Forgot to mention that I built most of it in the dark as I work days and it's not bright enough to take pics in the evening. I laid all the parts out in the daylight though which was a big help but even so, made a few errors that slowed me down somewhat. I'm hoping to pull the roof on this evening if I can find some rope for a decent price. The local store had 220m for £24 which was a waste on both counts so am still living looking.
Yup. Agreed. Have 8 lengths of timber (4.2m x 15cm x 5cm) out for delivery tomorrow. I'll use 4 lengths to anchor the sides and then 4 lengths to go under the plywood I bought: 3 sheets of 2.2m * 1.2m * 2.5 cm.
I also have a 25m roll of 4m wide heavy gauge membrane to put down first to protect the wood. If I ever finish the house, I can use the wood for the garage
You can get 40 mm webbing quite cheap. That would go right over the top and peg into ground. That might help your billowing. Tie downs and your own improvisation will help it further What direction is your back garden facing?
East hopefully?
tell me please, will my landrover camper fit?
its 2,1m wide and 2.5m high, It "JUST" went into a mates smaller one the other week, but was touching the bars,
a wider one should have more headroom hopefully,
Depends how high you mount it I suspect. I'm 1.96m and have to duck. If you mount it on breeze blocks or something else, you can get the height up. It's easily wide enough. Mine is the 3.7m wide one.
I really wouldn't like to say. I suspect at 2.5m, the sides would be too high. Mine is low to the ground but I can easily reach the tops of the sides of the tent so it's not a factor.
Despite tethering it at all 4 corners and it being bolted to large 4m planks with a 1.6t truck sitting on them, the tent was billowing like mad. I decided to customise the door flap with a hole punch and eyelet gun.
I used regular camping tent pegs to tighten the door flap. It has made a huge difference. I'd go so far as to say this is an essential addition to what is a very good tent.
I am also tempted to get a bar to stop the feet from being pulled together by the tension on the end pieces. I have some more wood to do in there and then I can actually begin to use it and maybe work on the car.
thats a really good idea mark e i have the same issue.
i was going to try and find some pipe and weld a sleve theat will will to the bottom of the front and rear legs where they turn inwards.
looking great so far
be carefull with the electrics as these tents do have a slight condensation issue in winter and you could end up with a shocking result
I put a leftover piece of pipe in the bottom but it's nowhere near enough. Instead I bought a grommet gun from Screwdix and an eyelet tool from B&Q and hey presto, it works! The tent was noticeably quieter once I did that. I'll do the other end tomorrow when I buy some tent pegs.
The condensation issue is a big one. I want to get a waterproof distribution block but didn't feel like spending another £35 on it but I think I'll need to. The Bakelite block up there was getting damp when I was wiring it up. It's all earthed properly but it's a temp fix. Good point!