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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
Thanks for the pics Dave. A couple of questions for you.
1. How do you support the center of your roof without trusses? Do you use C channel?
2. How do you allow for the outlets from the gutters to reach the downpipes?
3. Your roof looks to be fairly steeply pitched, do you find it interfers with you ability to see lower down in the sky?
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Hi Paul,
1) I have 4 beams made from 65x50x4 RHS that are mitred and welded at the peak.
2) there are no gutters and downpipes = no leaves to clog = no bushfire hazard.
3) The height of the peak is enough to clear the scope when it is left pointing to any area of the sky. The height of the walls (north and south) are low enough not to inhibit the view of the sky any more than next door's sheds and trees. The western wall can be lowered horizontal.
Yes, I like the idea of angle iron for the rails, then the wheels are self guiding and dew, rain and crud run/roll off the top surface.
My wife jokes that if a tornado or cyclone is imminent, she and the kids will shelter in my skyshed as it's stronger than the house.
Here's a picture of the Skyshed in the nude.