"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/25/2016 at 11:28 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/25/2016 at 11:28 • Filed to: None | 1
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I built this nice canopy a year ago, but the slope is too shallow and water ponds on the tarp. Fail. Another fail is condensation that drips down on my projects. So I’m giving it a rigid patio roof. Spring Break begins for me today.
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ttyymmnn
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/25/2016 at 11:42 |
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If you didn’t live in a rain forest.....
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2016 at 11:47 |
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But I don’t. Rains more — when it actually rains — where you live.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/25/2016 at 11:56 |
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How about wedging a rigid layer under the tarp, but on top of the frame? Add strength and structure to the existing water barrier without reinventing the wheel. I'm thinking translucent corrugated fiberglass or even just plywood. Difficulty: condensation will probably be trapped between the layers, getting funkier than George Clinton when the IRS is breathing down his neck.
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> Ash78, voting early and often
03/25/2016 at 12:03 |
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Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve got a solution all figured out and I’ll post some pictures once I’m finished. The tarp disappears. There’s a rigid layer of OSB that’ll get a healthy layer of primer rolled onto it. Then a layer of corrugated polycarbonate patio roofing screwed on top. The plastic roof will be able to breathe and any condensate will drip out. I live in the SF Bay Area where, sadly, rain is not a huge issue but occasionally. Lots of dew and condensation though.
jariten1781
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/25/2016 at 12:15 |
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The simple solution to pooling water in those setups is children with broomsticks.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/25/2016 at 13:51 |
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3/4" conduit. My hardware store has a thousand little adapters. reinforce to proven the droops. also cheap 10 feet for 5 bucks
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> jariten1781
03/25/2016 at 17:04 |
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Mine all grew up and moved away.