Gum Pole Roof Construction

Northern poles and thatching.

Gum pole roof construction.

However they warp and split easily. Gum poles provide a strong and durable material if chemically treated. 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. 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.

The steps to pole building success are simple. Many species of eucalyptus from which gum poles are obtained are very fast and straight growing hard woods. 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. You will notice that the last table above is for gum pole rafters.

Cca is an acronym for copper chrome and arsenic. Most pole barn roofs are made from metal roofing because they are inexpensive easy to install and last a long time. Mint road cca treated round pole 100 x 1800mm select nearest. The copper and chrome compounds in the mixture is the.

Poles much longer than needed are set and then sawed off. Each poles diameter is measured at the top thin side and then divided into these basic categories. A metal roof is also much better than shingles or rolled roofing if the structure is large especially in areas where it snows. Is a pole yard and supplier of h4 treated poles and thatching material in the north of pretoria.

Filter by product classification. Thatching and fencing laths. This man was spacing setting and nailing blue gum poles to the main rafter. 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.

Building and fence poles. The eezi over roof structure kit is a complete diy roof structure kit containing everything needed to erect the roof structure excluding the poles. Pole construction is another new addition to the nbr sans. 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.