My HEAVY Coal Bin Roof

ScubaSteve · Post by **ScubaSteve** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 9:25 pm

Look at my poor bin hinge!!

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ScubaSteve · Post by **ScubaSteve** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 9:29 pm

My coal for the winter, and my thanks to the members of NEPA crossroads that gave me some of the ideas. All that is left now is to put some siding on the bin and some paint.

kootch88 · Post by **kootch88** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 9:31 pm

What about two layers of Bitchethane (sp)? It I light and waterproof, adhering to the subsurface by adhesive. The only weight would be your subsurface.

John

maurizziot · Post by **maurizziot** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 9:35 pm

hey wait till you get snow on it

ScubaSteve · Post by **ScubaSteve** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 9:58 pm

LOL I never thought it would be as heavy as it is. Im just glad I wont have to open it to get my coal. Only when the level gets real low.

ScubaSteve · Post by **ScubaSteve** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 9:59 pm

Maurizziot , Your setup looks very nice in your member pic btw.

rockwood · Post by **rockwood** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 11:29 pm

Why the hinged roof?

My grandpa had a outdoor coal/wood shed with a fixed roof and there was a door on the side about 5 or 6 feet off the ground and about 3 feet square to put the coal or wood through. There was another door on the other side with removable planks for access as the coal/wood was used.
I tossed a lot of wood into this shed when I was young and it worked very well.
This would cost more to build but it seems like it would work better.

Just thinking, The loading door might not have been that high. Everything seems higher/bigger when you're young.
I should take my own advise as I am just using tarps now but if I did build one it would be like the one my grandpa built.

My uncle had a hinged roof though but only the first 1/3rd of the roof was hinged. The rest was fixed so you didn't have to lift the whole roof to open it.

Just some ideas.

Post by **Richard S.** » Tue. Oct. 21, 2008 12:34 am

rockwood wrote:Why the hinged roof?

Because it only takes a few minutes to fill it up when you have one of these:

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Even without one it's lot easier to fill no matter how you're doing it. For eaxple you cul back a pickup truck right next to it and shovel it right in. Just to add you'll easily be able to fill it to the roof.

My HEAVY Coal Bin Roof

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