GRIZZ’s Chevy S10 - Random Rambling NEXT ROADTRIP 27/10/23

Worth posting here too.


Any carport builders out there ?

So for the clever engineering and applied geometry types out there.

I am sure this is not a difficult thing, and if you add in CAD then even easier.

Right....... I will try explain and hope it makes abstract sense to some of you.

Simply put, I want to build an approximately 5 meter Long by 6 meter Wide carport, in front of and to the right of my existing garage.

Part of the 5 meter “depth” has to overhang the existing garage door without impairing its opening

Then........ I have a woodwork shed, built on a 200mm high plinth, and also slightly taller than average where the 5 meter side, away from the garage wall, needs to overhang the shed roof, while allowing a sloping drop off for rain and melting snow that tapers from the entrance side. It also faces into the majority of our wind and rain direction at that low end.

I want the 6 meter wide front end and entrance span to be as non intrusive as possible, so uprights need to be against the sides of the overall area.

Which means a potential upright support pillar at 4 meters against the garage front gable wall between the doors, leaving as much as a meter overhanging at about 2.6 meter or 8’6” off the floor and supported from an upright post with cantilevered support outward. Make any sense yet?

Right.

The rear post, next to the woodwork shed is near 5 meters from the garage rear corner, but needs to still overhang the shed to create the 6 meter width that I am looking to create.

Out at the front of the carport, the 4th upright pillar is going to be about where the brick red colour wall is at the moment, that wall plus the grey wall are all coming down and the wall is getting rebuilt about where the red wall is now, including post no 4 the front one, which is at 6 meters from the garage.

I am happy with a short lifespan roofing solution of ply and glued down felt roofing which one would hope will make 8 years before needing replacement.


So......

How do I address the weird geometry on two planes as well as ensuring the energy/mass transfer is done sensibly?


Amateur plan drawing.





Idea of where the posts would go, showing offset and set back.








Let the fun begin.

I'd agree, make it go over the shed roof, build a perimeter frame out of 8x2 then sling some 6x2 across the 5m.

If you go for something lighter than ply and felt like opaque polycarb you might be able to downsize the timbers.

I'd also connect it to the garage wall to give it more stability.

I do not want it crazy high.

I have some ideas.



Still playing with materials in my head.

Getting the paving corrected as part of this carport build is necessary

The camera loses some of the damage perception but a plank gives you the idea at least.





While out at at the shops and in the scrapyard on Saturday, Mate PaulF whose hydraulic press I used for the Chevy Blazer suspension parts and whose brake line making kit I got to use to make up the C10’s new brake lines And I were chatting on Messenger Video, as you do, when he asked me what job was next, so I mentioned that the paving, posted above here, has to be repaired and the base compacted and redone.

“Do you have a whacker plate or compactor ?” He asked, of. Course I did not, so he offered to go fetch his from a friend who had used it and deliver it to my place in an hour or two.

Plus have a coffee and a chat.

Bargain !!


Couple of hours later a Nissan Cube reversed down my drive.



Giving birth to this handy tool.



The weather turned in the afternoon which stopped play, but a good weekend in all.

Saturday evening sunset.



Sunday rolled in and I had planned to get started on lifting the paving and repairing the subsidence

Facebook said it was 6 years since the last MOT on the C10



But Sally who came over by 08.00 had other ideas as the weather still sucked.

Also, I had managed to get a second short term lodger, a welder on a maintenance contract at a local power station.

So it may just be 7 weeks or less, but cash ion the bank is cash in the bank.

So Sally insisted I clear out some space for the new guy. She also has a new lodger, which will help fill the hole her cars engine blowing up had made in her savings.

So it seems I was stuck indoors all day.

Found some food from 2009 and more recently.

Not impressed with Sally Poking the Bear.



Chatting with Craig at one point, he was photobombed by Lilly.



Back to cleaning the house, every surface, flor etc washed and cleaned.

Sally is a menace with a camera.



Eventually got it all wrapped up, and to be honest, I am pleased, and thankful for all the help she gave me too.

Hope to find time over the next weekend to sort the paving if the weather plays along.

I'm sorry, but "delivering a whacker plate" seems like the worst kind of euphemism!

Took a moment, but of course, the Cube gave birth, Paul just revived the machine, which like many Chinese tools, need constant revising and tightening of nuts.



Straight into the gutter we slide.

But I was happy.

No photos as Photobucket messing around last 12 days and they do not reply to their Helpdesk.

But.....

First Covid-19 Boot-fair of the year.

Rain was forecast, soon;y 1/3 of field filled.

Still got lucky.

Needed a multi plug adapter to repair/replace one I drove over years ago......

£1.00 each or take the lot for £5.00 so I got 9 units.

Also bought 14 GU10 lightbulbs for £5.00

And a very nice garden rake for £2.00

Came home, had breakfast, now headed out to garage to mix some cement in @johnnybravo ‘s mixer to lay some more high density blocks in the ‘compressor room” that my interfering friend Paul Y suggested I build Next to the woodwork shed while relocating the wall on the drive. Those blocks are heavy for sure..... 1500mm x 750mm and 1900mm high with a double glazed door and frame if I can find one to fit the hole at the place I get my used glass and glazing stuff should be good.

Good idea Paul.

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@johnnybravo not sure what you quoted, but the pics show where your mixer saved my life so far😉

My back objects to most of the lifting I do now, so this helps a lot.

Buy a Donkey.