Creating a Workshop & Home

[jwnge]

Right Triangle Angle And Side Calculator... type this in url and you can put your own values in and then calculate.. Gives all sides and angles..18.43 degrees is what you need..John J

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the info on the exact angle to get the cut. I've changed my settings to about 18 1/2 degrees. I can't hurt to be as accurate as possible.

This pic is of the public side of the building. I will have tent campsites in this area with five public bathrooms available for guests plus one utility room. Each is 8 ft by 8ft, give or take a few inches.

The porch is 4 ft wide and runs the full length.

 

[EddieWalker]

This whole building is an experiment with different ideas I have for the park. One of those ideas is to use cedar posts from the trees growing on my land.

These are cut to 97 inches and fairly close in size. They will be the posts for the porch on those bathrooms.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've never done this before, so I'm sort of winging it.
To anchor the bottom, I'm relying on gravity to do most of the work, but need something to lock the post in place.

I decided to drill a three inch hole into the slab, then glue in a piece of rebar with one inch sticking up. I chose one inch to keep is low enough to allow me to replace the posts in the future without too much effort.

Then I drilled a hole in the center of the post, filled the hole with liquid nails, and put it in place.

 

[EddieWalker]

I was expecting this to be fairly difficult, but it all fell into place quite easily.

 

[EddieWalker]

To keep the water moving and the wood dry, I cut an angle to the outside top of the posts.

 

[EddieWalker]

The posts are all in.

Next is the roof.

 

[AntrimMan]

Eddie,
are you the only nail banger on this project? Geez that's a whole lot of work accomplished so far. If those cedar posts don't see any wind loading then the rebar pegs are fine. In these parts you need a permit to break wind never mind wind loading, heck, you need a permit just to get a permit. I am coming up on full of having to be begging and paying for permission to legally improve and enjoy the land I pay taxes on just to pay more taxes. I'm glad to see America hasn't been governed to death just yet and a person can embark on a project as diversified as yours. You are a real pro Eddie.
Keep going, it looks just swell.
Martin

 

[EddieWalker]

Martin,

Thanks for the kind words. Your right about the permits. Coming from California, I was amazed that you don't need a permit to build outside of city limits.

The wind load is a concern. The porch is only 4 feet to cut down on the overhang as much as possible. It's also less material I had to pay for. LOL

The ceiling will be flat with the rafters comeing up from the beams by a truss. This triangle should help anchor the posts, but when done, will also support itself if all the posts suddenly disapeared.

That's the plan anyway.

Eddie

 

[TOMDUALLY]

Hey Eddie, I know it will deminish the rustiic look, but if you peel the bark off your post they will last a lot longer. The bark loosens as the post dries out and makes a nice home for insects (ie termites) and also holds moisture.
LOOKS GOOD

PS could you send me some of your energy /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif