Got me a carport/working shed.... FINALLY....

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That would look good on my patio!!
Do you know how much wind it will take?
Al
Im with you man! I want something like that too. its in the "long term plan" of home renovations, but after the kitchen I fear...I am not sure I could convince the wide otherwise. But she does love brisket...maybe I can work that angle...

I really want a covered patio for smokin and grillin that is dry and shaded. A guy can dream.
 
That’s Great,Dave!!
You’ll love having a roof over your smokers & grlls!!!
Why are you calling it a “Carport”?
Shouldn’t that be “BBQ-Port”??

Bear
 
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Pretty nice Dave, enjoy... The couple sidewalls would be a good thing.

I been thinking about that... I've got roofing panels that match... BUT... we get some awful strong afternoon gusts of wind... upwards of 60-70 MPH for about 10 minutes in the summer... About the time the temperature starts to drop... It's one of those high desert things... Seen it before in Nevada... and all over the East side here...
 
I been thinking about that..
The framing on that is no joke . 12 ga. tube is some strong stuff , and the upper cord on the truss will take alot of weight .
Close it in , and you would need a different attachment detail at the bottom plate , and maybe a rack brace on the gable ends , but you could sure do it .
 
About 30 minutes after the crew finished with mine a bad storm came thru and we had some winds that hit upward of 55+ and I was glad we payed a little more for extra bracing like you have on the uprights. I pu 2 led lite's from Rural King this weekend and put them up,for $25 each they are great and will light up in any temp, they also can come with a speaker that can play music by blue tooth. They were out of the speaker model and had planned to get 1 when they restock but xtra light isn't needed so may not add another. 8" side walls are the only way to go and 10' might have been better lol
 
I've got a 12" auger on my 3 pt. post hole digger... I've been thinking about putting down several holes and putting some BIG anchors in the ground... I'll do that iffin I put up the side walls.... I may do that even the way things are...
 
Looks good, but kind of lonely without some long picnic tales full of people ...

This house I'm in now has a roof over the patio and I love it. As people say, you can smoke/grill in any weather except maybe strong winds.
 
I've got a 12" auger on my 3 pt. post hole digger... I've been thinking about putting down several holes and putting some BIG anchors in the ground... I'll do that iffin I put up the side walls.... I may do that even the way things are...

Sounds like some of my “overkill”:
When I was young, I had to set up my mobile home on my land, so I had 12 holes drilled, 12” Dia, X 3’ deep. Then I dropped 3/4” rebar (in a U) in the holes & poured concrete in the holes. Then I cut small holes in the trailer frame, and looped stranded steel cable through the holes, and used turn-buckles to connect the steel cables to the rebar. I stacked my support bocks on those concrete piers.
My Dad was a Self employed contractor all his life, and I remember him saying #$%^&, a hurricane could come through here, and the trailer could be ripped apart & scattered for miles, but your frame would still be in place!!!

Bear
 
Hey bear..... If you can't or don't know how to engineer it...... OVERBUILD it..... works for me....
 
I have one similar to this and is anchored into the ground like yours is. Its been up for about 3 years now and so far so good. However, we don't get the winds you guys get up north. Here is the 2 things I did to make me feel a little more at ease.

1. I stood 3/4 inch plywood up on the inside to make the bottom a little more heavier than the top and attached them with self tapping screws. Mine has metal walls all the way around on the exterior side so its enclosed. Screwing the plywood into the metal support legs on the inside were easy peezy with self-tapping screws and cordless impact drill. Hope that makes sense.

2. Placing sand bags on the bottom supports really put me at ease. Its cheap and very heavy. I put the sand bags down right after it was installed until I could get the plywood up and just decided to leave them there where I could. Very effective.

I'm thinking if you want walls, I'd use plywood first, then attach the metal panels over the plywood. I would fear the metal walls might make it more vulnerable to heavy winds. Dunno.

Since you have a 3 pt auger, you could also dig some holes and fill with concrete and use the footings to strap the whole thing down maybe? Kinda like they do with mobile homes? Maybe? You could even embed the anchors into the wet concrete. My dad has a porch that he strapped down like that. He ran the straps over the roof and anchored into ground. Instead of just anchoring the bottom, he has the whole darn thing anchored down. It is still working and it has been up for many many years.

Man, I'm good at spending other peoples money. And putting them to work!!! Ha.
 
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Thats great you got that and now will be set. I have been looking into the round topped ones. I need like a 40x60. LOL
 
I've seen those.... Many folks set them up on ecology blocks... U know the concrete things that interlock.... 2 blocks high and fill them with feed or silage or cows...
 
I took one like that (just the frame) and closed it in with polycarbonate and made a greenhouse out of it. We like it.
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