We took advantage of a sunny winter day to switch out the roof on the kayak storage fence.
The first version had 2’ x 2’ panels of corrugated galvanized roofing but they didn’t give quite enough protection from the sun and the rain and created a blinding glare at certain times of the year.
The new roofing is black and 36 x 32 inches, creating a 30 inch overhang. We added a flashing up top and screwed C-metal the the bottom edge to reduce the risk of an accidental throat slashing.
This is just an ordinary 6 foot tall yard fence, although it is fairly new. I probably wouldn’t do this to a wobbly old fence.
The kayaks are sitting on 2 foot long pieces of 3/4” solid steel rod, painted yellow. The 4 x 4 fence posts are drilled to a depth of 2 5/8” (I use a guide and a forstner bit for clean holes) leaving about 21 inches of rod sticking out. The first hole is drilled 9” down from the top of the fence (but to do it again I’d go 8”), and the rod that sticks out of this hole connects across to a 3/4 x 1” hole in the back of a 2 x 3 that supports the front edge of the roof. I bevel this piece and the fence cap but it’s not really necessary. Finished pitch is somewhere around 5-12. Vertical spacing of the rest of the rods is 16 inches on center. The fence posts are somewhere around 8 feet apart, but anything between 6 and 10 would be fine.
Many people don’t know that you can order small amounts of metal roofing pre-cut from roofing or lumber supply stores for a very reasonable price. Total cost of the roofing package here for 40 linear feet of fence was only about $250 and took less than a week to arrive. My only complaint is that I really need about twice this much storage.
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