Curved Panel Metal Roof on a Quonset Hut in Potlatch

A local farmer came to us with a real problem - his quonset hut roof was actively blowing off. That's not something you can sit on. Equipment, feed, whatever is stored in there is all at risk every time the wind picks up. He needed it fixed, and fixed right.

The easy call would have been exposed fastener panels. They work fine, they're straightforward to install on a curved structure, and most contractors would have stopped there. But we wanted to push ourselves on this one. We decided to try fitting curved standing seam metal panels to follow the arc of the building instead. Not a small thing.

The tricky part with a curved quonset is that the panels have to bend and seat correctly all the way around the arch - no flat runs to hide sloppy work. Getting the seams to sit tight and clean on a curved surface takes real attention to detail.

What we ended up with is a roof that fits the building the way it was meant to be covered. No exposed fasteners punching through the metal, no gaps where wind can grab an edge. The panels follow the curve cleanly from end to end. Out here in north Idaho where the wind and weather can be brutal, that kind of fit matters a lot more than it might somewhere else.

We're proud of how this one turned out. It pushed us to work through some details we hadn't tackled before on a quonset, and the result speaks for itself. If you've got an agricultural building with a failing roof - or you just want it done better than the standard approach - this is the kind of work we do.