Using a tent to over-winter garden furniture. Yes/no?

[driverrob]

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.

[Muncher]

Sixpackpert said:

You do know with the ground sheet you will have a very muddy swamp when you take it up in the spring...

My thought exactly, you will spend a long time trying to get the grass to recover there.

[Welshbeef]

A shed is £400 and will last 15 years easily.

A tent is not as secure certainly not as nice to look at and will harm the lawns.

[Sixpackpert]

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.

Okay, you do know you will end up with a square of no grass that will be muddy and will take you all summer to get back to grass again.

[driverrob]

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.

[driverrob]

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.