Last year in the fall, i saw some triangle shades at Costco on clearance and thought that i would like to use those for something.
I have a tether ball in my back yard and the kids don't use it. I also like laying out in the hammock at night and thought that a place to hang hammocks (cause the kids are always taking my spot)
I figured that most of the year something with shade would be nice and the wheels were turning. I came up with some rigid metal conduit in 2 sizes and some regular 3/4" on the top for shade.
The pics below are how it turned out. But basically three poles all 8' tall in place with 18" below ground and cement. The tops are hole drilled and then welded into place. I can do pull-ups on these top supports without the poles bending. The shade thing was easier than i thought it would be since the poles are all spread exactly 10' apart and held in place by the cross bars. I took a bender and some cast iron Ts. I bend the 10' section of 3/4 into a circle, then cut into 3 pieces 40" long and then put them back together and welded them together to hold the 3/4" conduit that hangs 4' past the ends of each pole. (the shades are 13' long triangles. I used black bungee's to keep tension and hold the shades in place.
Now i have a place for 6 hammocks (like bunk beds) and the kids love to hang out there and lay and read in the hammocks. It's taken a long time to finish since it seems that for 2 months everyone in the house has been taking turns getting sick. The little guy(10m old) has been pulling extra duty with 5 colds in a row.
Thoughts??
I have a tether ball in my back yard and the kids don't use it. I also like laying out in the hammock at night and thought that a place to hang hammocks (cause the kids are always taking my spot)
I figured that most of the year something with shade would be nice and the wheels were turning. I came up with some rigid metal conduit in 2 sizes and some regular 3/4" on the top for shade.
The pics below are how it turned out. But basically three poles all 8' tall in place with 18" below ground and cement. The tops are hole drilled and then welded into place. I can do pull-ups on these top supports without the poles bending. The shade thing was easier than i thought it would be since the poles are all spread exactly 10' apart and held in place by the cross bars. I took a bender and some cast iron Ts. I bend the 10' section of 3/4 into a circle, then cut into 3 pieces 40" long and then put them back together and welded them together to hold the 3/4" conduit that hangs 4' past the ends of each pole. (the shades are 13' long triangles. I used black bungee's to keep tension and hold the shades in place.
Now i have a place for 6 hammocks (like bunk beds) and the kids love to hang out there and lay and read in the hammocks. It's taken a long time to finish since it seems that for 2 months everyone in the house has been taking turns getting sick. The little guy(10m old) has been pulling extra duty with 5 colds in a row.
Thoughts??