Robert Kruppiak

I came across this bug last night and haven’t ever seen these around before and there were probably 20 or so scattered around. I tried searching a little and found nothing.

Well this weekend I tried to straighten the Quonset and realized how little I understood the structure. I have had cables on it for weeks with frequent tightening and no luck and so this weekend I tried everything I could think of. We removed all of the screws from the tin secured four points to the front of the building to pull from which we tried using the winch on my truck with a bobcat for an anchor the bobcat, my little frieghtliner we had a lull pushing from behind once pulling from the back rafters from inside, we removed every bit of bracing we could see and nothing. At one point we got two inches of lean out of it and put braces in and as soon as we let pressure off the machines it settled right back where it was. I can't think of anything more I can do short of tearing it apart. And I'm not able to use it as is due to the insurance company is not willing to insure it or anything inside it as long as it leans. I think the Quonset may be at an end if I can't come up with a solution.

I will measure the lean and the actual dimensions of the Quonset tomorrow hopefully.

I had thought of pushing it with some 4x4's and  my truck but i was thinking I wanted to have a slower more controlled way of pushing it. I think it has plenty of power and weight but it is a manual and I didn't want any chance of over doing it. Although maybe if I measure the lean I can build a stop at the appropriate distance on the other side.

I'm still scratching my head on how to brace it from leaning once it's straight. Or how to brace it without interfering with the space below or the loft I plan to put in in the future.


Wow.....can I trade "problem buildings" with you!  --->  https://permies.com/t/49023/ft-quonset-roof-sagging-middle

That looks a lot harder than what I'm dealing with. I'm terrified with just the lean. I do have more than the one problem building unfortunately though. The site was abandoned for five years and time was not kind to any of the buildings. The Quonset is just my first headache, although the chicken coupe might just get knocked down before the Quonset gets fixed but that should be fun.

I does seem to give a larger appearance especially inside. I used to work in a 40 by 65 shop that seems like and out house compared to being in the Quonset and the measurements I gave are going off of what the inspection reported so I may have to measure it myself one of these days just to be sure.

I hadn't thought of the roof tin being an issue. It is newer and I was told by the neighbor that the Quonset was roofed with the lean, but there are visible wrinkles in the tin and even a few screws popped loose. I am wondering if I may be able to undo all of the screws except for the ones along the peak and straighten it and just reinstall them once straight? I'm sure I'll have some finish tin to do but I'll be re building the endwalls anyway so it probably wouldn't hurt to order a sheet or two of green with all the other supplies.

More pics

Thanks Mike!

It's a concrete floor and foundation, steel roof with wood lap length wise bare inside and it's leaning pretty bad.

I had the same thought on the eyebolts, I'm planning on supporting it from the leaning side with a front loader and some 4x4's just not sure how I'll keep tension against them.

Hey all,
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here it goes.

Me and my wife recently purchased an achreage and there is a 45ft by 85ft wood Quonset on the property that's leaning pretty good towards the rear endwall. I'm planning on straightening it myself and wondering if anyone has any good insight on how to go about it and more importantly how to make it stay.

My plan so far is to screw two large boards on either side of the peak line across 6 or so rafters with and eye hook on the end and use 14,000lb 1/4 cable and a cum along cement anchored at the other end of the building and pull it straight. My paranoia is weather or not 1/4 cable is enough and might snap, or will the board screwed to several rafters not let those rafters move enough to come straight or worse will they not support the rest of the weightand rip the rafters out.

As for how to secure it once it's straight, I'm completely lost. I regularly see quonsets with boards running from bottom middle to upper corners in the peak to keep them straight but I have no idea how to make the wood bend in such a manner or where to get it. I thought of using cable but the I think it is 1/4 cable enough again or how do i tie it to each individual rafter and still be able to tension it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Bob