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Jan 17, 2018 17:47:56 GMT
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Has anyone on here built themselves a car port to help keep the weather off when working on there pride and joys? I’m thinking of building one with a few fence posts and plastic corrugated sheet for the roof on a wooden frame.
I have a space at the top of my drive that is closed on three sides. One is next doors garage and the other two are the fence to my garden. Shown in the picture below.
Just after any thoughts or recommendations? Cheers.
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Jan 17, 2018 17:50:29 GMT
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Very poor picture but I’m also going to sort out the mess of a base to get a decent hard standing to park on and work from!
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Jan 17, 2018 17:51:18 GMT
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To help you get the idea
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Jan 17, 2018 18:08:48 GMT
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i have a large car port holds 2 cars with and 2 foot side flap to keep wind down , great for working out of rain and drying cloths under it in winter
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Jan 17, 2018 18:10:51 GMT
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Jan 17, 2018 18:15:48 GMT
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Should work pretty good there, you’ve pretty much only got the roof to go on & it’s covered all round. One thing I would say, looking at the pic, maybe worth putting guttering on the garage already there, as it looks as if it will just throw water all over your motor
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Jan 17, 2018 18:21:24 GMT
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all guttered , work perfect , fence allows wind to blow through, so it doesnt blow down , been there 17 years , i used clifff hangers for doing roof trusses 4x2 beams ends 8 x2 tin tin perspex tin tin perspex tin , worked out very cheap i made all the upright brackets fixing and fixings etc , i didn t gutter the bottom of the car port , let the water pour of the end ,keeps little DARLING from using it to stand under
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Jan 17, 2018 18:55:07 GMT
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As the Garage belongs to next door I’m going to ask about fixing the roof to there soffit?? Wooden side bit the build up a little off my fence although it’s no the strongest so may need to re think the posts?
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Jan 17, 2018 19:03:52 GMT
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sink 2 inch sq box metal into the ground with u brackets welded on top, at least 4 inches high, drill holes, then run an 8x2 or 9x2 beam on top , the same on wall with the one on the wall 8 inches higher to give a run , i beams every 16 inches , and tie beams in between staggered ,with cliff hangers tieing them to eacj end of the beams ill yake pics tomorrow to show what i mean
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Jan 17, 2018 19:21:40 GMT
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Nice on. Thanks
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Jan 17, 2018 22:34:59 GMT
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Good move, My only advice is make sure its tall enough to get the bonnet/boot open when on jack stands. ( Volvo has a massive Bonnet)
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Jan 18, 2018 11:30:22 GMT
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Critical points are: Build it strong enough to withstand snow fall, ensure it is anchored well to withstand high winds, make good use of horizontal bracing, ensure that there is enough angle on the roof to allow rain run off and fit gutters otherwise the water just falls off the roof to the floor resulting enough splash to wet the car / hardstanding (sort of defeats the object of what you are attempting to achieve) consider the use of twinwall polycarbonate transparent sheeting over single skin corrugated transparent sheeting and ensure that all roof sheeting is well secured.
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Jan 18, 2018 15:33:48 GMT
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Build it free standing from your neighbours garage, A, the soffit won't be strong enough to withstand any loading (it's basically a trim piece) and B, legally you would need to have a party wall agreement signed with the neighbours and lodged with the deeds of the propertys via a solicitor. A lot of unnecessary expense compared to sinking a couple of extra post's!!! And if the worst did happen and a storm did damage the garage your not going to be blamed!!
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Jan 20, 2018 18:31:02 GMT
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As the Garage belongs to next door I’m going to ask about fixing the roof to there soffit?? Wooden side bit the build up a little off my fence although it’s no the strongest so may need to re think the posts? Ask next door before you fix anything to their garage, and make sure the timber is solid and well fixed (I've seen soffits that look ok but are loose or rotten !) Some good advice on the last page here forum.retro-rides.org/thread/189690/first-house-garage-cave-build?page=5&scrollTo=2381209
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Jan 20, 2018 18:54:53 GMT
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My contribution to the project would be if you do decide to go with fence posts, sink them in pea gravel (about 5mm dia) not concrete.
As concrete sets as a solid lump in the earth, every time the wind blows and microscopically moves the post, the concrete compresses the earth until eventually the lump of concrete is loose in the ground. When you dig the post hole, put the post in, then pour in gravel, with some tamping, the gravel starts to 'interlock' and holds the post extremely firmly. If the posts move, even slightly, the gravel just interlocks even more firmly, holding the post ever more tightly.
The other upside is, if you dig the hole a 5-10cm deeper than you need and bed the post on some gravel, firstly you can adjust the height be adding or just squishing it down before you fill the sides, and added bonus, is once in place, the water will run off past the post and drain away, so the posts don't rot anywhere near as quickly as they do in concrete.
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Jan 21, 2018 17:09:00 GMT
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Has anyone on here built themselves a car port to help keep the weather off when working on there pride and joys? I’m thinking of building one with a few fence posts and plastic corrugated sheet for the roof on a wooden frame. I have a space at the top of my drive that is closed on three sides. One is next doors garage and the other two are the fence to my garden. Shown in the picture below. Built this last year - the access is narrow so I didn't want to lose floor space with the upright posts so utilised the existing fence posts which were pretty solid.
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Jan 21, 2018 17:30:40 GMT
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Jan 21, 2018 17:32:05 GMT
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up 17 years no problems , beats getting soaked
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Jan 22, 2018 10:00:16 GMT
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Very poor picture but I’m also going to sort out the mess of a base to get a decent hard standing to park on and work from! Which fences are yours? Could you get a bigger area to work in by moving the fences - the current space looks a little narrow
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Jan 22, 2018 18:29:32 GMT
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Very poor picture but I’m also going to sort out the mess of a base to get a decent hard standing to park on and work from! Which fences are yours? Could you get a bigger area to work in by moving the fences - the current space looks a little narrow In front and to the right is mine. The problem is there is a path immediately to the right of the fence and in front there is a large step up about 2 foot tall so the only was to make bigger would be thinner fence panels mounted to the other side of the existing posts.
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