Roof for my inventory ~ cheapskate style

Basement wall waterproofing...

 

Never, hate the stuff. Just a play on words to get the laborers off their keisters. “More tar, More bricks, More bricks, More tar, Work Work Work!! Usually an obligatory Maggots thrown in

 

Watching this build closely because I have a similar project coming up real soon. I’m going to move and redesign my whole stacking area
while there is a lot of empty rack right now. Hoping to put up a building where the wood pile is now.

 

It’s been a week since I touched this project. No biggie. Today I was able to get the rest of my lateral braces cut and secured on the back of the structure. I started laying the rafters and got half a dozen done before having to call it quits. For now they’re just held in place with hurricane ties but I’ll be adding a diagonal screw on each end for an extra anchoring point. I’m thinking about adding blocking between the rafters every 2 feet to give the OSB extra support. If I do, it’s going to be whatever scrap wood I have on hand. Most likely a mix of 2x6 and 2x4, but again, it’s only a wood shed. Also the blocking will give me something to attach some more 45 degree braces to, perpendicular to the ones I already put up. Side to side it’s solid but front to back it’s still relying on the temporary supports on the vertical posts. The saga continues.

 

Thats a thing of beauty right there. Love to see repurposed wood and lumber.

 

There’s going to be plenty of that during this build. If you look closely at the temporary braces on the posts you’ll see the wood is crowned. That’s because it’s all the center section boards that came from those humongous round wooden spools I scrounged back in October. For blocking I’m cutting up a lot of 2x4s that came from my old deck railings, still covered in red paint. The rest of the 2x4 material I’m going to use is from a few large pallets I scrounged over the winter. The runners happened to be 2x4 rejects but good enough for blocking. I have (3) 10’ boards and (4) 8’. If I need any more material for blocking I’m sure I can find something laying around. I still have a sizable pile of random boards under my deck.

 

My random lumber has almost gone. All the 2x6 i got from there was turned into ground cover paths during the Winter work done there and got covered in mud. I should have taken it all when you took yours. He threw a lot away.

I built log racks...3'x6' frames with twin 5' ends with pallets over the rectangles. 44' for each one and need 18 so do the math. Each one holds half cord. I need to make another seven. Any 2x6 from your illegal dump site scrounge?

 

That’s a shame the rest got tossed. I have just enough left for the rafters, no extra. As for the spot in Bristol where I found the other 2x6’s, there’s a few left but shorter length. Most are splintered at weird angles and would have to be cut short to be usable. Whatever they demolished they did with a large sledgehammer and wrecked a lot of boards. But I’ll see if I can salvage a few for you if you’re interested.

 

Yeah! As you see in my pics its a 2x6 rectangle with the pallets on top. Great extends pallet life (i hope) and props it up a little to save the back. I have some nice new PT 2x10 and 2x12 in length i HATE to rip and use for such a purpose, but since the thumb injury ive been working on this redone. A long time coming.
Remember the big three cord BL stack? Left that as is and refilled. To the right of that i completely redid. Three rows of six "cubes" with 30" aisle in between. Roughly 10' aisle on each end to back PU in and use the splitter. I have 3-4 mounds of nuggets in the way so need to build a bin tomorrow for those.
Pic from yesterday. Also need some type of 1x4, 1x6, 5/4 x 6 etc. to hold the tops from leaning out once stacked.

 

Be aware that you'll need to either add a rafter or trim your roof sheathing with an odd spacing. 16" - 24" or the 19 something inch diamonds Will land a 8' sheet of plywood on the rafters for support.
It may have started out as a budget project, but with your cedar posts and diagonals it's a handsome classic imho!
Looks great.

 

It's coming along great Eric Wanderweg. I've been watching because I have a build coming up. Just scored 4 pallets like shown. Mostly 2x6 construction.

 

Dang, those had to be heavy. Nice find Ron.

 

Stout pallets, nice grab!

 

I know a source fo metal just down the street.... brenndatomu

 

We purchased several new robots at work and they showed up on these pallets.

 

Yes sir!

 

Rafters are up. For now they’re just held in place with hurricane ties in the front as well as a diagonal screw into the beam. The back of the rafters are just resting there. Reason being (and maybe I’m way off base here) a lot of the rafters are bowed 2, 3, 4” or more in a free state. I’d rather go down the line attaching my blocking, constraining the rafters straight as I go. Then once they’re all tied together I can secure them in the back with hardware and screws.

 

Looking good.

 

Yes leave the loose and square them going down with blocking

nothing is more frustrating that trying to put down a roof deck and can’t find wood to screw it too

 

11 months later and I’m back on the job
This morning I snapped a string line on the rafter tails and trimmed them nice and straight. The fascia board(s) are now up. I used scrap Trex decking for that because that’s what I had, courtesy of buZZsaw BRAD I’m currently getting the bridging (blocking?) cut and installed between the rafters. Wherever 2 sheets of OSB abut each other the seam will be supported underneath with a 2x4.