Building an Open-Air Workshop
Check out our new outdoor workshop! We used the Toja Grid Modular pergola system to build an open-air workshop for our rental house in Joshua Tree. The covered workshop was made by inserting standard 10-foot long 4x4s that we got from Home Depot into the Toja Grid steel brackets. The result is a structure that is 10′ by 20′ by 10′.
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You are gorgeous
we can pergola with poles of 9cmx9cm???
@HomeMadeModern any issues with it being 10 feet high ?
This could be a key scene in a gritty modustrial remake of Witness!
It looks so good! Omg it’s inspiring so many ideas haha
Damn good job bro.
Very cool. Is there an open air that is rain proof? Or rather do you have a video of one
First time framing? That’s not how we do it. Stand up the four posts using temporary braces, level, plumb and square. Then use your go-cart to assemble the top pieces, one at a time. Consolidate the braces until the whole thing is geometrically perfect then lock it that way.
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Those Toja Grid components are expensive as hell. 2 corners or "Trio’s for $160.00. 2 mid T’s or "Quad’s" $240.00.
U must have no friends???
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question, is this system strong enough if I cover the walls with plywood or would a strong wind knock it over? we are in a pretty windy area…
Not a pre-drilled hole anywhere to be seen. I guess some people love cracking wood. Must be nice to be sponsored and just build stuff to showcase products.
What about the rain? How would you keep the rain out and prevent the rain from wetting your tools?
BEAST MODE!
thank you, you just gave me a lot of ideas i could use on a bunch of projects i got lined up, you guys are so amazing. also, i thought it was my left eye there for a moment.
Looking back on this would have rather had the 3 people?
Great ideas to build something by yourself but I do wish that Americans would learn to speak English. It’s "From us or off us " and not, "Off of us." It’s just plain "..to keep the sun off us."
I just hope that the materials used were mentioned on the description coz I don’t what that black thing is 😅 or maybe he said it, my phone volume is just really low 🤔
Did you get an "A" in wood shop?
Looks like a bar….i think i’ll call it a workshop to get the OK from my wife 🙂
Guess you don’t get a lot of rain there then?! Any way nice job.
when it rains hard the water can not get thru the sail fast enough and the weight of the water rips the straps out of the sail. DO NOT BUY TOJA Grid ! Also TERRIBLE customer service. Ships from Canada and customs holds up your delivery and ToJa does nothing to help. DO NOT BUY ToJa Grid ! Then the wind will cause the straps to wear all the way thru and break because the attachment clasps are sharp on the edges instead of being round like they should be DO NOT BUY ToJa Grid !
also a nice pavillon for a bbq or other outdoor activities. of course the weather has to play along 😉
Live in an area where a half dozen times a year the winds blow steady at 50mph with gusts of 70mph for 3 days straight. Most of those times it’s raining sideways. Wonder if you think this Toja system would stand up to that kind of beating. Of course I wouldn’t leave my tools uncovered, but I’m concerned about the structure.
Hi,
Do you happen to recall the welds on the inside of your Trio brackets causing you trouble getting the wood in? Mine are large and basically prevent the wood from sliding in as advertised. Was that a rubber mallet you used to hammer them in?
Great video! I am doing the same thing for my backyard with no privacy. Any idea what is the wind resistant on the structure? I am planning to do the same setup with yours but I am adding in 2 more sets of lumbers and toja grid brackets.
2:49 lens smudge removal was very relieving thank you ben
How is it holding up? Any damage on the sail shade? Wind damage? Thanks!
😲 wow extent job 👍
Have you seen the price for the brackets…yeah no thanks
This guy is just like me, I don’t like to call my friends.
tell me the 4×4 are special order or regular, do they resist de sun?
What is the distance between each section
Then how to make wood sustain fro any climate? What products to apply? Thanks
Sometimes you need help. But usually one is more efficient. If you’re going to move it. Next time you put it back together, you might want to glue the wall boards together. If you ever move it after, you just have to cut a vertical line up the middle of the 4×4 support and you have a few panels instead of a multitude of boards to puzzle back together! Very nice build BTW!
Nice addition for days where you don’t want to work inside. Not very practical for where I live in Maine though, as it’s "wintah" most of the year!
How did you anchor to deck?
Dude, you barely averted personal injury there.
Options:
1-Raise a “bent” or one arch shape brace with 45 of 2×4, the the other and connect them horizontally.
2- screw base to 2x4s or plywood 4’x4’ base for each post , temp screw to deck, attach beams one at a time.
3- Nail on drag legs and diagonal brace so as you raise, it braces itself.
4- consult a a good framer. Would have given you half dozen safer quicker ways to do this.
You kinda got this idea towards the end of it.
I’ve built a lot solo and that could have gone wrong in a heartbeat.
Oh boy, those would be great and easy to build an Aframe. Sweet! 👍🏻🇺🇸
Is the finished product actually 10′ x 20′ or 10′ 9" x 21′ 1/2" ? Isn’t there a 1" screwing flange on each base (so add 1" on all four sides for them)…and then don’t you have to allow for the width of the brackets that the 4x4s go in to (so add 3 1/2" x 2 = 7" for front to back AND add 3 1/2" x 3 = 10 1/2" for side to side). I love how the product looks and goes together but it won’t fit a 12′ deck…so I have to go with a 10" product for front to back or build a deck deeper than 12”. Isn’t that so?
What about rain? Weatherproofing?
2:03 thank me later
Man , I think I would get a friend , neighbor or pay someone just to help me hold a few pieces of wood together for safety purposes. I put the toja hammock and pergola together and 2 people is perfect. Also beware , this kit from Canada is expensive and you have to buy the wood
Great job, Ben! Looks awesome! Like you said in the podcast, your dust collection is a leaf blower! 🤓👍🏼
Mark with the selfie. 😂
All I want for Xmas is the tiny house video
How much roughly would this project cost to build?
10K worth of lumber
Kits are at least $1700. That’s a lot when wood isn’t included. I’ll pass.