How to make a metallic carport

My father and I thought about a carport they currently park out in the Sun because the garage is actually his workshop, so since I'm still staying with them for a few weeks until closing on the house, I decided it was a perfect opportunity to take on such a large project I'm going to be making their carport 20 by 24 there's plenty room and also building the entire structure from steel.

So that it gives it a really nice permanent and robust look; after figuring out the location of the carport, I figured out where the four-post would land and then started digging. The ground around here is almost nothing but solid rock, so the go-to method is to use a jackhammer. It is always exciting to get to use any tool mom took a turn, and she didn't think it was too bad at all, and then even Cody took a turn and with him being stronger.

It was a lot easier for him to manage, but well, this is my project. I was aiming for about 20 inches, and I did the majority of the loosening up with a jackhammer and then came back with postal diggers; after repeating that on the other three posts, I started mixing the concrete now to talk to a few contractors in the area and it goes to a method for setting posts in the area is to fill a hole with concrete and use an anchor plate to secure the posts that's called an anchor plate and what I'm going to do is drop these I fill into the concrete. We share after the concrete is setting up.

I will come back with my school post and weld up to this plate, so that's a nice secure. I took some meticulous measurements to figure out the location of these plates. It would have saved a lot of time if I would have popped some string lines beforehand, but I didn't think about it; however, I did take my time making sure that the plates were nice and level because then this will ensure that the post comes out nice and plumb after letting the concrete fully cure then it was time to start studying the post first ran the nuts down onto the eye bulbs nice and securely and then said each post vertically up in place structurally I definitely could have gotten away with 4x4 posts. Still, since the rest of the frame will be nice and robust, I want to be posted and match, so I went with six by sixes instead of all four posts erected.

I took multiple measurements and made sure that the structure was square and that these posts were exactly where they needed to be next; I brought up the welding equipment and welded the post to the plates, of course, after making sure that all four of them were nice and plumb for this project I'm using my Lincoln 210 machine now at this point all of the posts are taller than what I need them and to get them down to the heist needed.

I mark the location on one post then ran a string line from that one over to the next using a line level to protect a level line across; after repeating this on the remaining three posts, I switched over to my plasma cutting gear and cut all of the posts to the height I find this easiest to do freehand and not mess with a straight guide. Still, you could very well clamp a straight bar or a flat bar in place to guide your cut. After all four were cut, I moved on to attach the girders, so these angle irons are to act as a temporary shell to set the girders in place while welding that way.

I don't have to figure out how to also support them by grabbing shameless make one turn and these pieces are a little bit heavy it's roughly around 95 pounds of joint, so I make sure to take my time walking up those waters especially but having me brackets clamped in the place make this go very quickly right, yeah once the girder was set on the Shelf I would tack it in a few different places and then come back in welded completely on the front and back. Of course, she's repeated on all four. Wow yeah, it's so cool never done a structure.

This thing you know crazy well for some reason, I didn't get any footage of it. Still, since the post is hollow, I cut some caps for them from just some flat material and then welded them on top next; I moved on to making the trusses. I'm going with a three 12 pitch because it will match the house, and I'm using a chopped fall to cut after getting the top cord cut I patched.

It into place, and then we'll do them together for this went ahead and rented a man basket thinking it would make life a little bit easier before lifting the trust into the air. However, I clamped a piece of wood on either end where the trust needed to be flushed up to this way as Cody lifted it into the air, I could climb onto the ladder and move one side of the truss into place to have something to clamp it too.

So I clamped the right side then ran over to the left and also claimed it, and there was a lot of going up and down the ladders on the step; once I had both sides temporarily secured, I moved the ladder to the middle to check the left and right orientation this is where a plumb bob would come in handy but didn't have one, so I made do but the sides still being temporarily clamped.

I grabbed a board and then just hammered it over, so the level in the center was perfectly vertical; yeah, I like that a lot once I like that, I flipped the level around and got the trusts perfectly in line with the girder you're just going to pull the slightest bit okay go ahead alright barbie.

okay I hold it in order to give the trusses some stability from wanting to rock forward and backward I went over to my flat piece of metal and cut some gussets to weld on I went ahead and cut two gussets per post and then welded these to the backside of the trust into the top side of the post then moved on to making the web for I believe they're some times called a dogleg but they're the supporting members that will connect the trusses top core to the bottom cord and you can use the chops all to cut these but I found it easiest just to use my plasma cutter damn that looks good so I know it looks big so like whenever I think are four I think one of those like crappy temporary looking that flowed away any minute looking hardcore never make it I get them like that like a pin I just think this is a lot better this was like a more permanent hardcore crab or the same angle in nowhere after completing the front press had moved to the back and repeated the same I close one folks well right now thank you prophet I'm happy with the progress but I am at breaking into multiple videos so if you're interested in part two I'm going to be welding on the Pearl and adding on the roof as well as giving it a coat of paint