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Title hopefully says it all. I'm building two lean-tos for drying wood. One for firewood and one for drying lumber. The one for lumber is gonna be 7ft by 18 or 20ft. Steep slope to shed snow since I'm in new England and we get a fair bit. I know I'll be to put some anchors in the ground to deal with wind loads, even though it's in fairly shaded woods so it won't get nailed.
My big issue is I want to minimize the number of posts to make getting long lengths in and out easier. Was hoping to get away with only one in each corner in the open side, but I could be convinced to add one 5ft from one end for extra support.
Normal roof guidelines are not very helpful when you're only spanning 7ft, way less load than usual. Was hoping to get away with sistering a 2x4 to a 2x6 because that's what I have left in my scrap pile. Just looking at it it almost feels like a 4x4 would even be enough, but I could be wildly wrong
Title hopefully says it all. I'm building two lean-tos for drying wood. One for firewood and one for drying lumber. The one for lumber is gonna be 7ft by 18 or 20ft. Steep slope to shed snow since I'm in new England and we get a fair bit. I know I'll be to put some anchors in the ground to deal with wind loads, even though it's in fairly shaded woods so it won't get nailed.
My big issue is I want to minimize the number of posts to make getting long lengths in and out easier. Was hoping to get away with only one in each corner in the open side, but I could be convinced to add one 5ft from one end for extra support.
Normal roof guidelines are not very helpful when you're only spanning 7ft, way less load than usual. Was hoping to get away with sistering a 2x4 to a 2x6 because that's what I have left in my scrap pile. Just looking at it it almost feels like a 4x4 would even be enough, but I could be wildly wrong