My wife wants a Gazebo, Help!

[mike69440]

I still have to lift it and place it in our little "Stonehenge" rock Garden. Excavator is only way. I'll post more pics.

I did a lift test, no problems, but it is a good reach to the center of the stone garden and the garden is raised about +30"

 

[EddieWalker]

Hope you get video of the move!!!!

 

[kthompson]

Get some heavy lumber and lay across the path for the tracks to run on. You need a helper to move the boards as you travel in front of the tracks. May not leave any marks in the lawn. You need a good bit more than the amount of the tracks square footage is to spread the load out more so than just the tracks.

 

[mike69440]

Hope you get video of the move!!!!

No movie, but some Pics.

I may leave where it is till most of the roof, except for the Cupola is on. The screen quote was really expensive, Like near $1500. Roof is supposed to happen this weekend.
I will have wife moving cut of sheets of plywood to save her lawn when we do move, after that I have to move the excavator across lawn some more to take tree down near barn.
I have not moved that much dirt with a shovel in a long time.

 

[EddieWalker]

I might have missed this, but once you move it, how are you going to anchor it to the ground?

 

[mike69440]

I might have missed this, but once you move it, how are you going to anchor it to the ground?

See the 6 Post anchor blocks with steel brackets in the first Photo.
I added an or two inches of concrete to the bottom also when I set the carriage bolts in the blocks. The Anchors will be buried in the gravel.

 

[EddieWalker]

Yes, I saw those and that's what made me wonder how you where going to anchor them into the ground? The blocks will be nice at keeping the gazebo off of the ground, but what will keep them in place when you have severe weather?

 

[mike69440]

Well, the 6 blocks weigh about 350 lbs, and will be packed hard about 6-7" deep.

The gazebo is all composite deck, stai,r rails, and soffets and rest is PT lumber, built like a brick S_house. I guess it weighs 3,000 lbs. Lots of extra bracing and some concrete blocks on the planking kept the greenhouse bolted to the planks on ground in place in 60 mph winds, and The gazebo is way heavier. I tried a car jack and it felt like a 1/2 ton PU. So I figure if the good Lord wants to test me with a tornado, I submit, but hurricane, I guess it would deal with it. I can also lay stones on the bottom cross bracing of the deck before I screw the floor down.

 

[mike69440]

Re: My wife wants a Gazebo, and there she sits

What is left to do:
Plastic trellis around base to keep critters out
Edging, landscape fabric and crushed stone out to a bit past the roofs Drip edge
Finish roof trim and Cupola,
Get and install screens
Add screen material to floor decking and screw down decking,
Lots of landscaping planting, etc. A lot of material will be added to almost cover the Post support blocks.

 

[EddieWalker]

Love the picture with the excavator holding it up in the air!!!!