Roofing a Wooden Gazebo

[wowthathurt]

I've got a hardwood gazebo over my spa in the back garden. The original fabric roof didn't even last the summer before it tore, so I thought about putting a wooden roof on it.

The gazebo is 8' square and the roof is made of four triangles up to a centre point. Thus the part of the wood that sits on the triangle outer edges will not sit flat and may need some sort of bevel, but I would rather not!

I considered feather edged fencing as a roof but think a ply roof with some sort of reed screen stapled onto it will be better.

OK, I'm not bad at DIY but sometimes I don't know what will work or will choose a method that would make a boat builder cringe. So will this idea work and what pitfalls do I need to consider? Has anyone got a suggestion of another way i could give my gazebo an attractive roof.

Cost is a factor but something that will last a fair amount of time and is attractive is more important. I would appreciate any suggestions.

 

[Deluks]

I didn't get the bit about not sitting flat, and bevels, are each of the 4 triangles curved round slightly?? If so, just use thinner ply and bend it round.

You'll also need to waterproof the ply.

You could give it a layer of felt, or some kind of paint-on roof mastic. then the reed over that. The screen will make it decorative and will protect the roof covering from the sun. Probably.


...or use wooden roof shingles.

 

[masona]

Metal roofing tiles sheet

http://www.slecladding.co.uk/kingspantiles.htm

or this one

http://www.slecladding.co.uk/versasteel.htm

http://www.slecladding.co.uk/protile.htm

 

[wowthathurt]

Thanks for the advice, the felt is a good idea.

The sides of the triangles are flat (difficult to explain this bit!) but when say a sheet of ply sits on the triangle it will sit the the edges of the triangle rather than the flat face.

The triangle sides are the 4 corners of the roof and meet together in the centre - at the apex of the roof. The plan view or the roof would be a square with a cross inside from corner to corner, making a square with 4 triangles on the inside.

Sorry to be confusing, I wish I could paste a simple drawing into this![/img]

 

[wowthathurt]

Thanks Masona

I'm going to ring that company as they may have an alternative solution that would be better.

 

[masona]

Some more info when I was enquiries,

Recycle tyre made into rubber tiles

http://www.cat.org.uk/news/news_release.tmpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqSKUdatarq=21030

http://www.e-b-c-uk.com/