Gum Pole Roof Construction

This man was spacing setting and nailing blue gum poles to the main rafter.

Gum pole roof construction.

Each poles diameter is measured at the top thin side and then divided into these basic categories. Red 50mm 75mm yellow 75mm 100mm blue 100mm 125mm white 125mm 150mm orange 150mm 175mm no tags 175mm 200mm all our poles are cca treated and sabs approved. The eezi over roof structure kit is a complete diy roof structure kit containing everything needed to erect the roof structure excluding the poles. Mint road cca treated round pole 100 x 1800mm select nearest.

Most pole barn roofs are made from metal roofing because they are inexpensive easy to install and last a long time. Building and fence poles. Cca is an acronym for copper chrome and arsenic. A metal roof is also much better than shingles or rolled roofing if the structure is large especially in areas where it snows.

Northern poles and thatching. Dimensions suitable for building construction are obtained by harvesting the still immature trees. Filter by product classification. Thatching and fencing laths.

Please be aware that we do not build these structures for you the kit comes with instructions and has been designed in such a way that anyone can put it together. Is a pole yard and supplier of h4 treated poles and thatching material in the north of pretoria. Gum poles provide a strong and durable material if chemically treated. Create a level base pad if you want more than just the earth underfoot set poles vertically into holes in the ground connect them across the top.

The steps to pole building success are simple. Poles much longer than needed are set and then sawed off. You will notice that the last table above is for gum pole rafters. Timber pole thin end diameter between 75mm and 100mm for us.

We supply treated timber and wooden poles as well as thatching grass and cape reed fibreglass ridging and all hardware necessary for building a thatched roof or lapas. If this method of construction is used softwood poles must comply with sans 457 2 and hardwood poles must comply with sans 457 3 and all poles must be treated in accordance with the requirements of sans 10005. Many species of eucalyptus from which gum poles are obtained are very fast and straight growing hard woods. The copper and chrome compounds in the mixture is the.