Dude had a legit question he wanted a cheap way to secure his gear and wondered if conduit would hold up.
Making a conduit roof.
Firstly the idea to do this came from terribly overpriced roof racks.
To build this rod holder you ll need a ten foot piece of 2 inch diameter schedule 40 pvc pipe that will serve as the outer shell though you can easily make a longer version for switch spey or euro nymphing rods by adding another piece of pipe using a coupler.
Erect one truss in place on one side of the roof.
Foam pipe insulation serves to protect the rod but isn t totally necessary.
Below are some of the types of roof racks based on the type of materials.
Besides if you roll it its gonna die anyway flipoff2.
Some cars come with the manufacturer s designed roof racks but some car owners most times decide to make a customized car racks to suit their needs.
To this end different materials are used.
The bars are cut from 3 4 electrical conduit.
I measured the distance between the roof tracks and added 6.
Mark truss locations on the front and back wall caps of the structure.
A 10 piece cost me about 2 00.
The roof rack sits right on top of the cross bars.
A roof provides protection from the elements and precipitation helps drain water away from a structure and provides insulation that helps keep the interior of a building warm or cool depending on the season.
The key to a good single slope roof is strong framing underneath.
How do you build a single slope roof.
This particular rack has six bolts that protrude out.
Roof racks are specially designed to fit their usage.
I ve always wanted a roof rack for my land cruiser but the commercially available options didn t fit my needs so i made a custom one come see how.
Mounting conduit on existing flat roof any time you see a thin black line to the left of a paragraph in the nec it means that it s new or the wording has changed.
50 ft of 3 4 inch schedule 40 sprinkler pipe 20 3 4 t connectors 8 3 4 pipe to 1 2.
After a couple of hours of looking at what lowes had to offer i chose these.
Push the wooden block into the socket end of the pipe then push the plug into the socket drill fix at least 4 screws glue the access plug onto the pipe spigot end drill fix 4 screws pop rivot hasp to pipe plug and fit pipe to roof rails with metal pipe brackets with self tappers or nuts bolts.
I then cut 2 bars the same length.
Accordingly i drilled out 6 1 4 holes in each bar.
I can only fit so much crap in the back of a cj 5 so everything else goes on the roof.
A roof is much more than just the decorative top of a building.
Use scd 40 it will hold up well to rock tree for the most part still cheap.
Although looking at it now the 2008 uses shaded sections for new or modified wording so the thin line might just be for new.
