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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
One idea I came up with a while back which could be incorporated into your idea is to make the roof as light as possible and remove it with a Hills Hoist Clothes line.
A frame could be attached to the Hills Hoist, you wind it up a few inches to clear the walls, swing it out of the way, then lower it back down a few inches onto a support post or some such object to take the weight of it, rather than the Hills Hoist trying to hold all the weight for all the time you have the roof open.
I can see this working.
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Perhaps something like one of those oversized cantilevered deck umbrellas - swing it aside or back as needed. A simple winch to raise and lower. It could work - provided you could keep the roof weight well down. Not sure whether colorbond is lighter than ply. Other options include the new clear Alsynite-type materials - with perhaps some shade cloth under it to break the direct sunlight into the obs a bit. Cut the roof's support framework down to say inch box-section steel as well.
Peter
Peter