Pole Barn Metal Screwing Instructions
- 1). Twist the torque dial on the front of the screwgun to five. Insert a screw into the tip and screw the screw into a test piece of wood. The screw should drive into the wood, tighten and then the clutch on the gun should slip just as the rubber washer begins to compress. If the washer smashes flat, turn the dial back one click at a time and test again until the washer just barely compresses when the screw is tight.
- 2). Stand up a sheet of metal against the outside of the building. Flush it down the center of the first beam. You will see horizontal studs between the poles every 24 inches. Line up a screw with the stud and screw one screw through the sheet metal into the beam. Place screws in the beam at each point vertically where the studs meet the beams up to the top. You should have screws every 24 inches from the cement floor, up the beam to the roof.
- 3). Screw horizontal along the studs. Measure over 12 inches from a screw and begin a line of horizontal screws every 12 inches that runs along the studs. Run lines of screws 12 inches apart horizontally across each beam from the starting point at the beam.
- 4). Stand another sheet of metal up, overlapping the first piece by 3/4 inch. Screw screws into it in the same manner. All vertical contact points between wood and metal should have screws every 24 inches. All horizontal screws should be spaced at 12 inches.
- 5). Screw the roof on in the same manner. All vertical/diagonal contact points should have a screw every 24 inches. All horizontal contact points should have a screw every 12 inches.
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