by mezmo » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:39 am
The square cross-section is perfectly viable and will prove
easier to build I'm sure. The one problem I see is water roof-runoff.
I guess it could be tilted a inch to a side or have the non-door
end installed lower that the door end, but both those practices
aren't optimal for sleeping, Raising the non-door end higher
than the door when installed would be better, but would have
the water run-off problem over the door if there isn't a full width
diverter installed at that end, over the door.
It'd be a "better practice", maybe, to try and install the unit with the floor
level. If you'd then build one of the side walls 2-3 inches lower than
the other, and slant the end walls to fit, or alternatively, do the
non-door end 2-3 inches lower and fit the sidewalls to that
resulting profile, these approaches would, in effect, give you very shallow
pitched shed roofs and you'd have the water run-off taken care of automatically
and not need an additional piece [and cost] of material for a diverter
over the door.
Just a tweak to consider.
Cheers,
Norm/mezmo
P.S. I'm assuming the figure shown in the pdf had everything square to
each other - i.e. 4x8 sheets attached, as is, to each other, more-or less.
I assumed all parallel dimensions were equal, as I couldn't tell otherwise.
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