Thread: Kids Cubby House - WIP

G'day Pete,
Nice looking Sketchup stuff.
Now...if you would care to have a look at our sister forum Renovate Forums you will see that there is a specific forum there for cubby house builders. Might be a better place for your project.

Thanks for the tip, I'll head over to that forum.

Pete,

nice sketchup, only thing i'd do is put your truss uprights on a 45 deg angle instead of verticals (stronger) like a regular house truss and add a full top plate under the trusses.

As for over engineering, no, whats your kids wellbeing worth really, are there any tree's neaby it that could possibly be blown over onto it etc.

Neal.

Thanks for the advice Neal. I've modified my roof design to be more standard. I don't suppose you know if the roof spars jutting out (cantilevered?) will be okay, I had planned to use 70x35 pine framing and the come out 900mm from the last truss.
There are no tall trees that could fall where I plan to build it.

Thanks again for the tips.

Nice work with sketch up, but I reckon you might be breaking a shed rule designing a cubby electronically - I think you're supposed to just start with a pile of timber in the middle of the yard!

Yours looks a lot like mine here. I built it in panels so it can be disassembled, although the panels (hardwood studs with hardwood weatherboard) turned out to be so heavy I'm not sure I can lift them again, and so hard, the screws wouldn't drive in all the way, and I think I'll have to cut them off to get it apart.

Looking at your plans, the only thing I can add, is what's the distance between the bearers on the roof? You might need another one in the middle.

My roof sticks out that far, and I wouldn't walk on that bit, but it seems strong enough for a possum or two to dance on.

When making the cubby for my kids I did something similar to both those designs.
It was based it on a mitre 10 sheet but extended the roofline for the front porch. I had the porch posts go up to support the overhang

I also raised the height because someone said "build it so you can stand up in it"
sound advice and has saved many a cracked scone. Though I have sometimes not ducked enough for the doorway

PS
If you want the Mitre 10 sheet email me. I'm sure we have it here somewhere

Yeah, mine's big enough to walk in, except for the doorway which looked stupid full height, so it's low enough to hurt when I go out on the balcony!

Originally Posted by icy_pete

Thanks for the advice Neal. I've modified my roof design to be more standard. I don't suppose you know if the roof spars jutting out (cantilevered?) will be okay, I had planned to use 70x35 pine framing and the come out 900mm from the last truss.
There are no tall trees that could fall where I plan to build it.

Thanks again for the tips.

For what it is i dont think the 1m overhang would be a problem, but i wouldn't do it the way you have it with the ends untied together or tied down.

Like i mentioned in the first post a top plate is super helpfull to not only tie your walls in solidly but to also help restrain the roof trusses.

i'd be extending your outside railing posts to the same level as the other corner posts and doing the roof full length of the structure and having the top plate, almost the exact same as a regular house.

Neal.