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Looking for a few answers and suggestions on this enclosed garden build.
It will be fenced all the way around, and I'm still deciding how to support the left-to-right horizontal beams in the middle, and how to go about making the doors. Hi everyone! I'm making this enclosed garden in a few months, and had a few questions, plus wanted to see if anyone had any tips, tricks or suggestions before I get started. Some details first. The enclose area is to be 16'x16'. I'll be trying my hand at joinery for this project, and I would prefer to use 4x4s for everything to keep a uniform look. Plus, it seems easier to join similar timber, but I could be mistaken on that. My first question is whether or not I need to bury and concrete the posts. Could I instead level the ground, and use some kind of floorplate, then brace everything? I'm not super concerned about wind, as it's going into a small, enclosed backyard. I'm just thinking that it may be easier to build (could be wrong on that one), but it will also definitely be easier when I have to change the posts down the line. My second question is about center supports for the left-to-right horizontals. Specifically, if you guys think I could get away with them. I know I said I'd prefer all 4x4s, but I'd much prefer to keep the whole interior open. So, if I could use something like a 2x6 with no center support, that would be ideal. And I know I could do something trussed, or arched, but that seems a little complicated for a first-time joiner, plus it would be just that much harder to fence. My final question is about joinery. Mainly about the joint at the center of the front-to-back horizontals, where it meets the left-to-right and vertical. If I can find 16' long 4x4s of sufficient quality I'm ok, because I can basically do the same castle joint that I'm doing at the corners. If not, I'm not sure how to join what is now 4 pieces of timber there. And because this is for a garden, I don't want to use CCA treated lumber, which is more limiting than I thought it would be. Feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you can. And with that, I'll leave the floor open to suggestions. Thanks! submitted by /u/LodoLoco [link] [comments]
| | Hi everyone! I'm making this enclosed garden in a few months, and had a few questions, plus wanted to see if anyone had any tips, tricks or suggestions before I get started. Some details first. The enclose area is to be 16'x16'. I'll be trying my hand at joinery for this project, and I would prefer to use 4x4s for everything to keep a uniform look. Plus, it seems easier to join similar timber, but I could be mistaken on that. My first question is whether or not I need to bury and concrete the posts. Could I instead level the ground, and use some kind of floorplate, then brace everything? I'm not super concerned about wind, as it's going into a small, enclosed backyard. I'm just thinking that it may be easier to build (could be wrong on that one), but it will also definitely be easier when I have to change the posts down the line. My second question is about center supports for the left-to-right horizontals. Specifically, if you guys think I could get away with them. I know I said I'd prefer all 4x4s, but I'd much prefer to keep the whole interior open. So, if I could use something like a 2x6 with no center support, that would be ideal. And I know I could do something trussed, or arched, but that seems a little complicated for a first-time joiner, plus it would be just that much harder to fence. My final question is about joinery. Mainly about the joint at the center of the front-to-back horizontals, where it meets the left-to-right and vertical. If I can find 16' long 4x4s of sufficient quality I'm ok, because I can basically do the same castle joint that I'm doing at the corners. If not, I'm not sure how to join what is now 4 pieces of timber there. And because this is for a garden, I don't want to use CCA treated lumber, which is more limiting than I thought it would be. Feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you can. And with that, I'll leave the floor open to suggestions. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
