Puttin up my garage

[John Luciano]

Started at 1:00. All my helpers could not help today so going it alone. 4:00 hrs so far. Then got too dark

 

[bikerbillone]

Started at 1:00. All my helpers could not help today so going it alone. 4:00 hrs so far. Then got too dark

John, that's clever, I see the laid bricks for the floor, but explain those structure supports and what you plan to use for the outside skin.

 

[John Luciano]

Made by Shelter Logic. A local MFG company. The structure is 1 5/8 tube. The cover is a PVC. Base fabric. 13 mil thick rip stop. Quite strong. More on it when I finish it tomorrow.

 

[DTR 11TG]

Made by Shelter Logic. A local MFG company. The structure is 1 5/8 tube. The cover is a PVC. Base fabric. 13 mil thick rip stop. Quite strong. More on it when I finish it tomorrow.

Will you be able to or do you plan to heat & work in it? Looks like a nice size for a trike.

 

[John Luciano]

20 x 12. 8 ' tall it for the classic car.
Trike and bikes are in the real garage.
Have plans to put a lift in it.

 

[Sully]

Hope it holds the snow like mine did, but not much snow here.

 

[John Luciano]

I hope so. It is a fully enclosed front and rear roll up doors. Yea we don't get flurries here and it last for months. They claim load safe. 1 5/8 tubes.

 

[DblTrbl]

I like the idea of the bricks. I use a 12x12 tarp over the grass. Think I will visit HD or Lowes for some 2'x2' pavers. Sounds like a good weekend project. Thanks for the idea.:clapping:

 

[rmrc51]

I had something very similar years ago but a much larger size. It had room for two cars side by side. The big problem I had was that it retained too much moisture. At times, it looked like it had rained inside. Everything was wet. How-ever, I didn't have any flooring. Hopefully your brick floor will prevent any moisture accumulation.

Just a heads up.

 

[John Luciano]

They make a vent kit.. I am looking into it. I also had it made with front and rear
doors.

 

[rmrc51]

Mine had the vent kit as well along with front & read doors. My moisture problem was less if I left the front & rear door flaps open. I still feel the problem I had was due to not having my tent on a concrete pad. It was just a dirt floor. Your brick pad might give you moisture protection.

 

[bikerbillone]

Made by Shelter Logic. A local MFG company. The structure is 1 5/8 tube. The cover is a PVC. Base fabric. 13 mil thick rip stop. Quite strong. More on it when I finish it tomorrow.

Good plan, keep us posted.

 

[John Luciano]

Taking a lot longer than I figures. Got it squared up, got it nailed down. Got front and rear doors on. And the adjustable slides in place. Now I need help with the cover... Waiting for the weekend to get people.

 

[leo3wheel]

In 2010, Jeannette and I erected a 21' X 11' shed with vinyl floor on a oversized concrete slab to store our trike. Gets nice and toasty on sunny days. Shed survived hurricanes Irene and Sandy, although we had to replace a roof panel after Sandy. A 4" branch pierced the roof.

 

[Rosy]

Leo, nice pile of leafs, Jeannette did a great job in raking! I thought you were helping? LOL

Rosy

 

[leo3wheel]

Jeannette did a nice job with that pile and others.

 

[John Luciano]

15 years ago I built a 20 wide 14 deep shed ( actually looks like 2 10'x10' sheds ) with a 6' extension so I can park a car inside. Has garage doors on the right and a ramp to a 40" door to a raised floor separate storage on the left. It is full. Also it is 50 feet from the house. Having snow blower and Gen. that far away was not handy. Was going to convert the Hot tub room we no longer use into a trike / bike garage. Still may do that too. Need room for toys. Thinking of putting a car lift in this new portable garage. Always wanted one.

 

[John Luciano]

It is up. Wish I could post multi pictures.
needs to be tightened up as soon as the sun warms it a bit. Temp inside is 15 deg warmer than out side and not even sunny today. 45 deg out 60 inside.

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Inside view. Working on an operating door.. Not crazy about their system. Looks like rain we will soon see how it works.

 

[rhino 2]

15 years ago I built a 20 wide 14 deep shed ( actually looks like 2 10'x10' sheds ) with a 6' extension so I can park a car inside. Has garage doors on the right and a ramp to a 40" door to a raised floor separate storage on the left. It is full. Also it is 50 feet from the house. Having snow blower and Gen. that far away was not handy. Was going to convert the Hot tub room we no longer use into a trike / bike garage. Still may do that too. Need room for toys. Thinking of putting a car lift in this new portable garage. Always wanted one.

George Carlin had a skit about that ' It was called;''STUFF'' Very funny..ThumbUp

 

[John Luciano]

It is done. Now all the motorcycles have their own home and the car is safe from the elements too.. I tried a car cover last year. When it was covered with 6" of snow, was not fun.
Wow now I have more room for toys. Yea!
Not happy with the door system. Working on an improvement.

 

[dirtdobber]

This is called a quonset. This application works rather well. It is copied from the quonset greenhouses that has been in use for many many years with good reliability.
the 1 5/8 inch tubing will handle all the snow you can throw at it, up to a point. The only down fall for snow is the distance between the railings. It is wide for the length.
The plastic is made to handle many years of service.
I would have use the white green house plastic instead and added hard enclosure on the front.
You can get em really big.
The covering used here is designed for better control of heat and cooling for cars/trucks etc... It will out last the greenhouse plastic but not by much.
A very low cost of protection.

 

[John Luciano]

To begin with it is not the bargain tarp garage. I live 8 miles from the Shelter Logic factory. I went there and we built it to my spec. The pipe frame is 1 5/8 not the normal 1 3/8 and it is spaced only 45 inches apart. The door is going to be left open , unless we have a blizzards headed this way. The fabric is not the 5 mil stuff it is 9 mil. Way thicker than normal. Rip stop, UV protected.

I added a motion light and a fluorescent light and installed two plug outlets. Re designed the front door for easier neater roll up.

Now I need to add shelfs. It is well protected from high wind and drifting snow.

I hope to get at least 5 years out of it. They sell replacement covers for $200 Or I can get an even thicker one 14 mil for $300. That's my plan.

 

[DTR 11TG]

Great looking building, but I have a left field question, if you ever need to replace the cover would it make sense to install the new cover over the old? I can think of reasons to do that, but I don't know the building like you do. :Shrug:

 

[John Luciano]

Great looking building, but I have a left field question, if you ever need to replace the cover would it make sense to install the new cover over the old? I can think of reasons to do that, but I don't know the building like you do. :Shrug:

Sounds like a good idea... Only question would be the added weight. That cover weight is 40 lb. so that would add 40 lb to the snow load. I would go with the 14 mil cover if this did not last. Don't know if the tube structure could support 2 covers. Also if the covers goes, from the ones I have seen , they are shredded.

 

[dirtdobber]

Unless you get some abnormal conditions the covering should last longer than 5 years.

I worked with this type of materials for a lot of years and from my experience they last at least 2 years longer than the warranty implies.

for what they do it is a good low cost to have a shelter.