red thing gets new home.

rustred

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got tired of the old building blowing away, so I built a strong one the past three weekends. used 6x8 for the posts and 4x4 for the rafters. that should hold her down. put the red thing in today and boarded her up for hibernation. will finish in spring.
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It is a good idea to have your equipment under roof.
The roof you built does not have a large load bearing capacity. Keep the snow off of your roof or it may damage your nice car.
 
It's not the strength of the materials, it's the lack of anything to keep the building from spreading apart under a heavy snow load. Those plywood webs at the peak are not going to cut it.

If the roof were a much steeper pitch, say a 6/12, it wouldn't be a problem but it looks like a 4/12. Those poles are heavy and hopefully are sunk into the ground, but the ground around them is still soft and can give way as the snow pushes down on the roof.

Just constructive criticism here. If you don't get much snow it'll be fine, but if it snows a lot I would recommend nailing a second cross-tie across the rafters a little further down.

Interesting construction, kind of reminiscent of the old post-and-beam style.
 
I'm not a structural engineer like my son-in-law, but I have picked up a few things from him. I agree a cross-member of some kind to tie the tops of the posts together will help a lot with snow load. Tie something across as low as you possibly can on the roof or tops of the posts, even if it's temporary cables or something. [u:12dfa1451a]If you don't get much snow[/u:12dfa1451a], you'll probably get by as it is.
 
You have a real chance of the roof sagging without having any cross ties. It really does not matter how big the posts are, they will tend to push out.
 
The roof purlins should have run horizontally over the 4x4's end to end. Diagonals can be installed under the purlins so the rafters will not twist. Now Huricane ties should be installed. Should have used Tyvek house wrap to stop the breeze. My 2 cents.
 
Please don't take any of this the wrong way. We just don't want to see your pretty red car under a pile of snow, twisted metal, and splintered wood come February.

We don't know where you live so snow and wind might not be a problem. Just let us know and we'll lay off.

Looks like you've got a tarp shed right next to it, and those are notorious for being worthless in heavy snow. Maybe you don't get much snow where you live.
 
Its Alberta, as can see the license plate. I also live here, I think the shed is way over built. Have a 30 x 50 x 14 cold storage shed my Grandfather built in 1962. It has 2x4 rafters, its still standing. He used pressed plywood, it lasted till the 90's. About 5 yrs ago I put purlins on, then tinned it. We really don't get that much snow anymore even thou people we do. Lots of bloody wind instead. I like your shed, wish I had one here like it.
 
i built it with what i had, and it is solid. i can hang anywhere from the centre rafters and not a sqeak or sag. i just came up with this idea after seeing how that tarp building beside it held out. all it has is 1" pipes and i would collect snow and was always removing it. i am quite confident this will hold 18" of snow but i will keep it clear. it is a small roof, the building is 20x10. the rafters are screwed to the posts as shown and not one nail in the whole building, everything is screwed.it is definitly stronger than those buffalo buildings collapsing over there, with their snow. i intend to strengthen the 2 centre raftres though. everything is a tight fit for strength also. the roof is a lot stronger than it appears. thats my 2010 challenger with about 2000 miles on it. never been on snow or rain .
 

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