U-profile in steel?

[Asta70]

Hello!
I'm planning to build a wind shelter for two horses and I'm considering attaching U-profiles to the corner posts and then stacking 45x95 beams in the profiles as walls. But where can I find metal profiles that are strong enough? The only ones I find at the hardware store are made of aluminum, but aren't these too weak?

 

[fremax]

Where do you live? Check with the local blacksmith/steel wholesaler.

Best regards, fremax

 

[PNO]

The U-profile of steel made today is called UPE, and its minimum height is 80mm externally. You seem to want to lay the profile down, so it would be the width instead. Internally, a UPE80 is about 66mm. So it will be loose with 45mm in it. If you look at the older standard called UNP today, previously just U, there is a profile called U65 that is approximately 54mm internally. The next one down is U50, which is 40mm internally.

You can buy profiles at places like Bröderna Edstrands, Tibnor, Uppsala Handelsstål, etc. There are usually steel wholesalers in most cities, though not all sell to private individuals.

U-profiles are quite weak in that direction, especially in these small dimensions. Additionally, it will rust and rot significantly if you place timber in a profile like that in a paddock.

If you still want a profile that fits perfectly for stacking timber, visit a mechanical workshop with a sheet metal focus that can bend profiles for you out of 5-6mm thick sheet metal. Then you can also get deeper profiles than the rolled ones. A deeper profile is stronger in the direction you want them.

 

[heimlaga]

Why?
Sounds like both an expensive and complicated method to build with.

 

[Mattias_Eson]

I think he wants to place one in each corner and put studs between them to have a standing panel, and the U-beam should take the load from the roof. But the same thing is probably easier to do with wooden posts and angle brackets.

 

[Asta70]

No, the u-profiles should be mounted standing on two vertical corner studs, as a "holder" for the planks.

 

[heimlaga]

Why not nail two 2x2 inch battens to place the boards between.....or simply nail the boards onto the posts?

 

[Asta70]

Because the wind shelter should easily be taken down and set up again when we change pasture. And after grazing, it must be taken down for the winter (municipality's land).

 

[PeterStrandberg]

Since it should protect from wind, have you considered building with wall modules of tongue and groove paneling or horizontal self-supporting 45mm wide tongue and groove planks

 

[Asta70]

Thanks for the tip Peter!
Do you possibly have a link to these? Do you think they can withstand a horse scratching its rump against them or kicking?

 

[smedbror]

Manufacture your own u-profile using angle iron, type 20x40mm. Leave 45mm between and it’s done.

 

[Asta70]

Yes, that's an option, but then there's a whole lot of angle brackets to be screwed in, instead of a U-profile that maybe requires 8 screws.

 

[prototypen]

There are sheet metal profiles that are bent sheet metal, available in many dimensions and are lighter than U-beam.
Normally available in 6-meter lengths.
Look for it at Tibnor on the web.

Protte

 

[PeterStrandberg]

Google planed timber. I bought a caravan including a log porch last year so I don't know where you can buy it but call around to sawmills near you.

 

[Oldboy]

Otherwise, wind netting is a lightweight (in terms of weight) alternative to stacked 45 mm studs.

However, I'm not sure how it works if the horses rub against it or kick it.