Power of the Triangle: Hip Roof in 8 Minutes

[hpinson]

This is really impressive.  A strong hip roof in eight minutes.  Comments?

[embed=425,349]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I2TC2bMri8[/embed]

[MountainDon]

First thing that came to mind was it would be difficult to nail the edges of a rectangular panel of OSB to that. I'll watch the video later.

[MountainDon]

It's an interesting engineering design. 8 minutes on the ground, unfolding. How much time to make the folding parts and fasten them all together?

So when it is finished and loaded with some snow, I wonder how are the forces being resolved? The triangles are all strong; what about the rectangular fascia? Is it being stressed? I'm being curious?

[hpinson]

It's an interesting engineering design. 8 minutes on the ground, unfolding. How much time to make the folding parts and fasten them all together?

Based on the cost I saw at their website, even before shipping, probably it does take a while to make them.

Their website is worth a look: http://aldoized.com/

and they had some other interesting videos up

http://www.youtube.com/user/aldoized

The folding hip roofs they offer really seem oriented towards very small buildings.

http://aldoized.com/do-it-yourself-folding-roof-kits.htm

I stumbled on this when looking at hexagonal structures, like Hogans.