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16th January 2016, 07:16 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Timber storage rack
I have a pair of saw horses in the carport on which I store my sheets goods. Just lately though, any bits of timber have ended up on it, making it a pain to extract a sheet when I need one. It was also getting to he point where the total weight of the timber was too much for the overhead hoist to safely lift when the sheet I wanted was at the bottom (always).
I had some timber frames that came out of a friends old kitchen, they're 4"x2" pine with mortise and tenon joints at each corner. I cut four brackets from these and braced them with some bits of hardwood I removed during a major shed overhaul. These are glued and screwed together as shown and then fastened to the studs using coach bolts.
Apart from the hard work needed to drill the holes for the coach bolts, (those studs are hard!) the only other problem is that the carport slab is not level. I didn't notice this until I had all the brackets attached and the timber stacked . I've a spirit level app on the phone and it tells me that the brackets are all level but measuring from floor to bracket, there's a 120mm difference between the one on the left and the one of the right.
I'm going to see this every time I drive up the driveway and it will be really annoying.Geoff
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16th January 2016, 07:21 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Yep, it would be very, very annoying and tirtesome after a while when people continually ask about it. Any reason you can't re-do the job and get it level? I would ! And I wouuld get a decent spirit level first
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16th January 2016, 07:29 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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It shouldn't take much to fix, it's just a matter of drilling 6 holes to move three of the brackets down. I just wish I'd noticed it before I loaded up the timber.
I do have a good spirit level but I was beginning to doubt it after seeing this for the first time. The brackets ARE level, not much I can about the floor.
EDIT: here are a couple of images showing the spirit level test. The piece of 90x45 that the spirit level is resting on, is 4.2metres. The bubble does show a slight rise to the right but not 120mm worth. If I lift the left hand end of the 90x45, 6mm, then the bubble is centred.
Geoff
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16th January 2016, 11:06 PM #4
I couldn't live with that. It make my skin crawl just looking at it. I'd adjust it. The slope is not that critical for a wood rack.
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16th January 2016, 11:11 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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I agree, I can't even see it at the moment and it's still annoying me!
It will take longer to unload the timber than it will to fix the 'problem'. Still, what else are Sunday mornings for?Geoff
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17th January 2016, 12:51 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Going by the photo of the bubble, over 4.2 M, I'd say that would be where the problem lies, looking at the verticals I can see that it's out.
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17th January 2016, 01:02 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Given the age and construction standard of the shed, I wouldn't be surprised if the verticals aren't!
I'll put the spirit level up against them tomorrow and check, also check the level of the slab.Geoff
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17th January 2016, 09:25 AM #8
Have you thought about putting it up high so you can use that space for something else?
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I would not be worrying about it. As you said it's a carport slab and AFAIK I've never seen one that's level. All of them have some sort of fall to allow water to runoff. But then 120 mm is a lot of fall. If it irks you, like it would me I would just add a piece of timber to the bottom of the upright to the floor to make it look nice.
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As I have to remount the brackets, I'm going to do as Trav suggested and move them a bit higher. They were put there so as to be level with the other storage rack already installed.
I'll position the brackets this time so they are an equal distance from the white cover strip.
Just to confirm that my installation wasn't as wonky as it seemed. I dropped a plumb line along side one of the white pieces that cover the lining boards. In a drop of 1400mm, it's 40mm out of plumb.
I tried to put a level over the slab but it's too uneven to get a meaningful measurement.
Not sure of the vintage of the shed but here's a shot of the roof support.
EDIT: Job finished. It now looks level now even though there's a serious slope from left to right. At least all of the brackets areat the same levelin line Height is a bit below head height so I don't risk dropping lumps of wood on my head.Geoff
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