Rant: That Saturday in Phoenix when my whole shed roof collapsed

I was putting up a new shelf in my shed last Saturday when the whole roof just buckled under the heat. Turns out I used the wrong gauge screws for the corrugated panels, they sheared right off after 3 months of Arizona sun. Cost me $120 in materials and 8 hours to redo it correctly with proper fasteners. Has anyone else messed up a simple shed build with a basic fastener mismatch?

3 comments

3 Comments

hill.troy7d agoMost Upvoted

Did you at least get a cool before and after pic for the gram?

ivanjones7d ago

Wait, aren't corrugated panels supposed to use special clips instead of screws?

richard_sanchez437d ago

Man, that sucks! I feel your pain. I did something similar once but with fence posts. Used galvanized brackets that didn't match the screws. Whole thing fell over during a windstorm. Looked like a giant Jenga game in my backyard. At least you caught it after 3 months and not 3 years like me. Heat does crazy things to cheap hardware out here.