owas
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I'm doing a carport down the side of my house in the next couple weeks, 18ft long by 10ft wide.
Just to give me somewhere undercover to work.
simple lean to off a wall plate bolted to the house, steel roof.
I did initially only want a post each end but spanning 18ft would be a big beam.
I have lots of 4x2s left over from other projects, if I have 3 4x4 posts and notch them for the 2x4 to sit into, could I double up the 2x4s to give me a 2x8 and span the 9ft to the center post?
Will have 2x6 sitting on top spanning the 10ft width
If not I'll just buy some more timber.
Just to give me somewhere undercover to work.
simple lean to off a wall plate bolted to the house, steel roof.
I did initially only want a post each end but spanning 18ft would be a big beam.
I have lots of 4x2s left over from other projects, if I have 3 4x4 posts and notch them for the 2x4 to sit into, could I double up the 2x4s to give me a 2x8 and span the 9ft to the center post?
Will have 2x6 sitting on top spanning the 10ft width
If not I'll just buy some more timber.