| SamsDad - 5/22/2011 21:34
I thought about cables, that would be easy enough to do. What size is the cable? That would preserve the interior aethetics as well. I'm not an architecture geek, but i love the inside of these buildings. We also have a long cattle shed that has round roof rafters that criss cross upside down to form a truss for the upper rafters(also round top), never seen another like it. Thanks for the photos. Ben
They used 7/16" Stainless on mine, along with building what would be the bottom chord of a truss and adding webbing to make a truss in mine. I would be a little worried with only the cables, they are great for tension, but don't do a thing for compression. Depending on what the wind is doing and snow loads, you may need compression and not just tension.
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