Sliding Roof Observatory Shed

Shed offers a spacious capacity of 98 cu.

Sliding roof observatory shed.

This medium sized 4 ft. Storage space can be a problem let the suncast glidetop horizontal shed be your solution. Astroquest1 building a concrete pier https. This is a sliding roof observatory shed and these are becoming very popular with enthusiasts across the country.

And features wide double doors with glidetop slide lid technology allowing you to move and store oversized items with ease. This particular observatory has the roof sliding forward over the door opening. Also because i have built on a sloping site the rails are supported on short posts not resting on the ground so the rails are taking the weight not the ground. They are in the video description section as well so they can be copied.

See more ideas about retractable roof main roof roof. My observatory is a roughly 6 x4 run off shed with the entire building rolling off so i guess the overall weight is not wildly different to your run off roof. Below are links my construction plans. Clair observatory with new roof feb 2009 opening the roof is performed by first removing the locking devices and dropping the gable flap followed by sliding the roof with either a push or pulling action using just a single hand.

A removable floor was also supplied that had a space within it to allow access for the pillar mounted telescope. Rollers on the roof make it easy to slide the lid back to access all the items stored in the shed. The rubbermaid slide lid shed is short enough to fit under standard fence heights yet has ample room to hold everything from long handled tools to riding or push lawn mowers. Instead of having to lift off the roof of an observatory these roofs can be rolled to one side and easily moved back afterword to protect the equipment.