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Originally Posted by LT7A
All good with me, I was curious enough to ask though, because a phrase like "100% you did not and could not move me away if I chose to stay" in my accustomed vernacular would be the words of someone responding to a challenge. So I thought I better check on it since my intent was only to help.
To that end, I will make a recommendation. Since you have two existing structures and all but one post is adjacent to a structure, you have the opportunity to do a cable span and some sort of material cover. There are a couple of wood carports in my neighborhood that approximate the size you are looking for, and they both have beams and multiple posts on two sides and clear-span between them, rather than clear-span in both directions. Tonight I saw an ingenious cable cover over a set of nice cars and got me to thinking.
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Morning
At the moment it is hot and humid here.
Currently, they way it is unfolding, there will be two posts.
One 5 meters from the garage, and the other about 6.2 meters.
Then, I am now planning to make up two, 6mm x 200mm wall plates around 1 meter long, with a significant gusseted top brace around 300mm long, as well as a 6mm x 50mm strip welded down the length of the wall plates to add rigidity and strength before adding 8 large Rawl bolts to each plate.
On top of these will rest the cross beams.
I am planning to call in a professional at this point to do metal roofing for me along with the structure.
All this of course is subject to change....
