These last few days has been spent working on our Oak Timber requirements and as a result of putting in quotes for more than 6 cubic metres of Oak, we needed to store it on a rack, which is well ventilated and dry.
We made a structure 2 metres wide by 3.5 metres deep and 2.5 metres high , divided into two columns, each a metre wide, and having seven shelves. The weight of the timber will be about 5 tons so all the joints and supports were reinforced with plenty of nails and screws and the legs all sitting on concrete blocks to distribute the load.
Oak-Storage-Front
Oak-Storage-Side
The roof was made using some old corrugated cement panels and a metal ridge cap (they were originally from a garage we inherited when we bought Roselea in the first place), putting up 12 panels to make a good overlap to keep the rain off the Oak.
Oak-Storage-Roof
The final job will be to put up some plastic corrugated sheeting vertically on the long side to stop the rain from driving in sideways, we will do that tomorrow. And also put a line of roofing felt with glue to join this shelter to the end of our existing storage building to stop the small amount of rain getting in down the gap.