Winter just made my 2nd Pavilion KAPUT!

[This is not your pork!]

Of course it just had to happen, how did I even think my 2nd pavilion could withstand the enormous weight of such heavy snowfall... :cry:

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t510/This_is_not_your_pork/Miscellaneous/pavilion_kaput.jpg

So the weight of the snow on the canvas made the middle buckle down, I first had to remove the snow, then remove the canvas, and two of the rods leading to the center are broken now. It's still operational but with very much reduced robustness. It can be fixed temporary by wiring the two rods to the middle pole, a more permanent repair would be to weld them (if I had the necessary equipment and knowledge; I have never welded before).

It will be snowing the whole week, so I have no idea if/how there will be some 'Q'ing going on the next weekend. :mmph:

This is my second pavilion this year, the first one (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140945) got trashed by heavy rain. If only those heavy duty pavilions wouldn't be that expensive over here... :sad:

[Clayfish]

That's sad news, you might have to build something more substantial for your smoking area.

[Phubar]

What ClayPhish says.

[This is not your pork!]

Yes, that was the plan, but still no idea for a permanent solution. The pavilion dit great till now, so it will have to do till a better idea comes up. We'll see about the weather for next weekend, unfortunately the forecast changes daily.

[GreenDrake]

That's why I built the Meat Manger. I lost two canopies in overnight snowfall, during cooks. Was just going to build a lean-to but ended up putting a deck on it too. I have a winter wrap on it to keep the snow out, but in the spring I plan to tongue and groove it and put in some country style windows with flower boxes on the outside, you know...to keep the wife happy about it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/motorcade1/meatmanger.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/motorcade1/pavillion3.jpg

[This is not your pork!]

GreenDrake, that's a very nice and still simple solution, something like that would be awesome, but I kind of doubt I'll be able to create such.

[Big George's BBQ]

Sorry to hear this How much snow

[thirtydaZe]

I like the "Meat Manger".

[This is not your pork!]

Had to look up the word "manger", now I know its meaning :smile:

That pavilion was pretty tough, it survived all storms and rain since the summer, but the last few days it's snowing all the time, and even with less than 10" it was just too much weight for those thin rods.

GreenDrakel, your wood construct looks very appealing. What's on top of the wood as roof? Is it movable, or stationary? And how is the floor made?

[basuraman]

I need to build that for the summers here in California. Not sure how it would fly with the wife.

[GreenDrake]

I am no construction guru, that is for sure. I was simply going to just do a roof with pressure treated four by fours in the ground on piers. The shear needed to be addressed, hence the large joists on the back and corners. Solid as a rock now. For the roof I just went to the local hardware store that has a lumber yard and bought brown corrugated steel roofing to lay over the fiber board on the top. It worked out great, total cost was around $300 to build it.

[trufunk]

That is great!

[Happy Hapgood]

KAPUTTED! Sorry to see that! Power though it Brother!

[mbshop]

sorry that happened.
lots of build ideas here.
http://www.grillsportverein.de/forum/grillhuetten-und-blockhuettenbau/

[This is not your pork!]

Really nice, I need to think about such a simple but ultra robust wood-framed shed. Will have to ask the wife though, because the placement of my actual 'Q'ing area between a young apple tree and the pool-deck is not ideal at all, and never was meant to be a permanent solution, so a shed on the very same place may not be approved.

[buccaneer]

Look, Australia beckons, but I fear your application will be way too efficient.
We like lackadaisical efforts but you are way too pedantic!
:hail:

[This is not your pork!]

You mean Sunset City, where the sun always shines and it never snows? Australia here we come... :mrgreen: ...not.

Last winter we didn't have to use snow chains once, but this week is horror pure, first the pavilion, then I had to dig out the pool canopy, then the driveway every time we come and go, and of course the snow chains we need to get up and down the hill we are on. You have no idea how much I hate winter right now! :mmph:

[buccaneer]

You mean Sunset City, where the sun always shines and it never snows? Australia here we come... :mrgreen: ...not.

Last winter we didn't have to use snow chains once, but this week is horror pure, first the pavilion, then I had to dig out the pool canopy, then the driveway every time we come and go, and of course the snow chains we need to get up and down the hill we are on. You have no idea how much I hate winter right now! :mmph:

Humorous offer retracted!
Weather versus climate , tricky for some!:twitch:

:laugh:

[This is not your pork!]

Yeah, too far away, it's bad, but not that bad to flee the country :wink:

[buccaneer]

Yet.

[buccaneer]

:laugh:

[Titch]

Look, Australia beckons, but I fear your application will be way too efficient.
We like lackadaisical efforts but you are way too pedantic!
:hail:


Could always catch a boat I guess:roll::roll::roll:.
Cheers.
Titch

[This is not your pork!]

Maybe send over some typical Australian self-made sausages to boost the appeal? :hungry:

[This is not your pork!]

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t510/This_is_not_your_pork/Miscellaneous/smokey_gone_zps2158e833.jpg

[This is not your pork!]

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t510/This_is_not_your_pork/Miscellaneous/smokey_new_home_zps117383cc.jpg

[Wampus]

I suppose one day I may (MAY) build something, but I'm not sure I feel the need to. I keep all my smoker in the garage and just pull them out to the driveway when I want to cook. If it happens to be raining, I just put up one of the EZ Ups. If not, I cook in the open air. Just a thought that if you continue to use an EZ Up, just take it down between cooks. That's one of the great things about them, they're EZ to take down and put UP.


Still......sorry you lost yours.

[This is not your pork!]

Yeah, that pavilion wasn't an EZ up (the EZ up was trashed by heavy rain (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140945) earlier this year), but it kind of can be fixed with some welding. For the time being the new temporary cooking area below the carport will have to do.