portable garages or carports?
I cannot imagine this holding up for long in VT winters. "Up here" in Idaho our winters vary wildly. They vary from very mild with very very little snow, to once in awhile quite a bit of snow. Even being careful, a fabric port only lasts a VERY few years, going out every night and brushing snow off, etc.
(I actually had one, and replaced the tarp. I don't remember, 3 years?)
I got "lucky." I fell into a BUNCH of material left over from warehous shelving and welded up two, one for the front, one for the back. This did cost me a bit, and steel roofing is not cheap. But I don't have to worry about snow, either. However, neither is what I would call fully enclosed. I used pressure treated 2 x 6 doubled for the "foundations." By the way, here "the code" does not address "portable" buildings with no permanent wiring, plumbing, or foundations. I believe there's a size limit, so I hope they won't notice, LOL.
After a bit of a windstorm
Fabbing up the frames for the backyard. The material is about 8', 2" channel, "just right" for these frames. I welded two together for the horizontal ties
Considering the time, money, and lack of maintenance, and disregard for need to remove snow, this was definately one of my better ideas!!
I cannot imagine this holding up for long in VT winters. "Up here" in Idaho our winters vary wildly. They vary from very mild with very very little snow, to once in awhile quite a bit of snow. Even being careful, a fabric port only lasts a VERY few years, going out every night and brushing snow off, etc.
(I actually had one, and replaced the tarp. I don't remember, 3 years?)
I got "lucky." I fell into a BUNCH of material left over from warehous shelving and welded up two, one for the front, one for the back. This did cost me a bit, and steel roofing is not cheap. But I don't have to worry about snow, either. However, neither is what I would call fully enclosed. I used pressure treated 2 x 6 doubled for the "foundations." By the way, here "the code" does not address "portable" buildings with no permanent wiring, plumbing, or foundations. I believe there's a size limit, so I hope they won't notice, LOL.
After a bit of a windstorm
Fabbing up the frames for the backyard. The material is about 8', 2" channel, "just right" for these frames. I welded two together for the horizontal ties
Considering the time, money, and lack of maintenance, and disregard for need to remove snow, this was definately one of my better ideas!!
