A Roof for the Foundry
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:33 pm
This was a great addition to the foundry. Not having to cover everything from bad weather and not having the sun beating down on me during hot weather are two great benefits.
Here is a shot before the roof. You can see the small shelter I had put up over my molding bench, that was 5' x 12' and did a fair job of keeping my bench and sand protected from the weather and gave some shade during the morning hours but by 3 o'clock the sun was low enough (this is looking west) to be shining right on me at the molding bench and as this is where most of the grunt work happens it wasnt too good on hot days.
This next shot shows the first three trusses up and 4 of the 5 sheets on, now there is one more sheet that extends the roof 3' over the fence on the right. That will keep blowing rain off my foundry floor though the prevailing wind comes from the west but from time to time a storm will come in the other direction.
The far truss is quite low, about 6' which means I hit my forehead on it just above the brim of a ballcap. I keep that gate closed most of the time though and I am going to put some foam on it to ease my pain when it is open. Nothing I could do about it as I wanted to keep it with the shop roofline and it has a low wall in the back. The next truss up is several inches above my head though still low enough it makes me duck out of fear.
The 5' roof over the molding bench will be coming down when I put up the other two trusses. That metal will be going behind the shop (just outside the gate) along the back wall. I started pouring a 4' wide slab along that 24' wall and will cover it with this metal. My dust collector, compressor, oil and such will be stored out there.
This last shot is from the outside the last sheet is on in this picture. I have put up over 400' of that redwood fencing on my property, loads of work but it is really nice. You can see how the roof of my shop slopes one direction, the tall wall is open and the other three sides enclosed, shop roof is currently 24' x 24', the outside roof is just half of the foundry roof that I will be putting up now (30' x 24'), it will go all the way up to the high point of the shop roof once I get the other two trusses up.
The pipe in the air is my oil tower and my furnace pit is in the corner of the fence to the far right.
Next big expansion will be another 12' wide along the high point sloping down the other direction the whole 39' length. With that and the shelter for the compressor and storage I will have over 1500 sq ft under roof and about 900 sq ft of it enclosed shop space.
Here is a shot before the roof. You can see the small shelter I had put up over my molding bench, that was 5' x 12' and did a fair job of keeping my bench and sand protected from the weather and gave some shade during the morning hours but by 3 o'clock the sun was low enough (this is looking west) to be shining right on me at the molding bench and as this is where most of the grunt work happens it wasnt too good on hot days.
This next shot shows the first three trusses up and 4 of the 5 sheets on, now there is one more sheet that extends the roof 3' over the fence on the right. That will keep blowing rain off my foundry floor though the prevailing wind comes from the west but from time to time a storm will come in the other direction.
The far truss is quite low, about 6' which means I hit my forehead on it just above the brim of a ballcap. I keep that gate closed most of the time though and I am going to put some foam on it to ease my pain when it is open. Nothing I could do about it as I wanted to keep it with the shop roofline and it has a low wall in the back. The next truss up is several inches above my head though still low enough it makes me duck out of fear.
The 5' roof over the molding bench will be coming down when I put up the other two trusses. That metal will be going behind the shop (just outside the gate) along the back wall. I started pouring a 4' wide slab along that 24' wall and will cover it with this metal. My dust collector, compressor, oil and such will be stored out there.
This last shot is from the outside the last sheet is on in this picture. I have put up over 400' of that redwood fencing on my property, loads of work but it is really nice. You can see how the roof of my shop slopes one direction, the tall wall is open and the other three sides enclosed, shop roof is currently 24' x 24', the outside roof is just half of the foundry roof that I will be putting up now (30' x 24'), it will go all the way up to the high point of the shop roof once I get the other two trusses up.
The pipe in the air is my oil tower and my furnace pit is in the corner of the fence to the far right.
Next big expansion will be another 12' wide along the high point sloping down the other direction the whole 39' length. With that and the shelter for the compressor and storage I will have over 1500 sq ft under roof and about 900 sq ft of it enclosed shop space.