ALL PREVIOUS POSTA ABANDONED!!!!TIMBER SIZE QUERY

2012paddy2012

ok so ive decided not to go ahead getting someone in to do my side entrance!!!!

i just happened to see a neighbour has this / see pic ,she seems happy!

it looks like treated 2 x1.

i think 2x2 would be better. Roof is light "Perspex " !!

also the brackets look light , I have a couple of heavy duty...brackets which would be stronger and more suitable ....i know the views already will be negative I could copy this and have side covered for couple hundred , would do the trick!

opinion on timber ? thks

paddy

Bonzo Delaney

It does look a bit on the flimsy side alright.
But it probably will last for years and do the job that's intended of it.
The only thing I dont like is theres no cross laths (purlins) supporting the perspex sheeting. The way it is I reckon a fat well fed cat could do damage there if it can get up in the wall in the first place 😆.
I'd prob go
Stronger brackets
3x3 rafters plate
3x3 rafters
2x1½ cross laths
Sheeting screwed to cross laths regularly approx 12inch centers

2012paddy2012

super thanks

Lumen

Those look like 2x2s to me.

I wouldn't got for square profile timber, you don't need strength in the horizontal direction, it just adds weight which creates its own problems. If you want bracing, add diagonal members, but the sheeting is what's resisting the shear forces.

I vote 3 x 1.5 (75x35).

Calahonda52

whats the other side like?

GinSoaked

Thats exactly what I suggest in our PM's but a picture does speak a thousand words.

I'd improve on that by putting a plank under the gutter then another on that plank making an L shape so the roofing material can be attached to the upright timber. The advantage in that is that you can seal the timber against the wall put foam inserts under the ends of the corrugate roofing and make the whole thing a little less drafty.

the_pen_turner

i would use 4x2 cls pressure treated timber and some webbed unistut brackets to hold it up . i would use the proper gutter brackets screwed into the wall to allow a proper fall while the rest is level