Porte-cochere

[930dreamer]

Wow, that will be quite the project when finished.

 

[royce]

So I am curious how you are making the cuts in the large pipe? Torch or a mega-bandsaw? The fitups look extremely clean.

Also are you working in your own shop, the space seems larger than I had in my head from other Royce-projects?

The cuts are made with a hand torch, I developed paper patterns for the different fittings, so the fits are pretty good.

The shop is the owners, I don't have the hoisting equipment for a job of this magnitude.
Thanks

Royce

 

[royce]

Thanks,
Roger
930

Royce

 

[Firstram]

Outstanding!

 

[royce]

Thanks Firstram

Royce

 

[Yarz]

When I first clicked this thread, while at work, I had no idea what a Porte-cochere was, and couldn't see the pictures. If it had been anyone else that had started it, I likely would have forgotten about it. But when I saw that Royce was the original poster, I KNEW it was going to be interesting and that I had to look at it at home.

I love seeing what you work on. What you post here is always interesting, and is often being done on a much larger scale than expected, making it that much cooler!

I'll be following along on this one too, for sure!

 

[aka Larry]

When I first clicked this thread, while at work, I had no idea what a Porte-cochere was...

I knew what one was, but I just had NO IDEA of what one looked like on such a GRAND SCALE!

This is awesome for sure!

 

[royce]

Thanks
Yarz
Larry

Royce

 

[royce]

Arches ready for weld out

Royce

 

[royce]

Purlins coped for caps

Royce

 

[Marctrees]

Curious - Will this be sandblasted ?

Total budget cost fabricated, installed and erected ?

Ballpark curious of total final cost.

Marc

 

[royce]

Purlin cap weld out started.

Royce

 

[royce]

Marc,
This will not get blasted, the finish will be provided by Mother Nature.

There is no budget, it is for a long time friend and I have not tracked hours.

Royce

 

[royce]

Column doubler reducers cut, fit and welded out

Royce

 

[royce]

One last pic, for now.
Column doubler reducer.

I'll post again when it gets erected.

Royce

 

[tarbellb]

Marc,
This will not get blasted, the finish will be provided by Mother Nature.

There is no budget, it is for a long time friend and I have not tracked hours.

Royce

Now those are the kind of friends you want!

Looks great, and of course you are being very humble about how much talent is being shown here.

 

[driftpin]

You could've just said carport and saved me the google search..lol

Drive-around the old neighborhoods in WPB by Dixie Hwy where they have the pre-WW II homes, and you will find lots of portes-cochere.

I once installed a redwood hot-tub in Coconut Grove FL on glue-lam 4" X 16" beams, installed in a high porte-cochere, where you could walk-out from the second floor of the dwelling into the space of the porte-cochere, and jump-into the hot tub.

This porte-cochere is an impressive addition, thanks for posting the build.

 

[lis2323]

Now those are the kind of friends you want!

Looks great, and of course you are being very humble about how much talent is being shown here.

Agreed! [emoji481]

 

[royce]

Thanks
Driftpin
Lis
Tarbellb,
This is a bit of a showcase for fabricated fittings, which are rarely used anymore, other than 90 degree saddle ons, still used in the industry.
It is a skill that has somewhat gone by the wayside, because of the availability of forged fittings.

I really enjoy the process of designing and drafting something that is hopefully pleasing to the eye, calculate all the dimensions, developed the patterns, make the cuts, fit up all the components and then erect.

With a little luck, in the end, it will be a joy to behold.

Royce

 

[Firstram]

I really enjoy the process of designing and drafting something that is hopefully pleasing to the eye, calculate all the dimensions, developed the patterns, make the cuts, fit up all the components and then erect.

With a little luck, in the end, it will be a joy to behold.

Royce

It will be! I think you mentioned that you don't have to weld it out, sounds like a win to me.

 

[Outwest]

I really like the pipe caps- I’ve only seen them used in your projects. I may have to borrow the idea!

 

[royce]

It will be! I think you mentioned that you don't have to weld it out, sounds like a win to me.

Thanks Firstram,
No, I will not be welding it out.
I'm too busy and tired to boot.
This has taken a toll on my back.

Royce

 

[royce]

I really like the pipe caps- I’ve only seen them used in your projects. I may have to borrow the idea!

Thanks Outwest,
They are called blunt heads.
Nice way to end a pipe and a common way to build a BBQ.

Royce

 

[Firstram]

Nice hatchet holder!

 

[royce]

Thanks Firstram,
It is a piggy bank I made for the family, when the kids were toddlers.
I would hole saw the bottom once a year, for our vacation.
Surprising how much it would hold, if you kept the pennies out.

Royce

 

[Firstram]

No doubt, I never spend change. We used to cash it in for Christmas money but I haven't done it in 10 years or more. Dreading it!

 

[Chaz]

Any updates?

 

[royce]

Any updates?

Chaz,
It got welded out late last week and they are trucking the fab to the site.
Should have the pile bored, set and grouted by the weekend.
Start erection early next week.

Royce

 

[Marctrees]

Very nice, worthy Project.

To be remembered as a Lifetime accomplishment.

Marc

 

[csp]

Lis,
To be honest, I didn't know what it was until I was asked to build one!

Jay,
My roll in this project is to get it through fabrication.
The owners weldor will weld it out.

Project looks amazing, as usual.

You may not have know what a porte-cochere was, but you know the difference between a welder and a weldor! :thumbsup:

 

[royce]

Thanks
Marc
CSP

Happened by the owners shop today and saw they had the rafters stacked up, ready to truck.

Royce

 

[Chaz]

What a beast!

 

[royce]

After hitting ground water at 5', they had to change the foundation plan.
Anyhow, got the first bent welded up.

 

[royce]

Raising up first bent.

Royce

 

[royce]

First bent tacked down and braced off

 

[royce]

First bent welded down and the second bent fit up and tacked off.

Royce

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Thanks Firstram,
It is a piggy bank I made for the family, when the kids were toddlers.
I would hole saw the bottom once a year, for our vacation.
Surprising how much it would hold, if you kept the pennies out.

Royce

I'd love to see more pics of this.

 

[PugetDude]

Unsubscribed. Tired of Royce's posting only piddly-*** simple little projects.
I wish he would tackle something BIG or COMPLICATED for a change....something that would challenge and inspire the rest of us, instead of one "meh.... I could do that with a K-Mart cold chisel. a rusty claw hammer and a $100 HF wire feed" project after another.

 

[rattle_snake]

quad axle crane needed to assemble Royce's side projects...

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

quad axle crane needed to assemble Royce's side projects...

Seriously.....

I thought this was going to be going in the backyard; I didn't have any feel for the scale until the crane pics.