evodawg wrote:
cshenk wrote:
Call me stupid here, but can you just curl the metal up to make a lip over
the door section without damaging the metal? Just make a sort of funnel
with the existing roof so rain hits to the sides of the door? Like a
really heavy deep socket wrench and work it in parts til you have a 'lip
curl' at least 2 inches deep, might need 3?

If that doesnt work for you, and i'm right in asumptions that look isnt
all that important, 2 other ideas come to mind.

1- using some sort of rivet to attach, take a flange of metal with a 90
degree bend and high enough for your purposes, and just attach this to the
end of the roof as far as you need it to go. Use caulk if the little bits
that get past this is a problem. (It wont be as pretty or easy as just
curling the metal, but it will work better).

2- Using some old tires cut up, and again a rivet gun, put those up along
just like #1 above. The problem is this wont last as well and i suspect
in hot weather they will curl back up too strongly for a longer term fix.

Well you said it stupid!!! This application must take a "special bracket"
which is probably available. Google gutters metal roof, or pole barn, no
soffit. See what you come up with.


So far, this answer is the closest. I've seen plenty of modern barns
with a gutter or eyebrow above the sliding doors. Go to the local supply
house that the pole barn builders use, or even back to whoever built
your barn, if they are still in business. I'll bet the wholesaler where
they get their fittings carries a purpose-built material that will fit
the corrugation patterns to attach a short awning and/or gutter to the
roof edge or wall above the door. You definitely aren't the only person
that ever had this problem. You do also need a sloped apron on the
ground in front of the door, sticking out at least a couple of feet.
Concrete would be best, but well-drained gravel would also work. If
nothing else, some short sections of the same roof panels to extend the
roof a couple of feet, tucked under the existing panels far enough the
reach the framing, would help a lot. Roof is probably screwed down, so
unscrewing the bottom couple of feet should not be a big deal. Slide
the panels under, and replace the old screws with slightly longer ones
with the built-in gaskets.

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