Jason Roehl
08-23-2010, 11:21 AM
Ok, so I am about to spend my copious free time building a much-needed shed in the back 1/40th.
The basic layout will be that the base of the shed will measure 10'x12', with 7' side walls and a gambrel roof. The gambrel shapes will be on the 10' wide ends.
Here's my dilemma. After a little poking around on the internet to refresh my geometry, I came up with two options for the gambrel, but I'm not sure how they will look.
Option 1: Build the gambrel as 4 sides of a regular octagon. If each leg is 4' (conveniently the width of a sheet of ply), that will give me an additional center height of just over 5', and overhangs on each side of about 2.75" (which I would cover with hardware cloth for venting).
Option 2: Build the gambrel as 4 sides of a regular decagon. To get the few inches of overhang on each side, the 4 sides would have to be about 3.25' each, and I would only get about 3.6' of additional height in the center.
Now, before you think that option 1 is the no-brainer, I am trying to skimp on materials a bit. I could use the roof ply cutoffs to make the braces for the gambrel frames, and I would need about a bundle fewer shingles. My concern is that option 2 won't look quite right proportion-wise. I do want to be able to have some shelving to somewhat use the "loft" area, so option 1 may be the way to go.
Thoughts? (And, if anyone is incredibly bored and good with a CAD-type program... ;) )
The basic layout will be that the base of the shed will measure 10'x12', with 7' side walls and a gambrel roof. The gambrel shapes will be on the 10' wide ends.
Here's my dilemma. After a little poking around on the internet to refresh my geometry, I came up with two options for the gambrel, but I'm not sure how they will look.
Option 1: Build the gambrel as 4 sides of a regular octagon. If each leg is 4' (conveniently the width of a sheet of ply), that will give me an additional center height of just over 5', and overhangs on each side of about 2.75" (which I would cover with hardware cloth for venting).
Option 2: Build the gambrel as 4 sides of a regular decagon. To get the few inches of overhang on each side, the 4 sides would have to be about 3.25' each, and I would only get about 3.6' of additional height in the center.
Now, before you think that option 1 is the no-brainer, I am trying to skimp on materials a bit. I could use the roof ply cutoffs to make the braces for the gambrel frames, and I would need about a bundle fewer shingles. My concern is that option 2 won't look quite right proportion-wise. I do want to be able to have some shelving to somewhat use the "loft" area, so option 1 may be the way to go.
Thoughts? (And, if anyone is incredibly bored and good with a CAD-type program... ;) )