03-02-2008, 10:09 AM
You could also frame a roof structure from pipe and just use standard pipe flanges on the end and elbows for the curves. Then you could cover it in corugated plastic sheets, using heavy duty straps to connect it to the pipe frame. It may require a 2x2 wooden frame to screw the plastic sheets to though, maybe not. The material used in green house rafters can be welded to containers and used in all types of ways to make roofs and over-hangs. You can look at David M's project and see pipes used in roof construction. The wood framing idea is from the past, this is new materials with new thinking. Check out google sketch for some really cool ideas. Think bigger, think of new ways to over come old problems. Don't just keep making the same thing again and again. sorry for the rant,