Greenhouse: carpentry help on lean to greenhouse, 0 by maidentheshade

maidentheshade wrote:
I got a wild hair this morning. I have a plan in my head and just drew it in MS paint crudely. The main problem is lack of experience.What I need to know is how to attach this thing to the existing fence. I planned on cutting the 2X4's off on the angle of the slope then butt up against a 2 X 6 and toenail those with screws. I'd rather use joist hangers but the angle of the cut 2 X 4 won't let them sit in those like they should. Are there some other kinds of hangers I could use to be sure those stay where I put them?

I'll show some pics of where it will be and the place it needs to attach to. The roof will have whatever slope the angle ends up being from there (where it attaches to the fence and out 12'. 10' 4X4 posts at the farthest and 12' 4X4's in the smaller section (to be safe 'cause it's closer and higher up). I'll cut those off when the rafters come down across them at whatever angle it ends up being.

Here's the plan looking at the roof from above. I'm using 2X4's on 24" centers on the rafters because we don't get snow and I plan on using the corrugated poly clear. All the way around the outside will be 2 X 6's



This message was edited Nov 18, 2006 5:41 PM