{"id":38510,"date":"2018-09-02T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T22:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=38510"},"modified":"2018-09-02T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T22:16:50","slug":"looks-good-but-will-it-last-the-winter-thats-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/02\/looks-good-but-will-it-last-the-winter-thats-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks good. But will it last the winter? That’s the question."},"content":{"rendered":"

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So there’s the most recent addition to Ye Olde Wreck: a clear acrylic porch cover to keep the worst winter rains from blowing in under the front door.<\/p>\n

So far so good and I look forward to sitting under it when the first gentle fall rains arrive. But will it last the winter? That’s the question.<\/p>\n

The structure was designed to hold a 1\/4-inch flat sheet of plexiglas that would bear up through a nuclear blast. Well, at least through the gale-force winds that sometimes clobber this very exposed corner. Substituting fragile corrugated acrylic was a risk. But I think you’ll understand my reasoning: Plexiglas, $250; acrylic, $10 at a builder’s garage sale.<\/p>\n

Seemed like a good idea at the time, but when I saw it completed I bet The Wandering Monk $0.05 that the roof wouldn’t last the winter. He bet $0.25 that it would. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

In any case, if the acrylic shreds, the structure can be retrofitted with the real deal later. Or I can slap a slab of plywood up there as a temporary solution.<\/p>\n

Goofy rooflines in that area, too. Everywhere else I’ve managed to eliminate roof craziness over the five years I’ve been working on the house; but here we only managed to make the lines and overlaps more complicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So there’s the most recent addition to Ye Olde Wreck: a clear acrylic porch cover to keep the worst winter rains from blowing in under the front door. So far so good and I look forward to sitting under it when the first gentle fall rains arrive. But will it last the winter? That’s the question. The structure was designed to hold a 1\/4-inch flat sheet of plexiglas that would bear up through a nuclear blast. Well, at least through the gale-force winds that sometimes clobber this very exposed corner. Substituting fragile corrugated acrylic was a risk. But I think…<\/p>\n

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