CANOPY FOR A BARBECUE GRILL

You will agree that cooking shashlik outdoors in rainy weather brings little pleasure. A simple canopy will help avoid inconveniences and enjoy appetizingly smelling meat, and its construction does not require professional carpentry skills. I saw this design last autumn in one of the village yards.

The basis of the canopy consists of six vertical supports made of timber with a cross-section of 100 x 100 mm, fastened with screws or bolts, at the bottom on steel shoes. In turn, steel pipes about half a meter long and 40 mm in diameter are welded to the shoes. A roof is fixed on top of the supports, the frame of which was apparently made on the ground from timber with a cross-section of 50×100 mm and attached to the supports with nails.

The hexagonal roof frame is sheathed with oriented strand boards (OSB) over the sheathing, on which a soft tile roof is laid. The roof corners are covered with valley carpets on top.

Apparently, scraps of timber with a cross-section of 100×50 mm were used to make the roof frame, although wind and other loads on it are insignificant. Therefore, it is quite possible to get by with a less thick board. In this case, the roof frame will be noticeably lighter and easier to install on the supports.

All frame elements, judging by the photo, are fastened with nails, but it is better to do this with screws. Wooden structural elements should be protected with an antiseptic or painted.

As for the dimensions and shape of the structure in plan, they are arbitrary, the main thing is the idea. In any case, the distance between the supports when viewed from the front of 1.5 m is more than sufficient, and in width (when viewed from the side) – about a meter.

Along the canopy (under the roof) there is a pipe visible, which is not a load-bearing element of the structure and most likely serves auxiliary purposes.

N. VASILYEV