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Originally Posted by iceman
I'm so jealous! The best spot in my yard to observe from gives me a good view to the east and north/east, but I have no view to the south or west.
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Mike, I used to have decent east & north, but have never had south & west. This is no great loss as in both those directions, there is MASSIVE skyglow. As much as it is limiting, the house stops the temptation to image that direction.
The only down-side with a roll-off design (flat roof), is that the walls are quite high, and because it is cramped anyway you have to wait a long time before stuff comes over the walls in the east. Great wind protection and stray light protection though!
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Originally Posted by Roger Davis
Hi Robert, that has come up really well. And you actually got Andrew to help out! Wonderfull! Love the way you have done the roll off rails.
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Andrew is always willing to help if he can laugh at your stupidity and show you how to do it properly. Plus, offering free booze and food is always an effective tool. Perhaps he's not an engineer really, maybe he's a teacher in disguise???
Rails work really well - the only things I would probably add in hindsight (which may come soon), is another beam across the middle (E/W direction) to help lift the roof off the walls initially. The roof stayed put even in those really ridiculous winds from a few weeks back. No water ingress so far even when it's been coming sideways.
Turbo