Crazy April Weather

[laser_jock99]

Just found out the last lot of snow we had two weeks ago has sagged my obsy roof slightly. From now on I will leave a timber support in the centre near the pier when not in use. Hopefully this will hold up any unexpected loads......

[Gina]

WOW!!!

[swamp thing]

Sorry to hear that.

Cannot see from the pics which part is bowed, but there are ways to straighten this sort of thing that doesn't involve a prop constantly left in the middle of your obsy.

If you stick on a pic or two of the bowed bit i reckon we could sort it out.

Regards Steve

[laser_jock99]

Sorry to hear that.

Cannot see from the pics which part is bowed, but there are ways to straighten this sort of thing that doesn't involve a prop constantly left in the middle of your obsy.

If you stick on a pic or two of the bowed bit i reckon we could sort it out.

Regards Steve

It went down about 2-3mm on the middle cross member, just enough to catch the wall top on the way over. I'll check this weekend to see if a week of forced upward pressure has restored the beams position. If not there are other engineering options. I might leave the prop in place anyway - it,s not in the way, a nine inch diameter steel pier does that job!

[Astrokev]

Crikey - white-out!

[earth titan]

Blimey. I thought the rain was bad enough...

[laser_jock99]

Well the good news is that leaving a wooden prop in the middle of the observatory has restored the sagging centre cross beam. I am leaving the post in place just in case.

[Gina]

My obsy now has a moat!! Again!

[Islander]

Sounds like you'll be digging a land drain at some point then Gina...

[Gina]

Yes, definitely!

[Tinker1947]

Get a mini JCB, nice deep trench and fill it with 20mm gravel....not really sure what your ground is like, but nobody likes manual labour.

[Gina]

Very soft ATM and almost liquid in places!!!