I have a cabin on a mountainside up north. In winter, the wind blows quite hard between the mountains, and it always drifts a large amount of snow over the steps up to the cabin. An endless damn amount of shoveling.
I'm thinking of building a side on the existing steps to counteract the worst of the snow drift. The new side won't function as a railing, as I have a railing on the other side. There, it's not really a side to speak of, just a few posts to make it easier to shovel the snow down the slope.
As I've envisioned it, the side consists of vertical slats made of 45x45mm basic lumber with a 20mm gap between them.
The 45x45mm slats are screwed at the bottom directly into the existing stringer, which if I remember correctly is the 45x220mm variant. The whole thing is stabilized at the top by a horizontal 45x45 rail. Two screws at the bottom, one at the top.
Do you think this will be stable enough? If not, how would you improve it?
I'm thinking of building a side on the existing steps to counteract the worst of the snow drift. The new side won't function as a railing, as I have a railing on the other side. There, it's not really a side to speak of, just a few posts to make it easier to shovel the snow down the slope.
As I've envisioned it, the side consists of vertical slats made of 45x45mm basic lumber with a 20mm gap between them.
The 45x45mm slats are screwed at the bottom directly into the existing stringer, which if I remember correctly is the 45x220mm variant. The whole thing is stabilized at the top by a horizontal 45x45 rail. Two screws at the bottom, one at the top.
Do you think this will be stable enough? If not, how would you improve it?
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