Recent content by Koldham

the purlins or whatever will be sitting on top on the 2x6 beams. what does it matter if there is a 5.5 in gap between the two. i dont understand how a gap lessens the load it can carry. the purlins will be adequately attached to all four beams.

ya im not worried about wind. all the trees soak up the fast wind. its also going to be backed up to a fence that looks to be about 7 ft tall. from what iv learned here and a few other places, the 2x6 sandwiching a 6x6 posts should be plenty. do not toe nail and simpson strong tie the **** out...

i usually tend to over build everything i make. as this is by far the largest thing iv ever built without plans, the material costs is keeping the overbuilding in check.

yeah my takeaway from that failure was to make sure your posts are in the ground and anchored deep enough to prevent deflection. nails are great for sheer loads but not tension loads. screws are far superior. also why did they skip purlins(?) when screwing the metal down. any place there could...

ya i followed the code book when i built my garage, mainly because it had a permit and had to be inspected a few times during construction. im not getting a permit for this project. thats one reason its being built so low. you wont be able to see it over the fence. but I also dont want the thing...

bolts for the beams sounds like a good idea, i will look into that.

iv got boxes and boxes of the 3in grey primer deck screws left over from my garage build. didnt have air to run a nail gun so the entire building was going to be built with screws. my neighbor came over laughing at me and gave me an old harbor freight compressor. Ran that thing into the ground...

i want something like this but with no walls and built like a pergola. <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/XnehQzG" data-context="false" ><a href="//imgur.com/a/XnehQzG"></a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

yes. the first image i posted was the side view. im trying to make this thing kinda modular so if my fleet grows i can bury 2 more posts, put up another beam, and put up some more roof to add another berth.

well yes but no. the span between poles is 12ft. so 4 2x6x12 as beams.

looking at the front of the structure the beams run front to back, 2 on each side. the rafters run left to right between the beams. the roof panels then run front to back on top of the rafters. my dad built something similar (but smaller) under his deck to keep rain off his jeep stored under it...

the roofing is to run perpindicular to the cross beams. beams go left to right, roof goes front to back. if i rested the cross beams ON TOP of the 16ft 2x6 beams as to spread the load over all four like an actual pergola, not just to the inside 2, would that be sound? I also just looked at the...

i want to build 2 of these 10ft apart. i was planing on using the deck joist hangers to hang the "cross beams" that the roof will sit on but now that i see the drawing on paper instead of my head the cross beams should sit on top of the 2x6 so i can rest them on 4 boards instead of 2. like a...

yes i was talking about the beam, the depth of the carport between posts will be 12ft (was planing on using a 16ft 2x6 for overhang). the posts will be 10 ft apart width wise with 2x6 "rafters" (or whatever they are called) at 24in spacing and corrugated plastic roofing running down the depth of...

i thought boards had crowns laying flat. whats the crown sitting upright?