Peaked Langstroth Roof

Warm air holds moisture and the warmer the air the more moisture it can hold.

Peaked langstroth roof.

Home hobby commercial brood box. Since a summer beehive is loaded with moisture from both bee respiration and drying nectar the hive can quickly become a damp mold infested environment that is not healthy for bees or good for making honey. If the hive design specifies a flat roof you can swap out these tops for a peaked roof. Is your flow hive classic roof in need of a replacement or would you like a spare to make apiary maintenance even easier.

Do you have a flow super on your existing langstroth hive and have always wanted to complete your set up with our iconic gabled flow roof. Factory second langstroth peaked roof 2. The next step of the outdoor woodworking project is to build the peaked roof. I made the roof from some scrap pieces of 1 2 plywood.

They may include small tight knots. Use the construction plans for the latter hives and simply adjust the measurement to accommodate your nuc langstroth or british national hive. The depth is standard langstroth deep. Make architectural alterations to your roof.

Now rip the length edge of each board at 22 1 2 degrees. Now you can specially designed to be used in conjunction w. We have two one with a flat roof the other with a peaked roof. We have plastic frames in stock.

In addition lock the rafters together by inserting 2 1 2. Notify me when this product is available sign up to receive info about sales and new products. The reason for the difference in the width is for the overlap at the peak of the roof. This will make for a tight peak.

It is 4 feet 3 4 long. The comb cut shingle design echoes our comb cut joint ensuring a cohesive aesthetic for your apiary or garden. One side will be 1 2 x 12 1 2 x 24 and the other side will be 1 2 x 12 x 24. Our peaked langstroth roof angles steeply for optimal rain run off and is available in 8 or 10 frame size.

My brother helps me build a cute roof for my first hive. Fit the rafters to the support beam drill pilot holes and insert 3 1 2 screws to create rigid joints. The hive we are using is the size of three langstroth deep boxes turned sideways and placed in a row only without the sides in between. As you can easily notice in the diagram you need to cut both ends of the rafters at 45 degrees.

A ventilated gabled roof is one of my favorite pieces of beekeeping equipment. These peaked use the same quality lumber as our premium peaked beehive roofs but failed to meet our stringent quality requirements.