Build a new bar....Need help.... - Home Tiki Bars

C Cenvalycali Member Joined: Mar 20, 2013 Posts: 5	C Cenvalycali Posted posted on Wed, Mar 20, 2013 4:47 PM I've been looking at alot of youtube videos lately and I would like to build a little patio bar for my family. My house is the place to be for every holiday so I would like to take the traffic outside. At first I wanted a bar shaped like a U without the curves but decided against it because... This will be my first bar ever build and my experience level is beginner at best. Room. The space I have to use is plenty big, but I'm a renter now and would like to buy a house in the next six months. I would like the bar to have room for atleast three people. I think I read somewhere that 24inches should be aloud for every person sitting at the bar. I would like a roof/canopy. I've seen a few roofs made of 2x4 for frames with cheap metal plates for the roof. The same stuff people use for backyard sheds. So I was thinking I could make the frame of the bar out of 2x4. The length would be 5 feet and 3 feet. The legs of the bar would consist of 5-4x4 placed in each corner. The legs would fit inbetween the 2x4. I could face the bar with some cheap 1/2 plywood for extra strength. I'm not really sure what to do the top of the bar in. I've read that mdf is good enough, but I would be afraid that that stuff would expand as soon as it got any liquid on it. Im thinking some nicer plywood that I could stain and clear. So I have a few questions, actually after reading my thread if anyone sees anything I'm overlooking please feel free to stop me and question me. How tall should my canopy legs be? The bar itself I would like to be about 42 inches. I plan on the canopy legs to bolt down to the bar top with brackets. The roof itself will come down at a slant so I need enough room for a tall person to get under that :) Do I need pressure threated wood? I plan to use screws and brackets to butt my wood. This is a couple vids/threads I've been looking at...TY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO17YNDoal8 http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=37748&forum=20&5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBtmyTqfLg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHLrMorZ2QY

I've been looking at alot of youtube videos lately and I would like to build a little patio bar for my family. My house is the place to be for every holiday so I would like to take the traffic outside. At first I wanted a bar shaped like a U without the curves but decided against it because...

This will be my first bar ever build and my experience level is beginner at best.
Room. The space I have to use is plenty big, but I'm a renter now and would like to buy a house in the next six months.

I would like the bar to have room for atleast three people. I think I read somewhere that 24inches should be aloud for every person sitting at the bar. I would like a roof/canopy. I've seen a few roofs made of 2x4 for frames with cheap metal plates for the roof. The same stuff people use for backyard sheds.

So I was thinking I could make the frame of the bar out of 2x4. The length would be 5 feet and 3 feet. The legs of the bar would consist of 5-4x4 placed in each corner. The legs would fit inbetween the 2x4. I could face the bar with some cheap 1/2 plywood for extra strength. I'm not really sure what to do the top of the bar in. I've read that mdf is good enough, but I would be afraid that that stuff would expand as soon as it got any liquid on it. Im thinking some nicer plywood that I could stain and clear.

So I have a few questions, actually after reading my thread if anyone sees anything I'm overlooking please feel free to stop me and question me.

How tall should my canopy legs be? The bar itself I would like to be about 42 inches. I plan on the canopy legs to bolt down to the bar top with brackets. The roof itself will come down at a slant so I need enough room for a tall person to get under that :)
Do I need pressure threated wood? I plan to use screws and brackets to butt my wood.

This is a couple vids/threads I've been looking at...TY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO17YNDoal8
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=37748&forum=20&5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBtmyTqfLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHLrMorZ2QY

Post #671739 by Cenvalycali on Wed, Mar 20, 2013 4:47 PM