BSCC- EXTERNAL: Anyone have experience with a portable garage?

[Beardsley, Bill]

Celia,

I've had 3 of these, and have had no trouble. The first one was a lot like the one shown, and eventually I got rid of it
because it was so dark inside. Also, you get more room inside with the "shed" style roof rather than the "Quonset" style here.
I used that first one over a car in my driveway and I had trouble with water coming in under the sides, but my driveway doesn't
have good drainage. The other two are both the "shed" style, and I keep boats in them. The second one is a very cheap one
and the steel tubes are quite far apart so, worrying about snow load, I added some wood slats under the roof going across
the supports. I didn't brace up the other two and never have had a problem.

I would look at Shelterlogic before deciding anything. All 3 of mine were made by them, and I'm impressed with the engineering and
quality of them. (I bought the 3rd one knowing it was low-end).  http://www.shelterlogic.com/

Bill



From: bsc-list-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:bsc-list-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of C. Raia
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 11:35 AM
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Subject: EXTERNAL: BSCC- Anyone have experience with a portable garage?

Someone local to us is selling a portable garage like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-9x17-PORTABLE-CAR-GARAGE-SHELTER-CARPORT-BOAT-RV-/390265210903?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

Anyone have experience with these? Would they hold up to New England snow load? Do they keep the car dry?

Thanks for any wisdom.

Celia


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