CROP 10 · STRUCTURE NOTES
Livestock housing is where our tube range meets a clear span.
Poultry and livestock sheds use the same mill products at a larger scale: clear spans, steel columns, trusses and roofing. It is a different design code and a different buyer, but the same tube.
A livestock shed is not a greenhouse, and we do not pretend otherwise: the design code, the ventilation logic and the floor are different. What carries over is the product range — tube, SHS, C/Z profiles and gutters — and the ability to fabricate to a drawing.
| Product | Use |
|---|---|
| SHS / RHS | columns, truss chords |
| C / Z purlin | roof purlin |
| Round tube | bracing, partitions, gates |
| Gutter | roof drainage |
| Hot-dip coating | ammonia and humidity resistance |
Ammonia is aggressive to zinc. In poultry houses the coating specification matters more than in a greenhouse, and hot-dip after fabrication is usually the minimum. Say so on the PO; do not let a supplier ship pre-galvanised and call it equivalent.
Different code, same discipline
Livestock buildings are designed to a building code, not EN 13031-1. Send the code and the loads; we will quote the steel package and stay out of the certification scope.
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