Using a tent to over-winter garden furniture. Yes/no?
Discussion
driverrob said:
Sixpackpert said:
You do know with the ground sheet you will have a very muddy swamp when you take it up in the spring...
It's on a slope.This tent cost me £40. Best new retail price is £130 (if you live in Devon or Cornwall) from Trago. Buying as an import via eBay will be nearly twice that.
I was quoted over £700 for a built 8' x 8' wooden shed. The kit I bought last year cost £500 plus about another £100 for base materials.
The tent is sold as suitable for storing a car, small tractor mower etc, presumably all year round.
If I decide to lift and disassemble it next spring I'll just sprinkle grass seed. New lawn in a month or two.
Anyway, that covers all my reasoning. I'll update on success or otherwise as and when.
I was quoted over £700 for a built 8' x 8' wooden shed. The kit I bought last year cost £500 plus about another £100 for base materials.
The tent is sold as suitable for storing a car, small tractor mower etc, presumably all year round.
If I decide to lift and disassemble it next spring I'll just sprinkle grass seed. New lawn in a month or two.
Anyway, that covers all my reasoning. I'll update on success or otherwise as and when.
Update after 9 months of wind and rain i.e. Cornish winter and spring weather.
I did have to alter the side sheet on the uphill side early on to stop rainwater running down through the tent. The gap between the back sheet and the ground has allowed bits of grass etc to blow in and, to judge by the white spots on some of the seats, a bird has also been in there.
Bot no mould, that's the main thing. It'll stay up and be used for as long as it lasts.
I did have to alter the side sheet on the uphill side early on to stop rainwater running down through the tent. The gap between the back sheet and the ground has allowed bits of grass etc to blow in and, to judge by the white spots on some of the seats, a bird has also been in there.
Bot no mould, that's the main thing. It'll stay up and be used for as long as it lasts.
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