Re: Stock Storage

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:1027rvf$qs7c$1@dont-email.me...

I am even considering just storing it all outdoors.

When I bought this house it had a 4' wide roof overhanging the 12' x 12' rear deck, covered with corrugated fiberglass panels. The deck wasn't PT and was deteriorating so I rebuilt it. The carpenter neighbor who helped me told me about the overhanging beam rule which made the design more convenient to store stuff underneath, as the outer corners are wide open and there's still almost 9' between the columns and the house for the riding mower, wheelbarrows, shop crane and log splitter plus shelves. I waterproofed the deck with outdoor carpet over heavy duty tarps.
https://www.decks.com/how-to/articles/deck-joist-cantilever-rules-and-limits
"According to this rule, for every foot of joist length from the house to the beam, there can only be 1/3 of that amount overhang the beam."
In other words 1x out for 3x in, or supported at a quarter of the length from the end. Later I saw mathematical proof that uniformly loaded beam deflection is minimum with supports at 27% of the length in from both ends. That's for the stock rack.
The panels on the 4' wide roof wouldn't support my concentrated weight and making needed repairs was difficult. I removed it and fastened the replacement to the fascia board with large strap hinges screwed into the ends of the house rafters that let it hang vertical to easily attach or replace the panels from a stepladder. I sized and spaced the hinges for snow and hurricane loads. The 4' roof was easier to frame and cover by myself hanging vertical than if on columns.
Needing temporary covered space for the log splitter out back, I extended the roof of a woodshed 6' with some of the warped 2x4s. This roof has no columns to interfere with driving under it because the shed's open construction for ventilation allowed fastening the 2x4s to the existing joists.
On a finished building I think hinging an added overhang to the eave like my deck roof could be practical. Its size limits are the full or half length of the 8', 10' or 12' corrugated panels and the weight you can swing up and temporarily support while installing the columns. Overlapping the corrugations at the ends allows dividing the roof into shorter sections for easier handling. When removed you have only holes that can be plugged and disguised as rivets with carriage bolts.
My deck roof overhang is 4' x 16' long and its weight is manageable without help. Despite my variations the deck roof looks quite normal, only the hinge barrels are visible and can be painted.