Animal Shelter needs advice: How would you install a steel garage door
as a roof over an outdoor kennel?

We have nine steel pipe kennels to do, each 10' X 10', so we need to do
this the easiest/quickest/cheapest way. The garage doors (donated to
us) have a minimal metal framework and we want to mount them about 2
feet higher on one side to act as a shed roof. Our question is how to
get them secured on that side to the kennels, which are made of steel
tube 1.5" ID open-ended verticals. If you can come up with a way to do
this quick/easy with recycled materials, so much the better. Thanks in
advance for your advice.

Tom

I would measure the inside diameter of the pipe used for the verticals
and buy pipe the size that will fit inside it.

If you have a pipe bender make a U shape to connect the uprights.

Allow at least one foot overlap and drill and bolt the pipes together.

You can get steel straps made for timber frame construction to strap
the roof to the uprights.

On a sloped roof with a wire wall you need to tie the roof down so that
wind gusts under the roof do not lift it off.

If the kennels are not anchored securely to the ground I would not try
it at all.

wrote: Animal Shelter needs advice: How would you
install a steel garage door as a roof over an outdoor kennel?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This sounds like a worthy cause. Where are you located? If you are within
a reasonable distance, I will volunteer to help. I have portable welding
and metal cutting equipment, some power woodworking tools. If you are out
of my range, I hope someone with similar tools and interests will jump in.

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:53:56 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


wrote: Animal Shelter needs advice: How would you
install a steel garage door as a roof over an outdoor kennel?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This sounds like a worthy cause. Where are you located? If you are within
a reasonable distance, I will volunteer to help. I have portable welding
and metal cutting equipment, some power woodworking tools. If you are out
of my range, I hope someone with similar tools and interests will jump in.

Ditto. I'm in the Minneapolis area.

Getting some volunteer labor from this group would be the easiest
solution.

Beyond that I would say use muffler clamps to grab the pipe and to hold
some angle iron.
Without seeing the project and doors it is hard to say how to connect
to the garage doors.
I would try muffler shops. You might get some friendly person to not
cut off clamps and give them to you.


Dan

Sorry for not replying sooner. We are located in Lebec California,
which is about halfway between Bakersfield and L.A., on top of the
Grapevine pass.

http://www.cause4cats.org/

have you seen the doors ? They are Heavy.
I have 4 such doors on my metal building - and they are running in C channel IIRC.
As a roof, they should be tilted in the two directions for water runoff. e.g.
down towards the back/front and also to one side a little. Look at it for certain
before planning. Maybe a talk with a local metal building company/contractor might
open up something in ideas or else.


Martin
Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



wrote:
Sorry for not replying sooner. We are located in Lebec California,
which is about halfway between Bakersfield and L.A., on top of the
Grapevine pass.

http://www.cause4cats.org/


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On 8 Nov 2005 12:07:28 -0800, wrote:

Sorry for not replying sooner. We are located in Lebec California,
which is about halfway between Bakersfield and L.A., on top of the
Grapevine pass.

http://www.cause4cats.org/


OOOOO!!!

Gunner, raises his hand to volunteer as he lives in Taft, and works in
LA, and has all sorts of Stuff and all sorts of networks to get Stuff
from, and runs his own impromptu cattery in Taft..unfortunately..sigh

Call me at 805-732-5308 anytime and Ill be glad to swing by and see
what I can do for yall.


"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:51:52 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Gunner
quickly quoth:

On 8 Nov 2005 12:07:28 -0800, wrote:

Sorry for not replying sooner. We are located in Lebec California,
which is about halfway between Bakersfield and L.A., on top of the
Grapevine pass.

http://www.cause4cats.org/

OOOOO!!!

Gunner, raises his hand to volunteer as he lives in Taft, and works in
LA, and has all sorts of Stuff and all sorts of networks to get Stuff
from, and runs his own impromptu cattery in Taft..unfortunately..sigh

So, ya gonna help 'em build a flame thrower mower? evil grinne

donning Nomex suit


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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:24:25 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:51:52 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Gunner
quickly quoth:

On 8 Nov 2005 12:07:28 -0800, wrote:

Sorry for not replying sooner. We are located in Lebec California,
which is about halfway between Bakersfield and L.A., on top of the
Grapevine pass.

http://www.cause4cats.org/

OOOOO!!!

Gunner, raises his hand to volunteer as he lives in Taft, and works in
LA, and has all sorts of Stuff and all sorts of networks to get Stuff
from, and runs his own impromptu cattery in Taft..unfortunately..sigh

So, ya gonna help 'em build a flame thrower mower? evil grinne

donning Nomex suit

We uns here in the Valley are big on BBQs on wheels...so why not a
portable cat bbq?

Cat..the other white meat.

Gunner, scheduled to go there Saturday.



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"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner