a man is judged by his galpon :-) |
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The property I'm considering has two. Would that make me more of a man? lol |
Comment #307/15/11 09:37Rural east Colonia departmento | "Dos galpones"
"The property I'm considering has two"f/x: serious respect :-) |
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