Small roofing project - log store

[DaveH]

Hi all,

 

I have some leftover slates from my house and garage build that I intend to use on my log and bin store area. I have a wall approx. 5.5m long with the garage at one end and a 1m return wall at the other end. I asked the builders to install some flashing before they laid the coping stones on the top of the wall. It will essentially be like a 5.5m long porch area. What would be the best way to construct the rafters etc? Due to the span will I need to use some steelwork? Or install a timber pillar in the middle?

[PeterW]

You could get a couple of railway sleepers and cut them down the middle to make some decent 4x4 oak post for £8 then make the frame into 3 bays. Bolt a 4x2 along the back wall, cut your rafters to hang off them and use the oak at the front. Will look really nice !

[jfb]

I made mine out of old joists I had pulled out on the house and some left over tiles that didn't quite make the grade for the main roof.

[Temp]

Very nice @jfb.

[Temp]

Copy what @jfb did with a central post. I would also make a base to raise the logs off the ground using pressure treated timber or just spare bricks with no mortar between (to improve air flow and drainage).

[joe90]

Or I cut down left over pallets to raise my logs off the floor.

[ProDave]

2 leftover pallets make up the base of my log store.  You end up with a lot of pallets when you build a house and you have to find something to do with them.  Shed, Bike rack, temporary steps, log store, and if all else fails, firewood.

[SteamyTea]

11 hours ago, ProDave said:

and if all else fails, firewood

No, it is not legal to use as firewood.

[joe90]

This from the tinternet (so must be true!)

 

pallets. Generally, pallets are safe to burn in fireplaces, although those that are treated with the fumigant methyl bromide (labeled with the initials MB) are unsafe to burn.

[PeterW]

Pallets are not wood - they are industrial waste hence why you can’t burn them .... if you’re in a Clean Air zone, they are effectively a banned substance. 

[Jeremy Harris]

Quite a few of the pallets we had left over (still have one) were painted, too.

 

Anyone want a nice blue one?

[PeterW]

Blue ones used to be owned by GKN... they smell lovely when on a bonfire ... ?

[jfb]

cant beat a good blue one - nice and sturdy, if a bit heavy!

i think i might have become a pallet snob

[Jeremy Harris]

5 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Blue ones used to be owned by GKN... they smell lovely when on a bonfire ... ?

 

 

Just had a look at the one we have.  It's branded "Armagh Glass".  No idea why, as I think it was used to deliver a flat packed shed.

[joe90]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Harris said:

Anyone want a nice blue one?

 

No thanks, it will clash with my yellow workshop! ?

[DaveH]

22 hours ago, jfb said:

I made mine out of old joists I had pulled out on the house and some left over tiles that didn't quite make the grade for the main roof.

 

That's just the kind of thing I was thinking JFB (although slightly less rustic). Yours looks great.

 

I was just unsure whether I would need a central post or not with the 5.5m span I have. I think I will install one regardless.

 

And yes, I will be constructing a base for the logs to sit on with plenty of airflow. A lot of my pallets have already gone to friends to construct treehouses, rustic furniture, garden planters etc.