Greenbeast
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- East Sussex
We've been offered £3/ft
Putting up a dutch barn roof
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SilliamWhale
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Where?
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
That's not bad if they are good and not far away
Also box type crash barriers 15 ft length £45
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
On Facebook, someone in Newcastle emlyn, I can't think of the person name but advertising reasonably regularly
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
I'm unsure about making sure the tops of the posts are positioned correctly, given the changing diameter over the length.
I'll have a fixed metal structure to attach at the top
I'll have a fixed metal structure to attach at the top
How many posts ? Dig your holes ,put posts in loose,fix 2 in on one side, fix upright with supports ie batten.drop the roof on ,bolt to top of posts level up the post concrete / backfill
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Apart from the taper of a pole you would have the same issues with steel.
organicguy
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- Location
- North East of the south west
Put poles, back fill, fill with straw, build roof off top of straw, use straw, job done or thats how it used to be!
PolandYou’re going to have to share now!
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
Ok so this is what we've ended up with, a canopy built by a company called Clovis Lande.
It has 7 arcs and is therefore a 6 bay structure. The ends are likely constructed and braced differently to the intermediate arcs, going by some promotional shots on their website.
The main arcs are obvious and the two end arcs likely have these cross braces (1 per end)
I have 14 of these, that are about 10' long and obviously have adjustable turnbuckles
I have a large selection of different size of tubular pieces, some have flattened ends with a hole to accept a bolt and some are full bore and some have a reduced bore (to slot inside full bore)
If anyone has any insights into the construction i'd appreciate it. I will call the firm monday and see if they have historic assembly instructions that they can provide (they typically use approved installers and their products are made to measure, but i assume there are some bracing principles they use which are largely universal)
It has 7 arcs and is therefore a 6 bay structure. The ends are likely constructed and braced differently to the intermediate arcs, going by some promotional shots on their website.
The main arcs are obvious and the two end arcs likely have these cross braces (1 per end)
I have 14 of these, that are about 10' long and obviously have adjustable turnbuckles
I have a large selection of different size of tubular pieces, some have flattened ends with a hole to accept a bolt and some are full bore and some have a reduced bore (to slot inside full bore)
If anyone has any insights into the construction i'd appreciate it. I will call the firm monday and see if they have historic assembly instructions that they can provide (they typically use approved installers and their products are made to measure, but i assume there are some bracing principles they use which are largely universal)
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I would be thinking about rsj for the posts and in the back of my mind I would think about location as in 20 years it might just lend itself for conversion into a dwelling for your little one .
If you think that it might just possibly be a option I would think about side cladding to help in any future ideas .
If you think that it might just possibly be a option I would think about side cladding to help in any future ideas .
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
We bought telegraph poles to go with it.
That's not really in our minds, given that we don't even have permission to live here permanently yet!
The location is not optional as our cutting room and walk i freezer are sited already
Ok so this is what we've ended up with, a canopy built by a company called Clovis Lande.
It has 7 arcs and is therefore a 6 bay structure. The ends are likely constructed and braced differently to the intermediate arcs, going by some promotional shots on their website.
The main arcs are obvious and the two end arcs likely have these cross braces (1 per end)
I have 14 of these, that are about 10' long and obviously have adjustable turnbuckles
I have a large selection of different size of tubular pieces, some have flattened ends with a hole to accept a bolt and some are full bore and some have a reduced bore (to slot inside full bore)
If anyone has any insights into the construction i'd appreciate it. I will call the firm monday and see if they have historic assembly instructions that they can provide (they typically use approved installers and their products are made to measure, but i assume there are some bracing principles they use which are largely universal)
I presume they are a cross bracing of sorts ,
tomlad
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- Location
- nr. preston
What the roof going to be, tin ?
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
Yes just trying to figure out how they go together. I might get a better idea when I've got bolts for the arcs and can stand them up
For now some kind of plastic like it originally had
tomlad
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- Location
- nr. preston
Ahh
Film on my polly bin fine for years , id have to check i think more than 5 year
Film on my polly bin fine for years , id have to check i think more than 5 year