Stabilizing a free standing screen room.
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I am have a screen room ,12 x 24 with a 5/12 hip roof . The roof sits on 11 7/8″ x 3 1/2″ para lam with 4- 6×6 corner posts that bear on footings and are fastened to the 2×10 deck framing, with 4×4 infill about 42″ between post’s for the panels, all are fastened with mechanical connections. The height of the post’s are 8′ 5″ AFF. The problem is there is there is significant movement of the roof after the temp rack brace’s were removed. Any suggestions to stabilize this condition?
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Some 4x4 diagonal bracing, or some sheathing. Don't wait until the wind is blowing...
Some type of diaconal bracing, think decoratively functional, higher up on the posts to the girder that the rafters are sitting on.
I Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
Is the paralam ontop of the posts or bolted to them?
I'm thinking if it were bolted, you shouldn't be getting alot of movement.
I'll bet a lot of the sway is the posts themselves.
Was this engineered??
Eric
I Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
Can you post a picture?
trees sway.... you just have to believe wood posts will also...
triangles.... when i use to build racecars if you didn't want the whole car to become an unrated "spring" you had to build in triangles = stiffness ie: a metal open truss joist
that or replace your posts with something alot bigger and planted alot deeper
pony
How far below the floor frame do the corner posts go? Is there enough height to put diagonals below the floor?
How about a low wall around the perimeter? The sheathing would stiffen the sides and keep people from falling through the screen.
Diagonal cables or thin steel rods could work without being too visible.
Al Mollitor, Sharon MA