New shed? 3 main aspects to consider

Building the best for your herd.

Experts at Graham Heath Construction have put together a guide of what to consider when looking at construction, design, manufacturing and erection of steel frame buildings. With their 20+ years of experience, they can help you build your next bespoke building, offering a range of options to create the ideal building for your herd. They stress that getting the building design right, is very important for maximizing animal comfort all year-round.

You need to carefully consider the roofing, ridge and cladding options for your building to suit your system. They have a number of options to help improve ventilation in the buildings and to reduce the key factors like; excess heat, vapour, dust & gases.

Let us talk over a few options for your building

Roofing options;

Fibre Cement Roof prove to be the most popular for agricultural buildings, allowing natural ventilation and absorbing some condensation. They also come in a vast array of colours; Natural Grey, Jasper, Anthracite, Juniper Green, Black, Slate Blue, Van Dyke Brown

Fibre cement roof are also compatible with a vast range of ridges and accessories to suit every building type/use.

Next we move onto Ridge options

• Lightridge – designed to improve ventilation in livestock buildings and improve natural light transmission. Toughened waterproof PVC roof panels and wind guide plates will withstand most weather conditions.
• GHC Raised Ridge System – with this flexible system that can be set at a height determined to suit your cattle, the raised ridge system allows airflow were most buildings will accumulate warm, moist and stale air. The ‘Cap’ protects the inside from the rain whilst efficiently allowing the air to flow.
• Open Protected – With importance of airflow comes the importance of natural light which this ridge system offers. With a polycarbonate strip to minimise the driving rain, allowing natural light and potential to minimize the risk of heat stress on your cattle.

Next we talk about the Cladding …

Yorkshire Boarding is the most popular with livestock buildings. Installed with a 25mm-50mm gap allowing airflow through the building. Providing important ventilation in  the building to help remove heat, moisture and even bugs!

Most of the livestock buildings that we manufacture are left open on one side with a cantilever, this provides ventilation and an area for the cattle to feed with easy access for machines.

If you are considering a new building talk to Graham Heath today for advice and a free quote 

01270 781158

Or get a quote online at www.gh-construction.co.uk/quotation/