Nothing earth shattering just thought I'd share a project I'm finishing up. The wood racks I have at my house are all made of treated 2x6 lumber, which work nice as they are sturdy, semi permanent, look nice and easily moved. I season my wood off site and move it to my house in the fall. The downside of these racks is that they obviously don't have a way of protecting the wood from the elements. I have a good size storage rack in our basement but it still is nice to bring in wood that doesn't have to dry before using it. So I decided to build a simple roof system for a couple of the racks. I started out with a level platform for them to sit on made from some scrap treated wood. Then I stacked the racks two deep on the platform. I used a scrap 2x12 cut on a slope and a piece of treated 2x6 to build the ends. The 2x6 is screwed to the angled 2x12 but not to the rack. You can see even with a level platform to sit on, the rack has warped over the time. I then used a couple scrap pieces of 1 by material to start the roof build. You can see I used a new 1x6 to square up the roof and still have to buy a 1x8 to finish it out. Here is the test fit before finishing it with the other 1x8. I also need to put a support for the roof to keep it from bowing under snow load. It will be a 1x4 purlin in the center and 2x4 beam running left to right. You can also see how I didn't get wood stacked in the other rack yet and this project done in time to keep the snow off the wood. Bad schlot...bad. I will throw on some cedar shingles I have left over from another project, in the spring to dress it up and keep my bride happy with it's looks.
Looks nice. If you had taken the hairdryer out there and melted the snow, we wouldn't have know you didn't get the project done in time.
I was given a hair dryer years ago though I already had one. It has been the designated pipe thawing, snow melting, and other stuff such as here dryer since then
If you use some lead flashing on that left side maybe they wont be able to read that electic meter too.
Had a little time yesterday and this morning, so I worked on this project. Yesterday I moved the racks so they wouldn't be so close to the house and so they faced away from the north winds. Dug in some concrete block for support on one end and blocked up from the retaining wall on the other. This morning I finished bracing the roof and blocked in between the rack ends. It's still not the straightest looking since the racks have warped some over the years but it better than having wet wood during burn season.
That's pretty fine looking to me schlot Gets the job done. Can't wait to see the real "action" shot - filled up!
That's a great ideal, that doesn't take too much $ or time.... But will pay off with helping to keep your wood dry....
Thanks...besides the one new board on the front, everything was from my scrap/used piles. The perfect price. Eric VW, I was hoping you would load it for me.
[QUOTE="schlot, post: 509420, member: 156"Eric VW, I was hoping you would load it for me. [/QUOTE] Didn't know Chuck "the schlot" Norris needed any help?
Nice-looking rack If you put a tarp or something on the front in the winter it will keep the snow from blowing in on it. That's not a problem as long as it stays cold, you just knock it off, but if it gets above freezing it will melt down in your wood and it will be soaked , not good if you want to burn it right now. I have a couple of small racks similar to that with roofs, on the back deck and that's what I Do, cover front and back with tarps
We took advantage of the roof to store my brides bike for the summer, but with fall approaching, wood will soon replace it. I decided to use some salvaged wood from a fence project to improve, what's become a semi-permanent wood shed. Im just doing the north side to keep the wind from blowing into the racks. Almost done but I'm pretty excited to get it filled up.
