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Square holes
The brackets used to connect the Pipe Purlins to the Pipe Columns come with 3/8"...
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Drilling Pipe Columns
Jim uses his drill press to drill the required holes in the eight pipe columns.
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Cuttin' to length
Jim uses a carborundum blade in a Skil 77 to cut the roofing panels to length. Easy and fast. The panels are supported on four sawhorses.
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Square Holes.
Jim chucked a triangular file into his old reciprocating saw to speed-up the chore of filing round...
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Purlins
Jiji on the ladder
Jiji trained herself to climb both UP ladders and back DOWN them.
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Salvaged materials
Jim used salvaged materials to make catwalks. The four 2x4s are "beamways" from the track...
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Roof installation
The purlins completed, Jim used the catwalks that he built to cruise around on top of the Kennels,...
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Done
The roof from above. Mostly reclaimed materials! Total cost for 400 SF roof: Under $100. That's 25 cents per square foot!
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Inspector Jiji
Sunset
Purlins in place
Purlins in place.
The pipe purlins in place, viewed from the Safety Aisle.
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Connecting the Purlins
Jim uses pipe wrenches to couple-together the two half-lengths of 1" schedule 40 pipe to create...
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Half-purlin on pipe columns
The pipe columns installed, Jim moved on to the pipe purlins.
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Delivering metal panels.
Rancher friend Andy and a Hired Hand unloaded the metal roofing panels from their horse trailer, then hauled them across our front lawn.
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On the spot!
Andy and his helper even carried the panels to our work area, in the Safety Aisle of the Kennels. Very kind of them!
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