Quick and dirty boat shed

[TimH]

$200 for the Costco tent and $150 for the lumber :)


http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr133/hoehnt/IMG_39544.jpg

Oh yea..the front panel unscrews to put the boat in.

[Michael Beckman]

I've got my Poulsbo boat under one of those. Held up to last nights windstorm, so I think it'll be ok for the winter.

[TimH]

Tonight will be the real test. Last night was just a teaser.

[Bill R]

Ooo! Something like that may solve my shop space problem with a budget I can work with...

Thanks!

[Spokaloo]

In Spokane we call those tumbleweeds. They need to be WELL anchored.

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[JimD]

Nice solution. You going to try to work on it under there or is it just for storage?

[Yeadon]

I built Big Food in a tent like that. I set it up between a vine maple and a plum tree, then guyed it out when we had that big wind storm during the Seahawks playoff game. Worked great, but you gotta anchor that puppy.

After I finished the boat, I sold the tent to a fellow headed to Burning Man. He needed a home for all his dusty friends.

[TimH]

Nice solution. You going to try to work on it under there or is it just for storage?

The plan is to work under it.

So far its held up to the wind pretty well.

[Daniel Noyes]

If you are in a heavy snow area take a look at the arch type (Quansit hut) tents of the same construction, we had a roof type one in the yard at PL co. and the snow built up and did not slide off because of the poles along the eves, then it rained and the roof fell in.

[darroch]

If you cut some holes up high at the ends near the peak it reduces some of the pressure which is apparently what causes roofs to blow off in hurricanes. This, however, will do little to solve the condensation problems. I eventually ripped out a door in the back of mine and rolled up both sides a couple of feet. I also had to bolt the feet to the pavement. You can strengthen it somewhat by ropes 'athwartshed' but those same ropes will chafe through the tarp after a couple of windstorms and produce the aforementioned leaks.


http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/RDM_bucket/dfdace35.jpg?t=1258495473
Still, it's better than nothing.
Oh, and btw, roll a 2 by 4 up with the sides and lash it to the poles - it will prevent the snow and water from accumulating on the roof - the water run-off collects in the folds and keeps the roof pretty taut.

[TimH]

That bright color is nice because it lets more light in.

[Spokaloo]

He's on Whidbey. They might get snow once a year, and its only a few inches. Now about the 40" of rain and constant aircraft flying low...

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[darroch]

I can't remember the last time we had so many windstorms in one month...hope the shed is still upright.

[TimH]

It was still standing as of this morning. I am camping in the redwood forest at the moment :D

Hopefully it will still be standing on Monday.

[Thorne]

Here's mine. $300 regular price from HF but I got it on sale for about half a few years ago. I'm not recommending it over other products, just showing what I gots. There is no way to pull the sides down onto the frame base, so I use small C-clamps and blocks of wood to grab the lower edge in two places per side, then lash the clamps to the metal base-rail along each side.

Their packaging is nearly as poor as their manufacturing, and the 16' garage kit included a cover that was 20' long - so I added the end arch of PVC to the metal frame kit. Here it is ready for a new cover last weekend -
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs068.snc3/13553_209329358645_519763645_4055341_8121711_n.jpg

Went to HF to buy the $70 replacement cover, figuring I'd just pull off the PVC addition -- but wisely I waited until purchasing the cover. Lo and Behold! The replacement cover (which looked like it had been returned once) was also 20' long and fit my frame perfectly.

It is staked to the ground and tied to the fence in back and a large tree in front.
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs048.snc3/13553_209743513645_519763645_4059841_5337854_n.jpg

[TimH]

The Costco ones, while made in china, are of decent quality. 10 X 20

[Thorne]

Got back from the Delta after nearly losing my boat when the trailer blew up onto one wheel in the 40+ mph gusts, only to find the HF garage had blown down.

I'd left one corner pulled back, and the tiedown lines had gotten old and sun rotted.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs068.snc3/13553_214798928645_519763645_4100254_6804775_n.jpg

I bent most of the frame pieces back into place and taped them together, will try putting up the cover tomorrow -
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs048.snc3/13553_214799533645_519763645_4100273_3853350_n.jpg

[davidagage]

Dang Thorne, that was a windy day!!!:eek:

I started out with one of these, bought of ebay.

.http://www.qqyard.com/Ppics/OutdoorLine/tent/YS1404us/11.jpg

The material lasted for 3 years of constant exposure. I then took the roof frame and streched it to 36 feet long and bolted it all up to 16' 4X4 posts sunf 4' into the ground, covered it with a 20X36 heavy duty UV treated tarp to get this...

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/Claudia_David/Working%20on%20Black%20Spirit/P6140030.jpg

I ran a 2X4 the length to attach the sides, on this side it is screwed through the grommets with lag screws but the opposite side and ends are attached by bungies to allow for the breeze and any other movement. It hasen't moved a bit in the winds we have had this year. (sorry for the phone picture)

[darroch]

Sorry to see that, Thorne. I thought your fences would save you.

[tomlarkin]

Het, davidagage, I'm using the same wedding canopy tent, bought from EBay like you did. Infortunately, the tarp material started leaking after about a year. I added a white tarp on top of it, and had to do the same this year. It's starting to look pretty Beverly hillbilly-ish. Where the original material faces the sun is completely deteriorated - I can poke my finger right through it. I plan on launching this spring, so it just needs to last a few more months. I ran a line from every grommet just to be safe.
http://boatbuild.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/p1040537_thumb.jpg

[Thorne]

The fences and humungous tree should have saved that HF barn, but I foolishly left part of the cover pulled back and the end open, which caught the wind.

Got the frame bent, hammered, taped, wired and otherwise 'persuaded' back into a shape of some sort -- I think it will hold but we shall see...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2764/4144807835_6681b4c587_o.jpg

The wherry is back under cover after an exciting (and potentially disastrous) weekend for both boat and barn -
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/4144811193_71e111b30c_o.jpg

[Dan from Jersey]

Hi Thorne,

I also have a HF tent just like yours and I'm on my second canopy as well. I didn't extend mine, though.

One suggestion - during a wind storm here on the east coast, the canopy ballooned out in the gust - then the frames sort of loosened up. This allowed one of the ridge poles to slip out and ding the hood on my pickup. So to prevent another occurance, I ran a line from one end to the other to keep the frames tight during wind storms.

It's been fine (rusty as hell, but fine just the same) since. Every once in a while, I just check the line to make sure it stays tight.

At any rate, thought I'd tell ya - and hopefully avoid a ding in that beautiful wherry of yours.

Later, Dan