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MotorSeven
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Sweet!
The Log house Project begins........
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To keep my mind off the 'drip, drip. drip', I figured, "why not start a new & different project?" Soooo, the West deck is 30'x10' and the area underneath is where the garage door is located. I really need a dry place to park my machines, and one to stage firewood that is ready getting burned. I built a framework under the deck using PT 2x4's and ordered tin at 9.5' each panel. Yesterday was a sunny day so I got most of the frame work up, but a storm was enroute, so I stopped and hung about 3/4ths of the tin(and yes that was a (3) man job. Ron, you will be happy to know I screwed it through the ribs...but it's upside down and backwards:laughing: So now, the rain goes through the deck, hits the roof underneath and runs off...works like a charm:
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Done...kinda:
I still need to cover the beam and gutter pipe with cedar boards, then put a drip flashing on the face & then it will all look much better from the driveway:
At least everything under is no in the dry.............
I still need to cover the beam and gutter pipe with cedar boards, then put a drip flashing on the face & then it will all look much better from the driveway:
At least everything under is no in the dry.............
Good job M-7
Nothing better than creek beds with no drip holes.
Are you going to put a gutter across there after you get the vertical trim on to catch the creek runoff ?
You might want to consider a hatch hole/holes somewhere along the verticals so you can get a blower or hose in there easily
later to clean the debris that will accumulate on the top of the panels from the spacing in your deck boards, squirrel nests, etc.
If you don't keep it somewhat clean particularly adjacent to the panel overlaps some ugly crap might start growing out of the overlaps.
Then it's soap and clorox time that gives you a stiff neck looking up or a rain suit goggles and a pressure washer.
Nothing better than creek beds with no drip holes.
Are you going to put a gutter across there after you get the vertical trim on to catch the creek runoff ?
You might want to consider a hatch hole/holes somewhere along the verticals so you can get a blower or hose in there easily
later to clean the debris that will accumulate on the top of the panels from the spacing in your deck boards, squirrel nests, etc.
If you don't keep it somewhat clean particularly adjacent to the panel overlaps some ugly crap might start growing out of the overlaps.
Then it's soap and clorox time that gives you a stiff neck looking up or a rain suit goggles and a pressure washer.
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Yeah I am considering a gutter(eavestrough for you Canadians) & was looking at it this afternoon thinking a facia board would be a good idea to put in before the drip edge. That way I can always throw a gutter on it. It had a pretty steep angle, so hopefully it will stay pretty clean.
Coldest night of the season on the way....12 degrees, time to go stoke the wood stove.
Coldest night of the season on the way....12 degrees, time to go stoke the wood stove.
We have a cape cod style house with a full dormer across the back so we added a fake overhang from the peak down the gable ends and a fake soffit
box with roofing on it across the back of the house to look balanced.
Some folks don't bother to do that but it looks weird to me without it.
It has a fascia and gutter to match the front and the one above it on the dormer. I was surprised at how much water it does collect until I realized
that all the water blowing against the back of the 50' house wall dormer above it is collected there in a rain from that direction..
In your case the water hitting that end of the house and the deck surface will all end up going down the troughs created by the panels so the water
could be significant in a storm. That could erode a ditch under it across your driveway on the way to the hill without a gutter.
Also, without a gutter it might be more prone to forming dangerous icicles in some weather conditions.
I always try to think of the worst conditions to build for, rather than the best.
I like the idea of your roof under the deck.:thumbsup:
Are your porch roofs that are leaking skinned underneath too?
Ron
box with roofing on it across the back of the house to look balanced.
Some folks don't bother to do that but it looks weird to me without it.
It has a fascia and gutter to match the front and the one above it on the dormer. I was surprised at how much water it does collect until I realized
that all the water blowing against the back of the 50' house wall dormer above it is collected there in a rain from that direction..
In your case the water hitting that end of the house and the deck surface will all end up going down the troughs created by the panels so the water
could be significant in a storm. That could erode a ditch under it across your driveway on the way to the hill without a gutter.
Also, without a gutter it might be more prone to forming dangerous icicles in some weather conditions.
I always try to think of the worst conditions to build for, rather than the best.
I like the idea of your roof under the deck.:thumbsup:
Are your porch roofs that are leaking skinned underneath too?
Ron
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"Are your porch roofs that are leaking skinned underneath too?"
nope, open beam w/oak decking
nope, open beam w/oak decking
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That under deck roofing is a good usage of space.
I did that very same thing about 18 years ago to create a summer porch under my deck. It made me a 12 x 20 3 season room.
Works so well that it is even carpeted and sofas stay out year round.
Because the metal 'ceiling' is protected by deck flooring it never gets hot plus wind blows thru and cools the metal.
That under deck room faces west but in afternoons it stays same 10 deg cooler than ambient air.
We get 100" of snow as a rule but the deck takes the load and the metal rood (ceiling) never sees a single snowflake.
I did that very same thing about 18 years ago to create a summer porch under my deck. It made me a 12 x 20 3 season room.
Works so well that it is even carpeted and sofas stay out year round.
Because the metal 'ceiling' is protected by deck flooring it never gets hot plus wind blows thru and cools the metal.
That under deck room faces west but in afternoons it stays same 10 deg cooler than ambient air.
We get 100" of snow as a rule but the deck takes the load and the metal rood (ceiling) never sees a single snowflake.
