Garage, car port or...?

Silvercat

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I am looking at buying an all weather car pod for my QP. It is a double skin inflated bubble with two built in fans and continually circulates and conditions the air around the car 24/7. It also only costs a few pence a day to run. I have tried some expensive breathable car covers over the last two winters and frankly they are hopeless; they keep the rain out but dont prevent the condensation build up on the cold paintwork under the cover. The pod eliminates all if this. Cost around £750 for a large car pod for a QP.
 
Nibby

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Silvercat said:
I am looking at buying an all weather car pod for my QP. It is a double skin inflated bubble with two built in fans and continually circulates and conditions the air around the car 24/7. It also only costs a few pence a day to run. I have tried some expensive breathable car covers over the last two winters and frankly they are hopeless; they keep the rain out but dont prevent the condensation build up on the cold paintwork under the cover. The pod eliminates all if this. Cost around £750 for a large car pod for a QP.
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Sounds like what I'm using at the moment, mine is a carcoon which is double thickness and has two fans, it works a treat, obviously a bit of faffing compared to a garage/car port but get no trouble with condensation and protected against all weathers.
Couple of things I've found useful is my Maserati car cover which protect the car when pulling the carcoon over the car before zipping it up and something like a bag of sand to weigh the carcoon down so it don't blow about and rip whilst your out in your car. The bottom bit you drive on is more heavy duty but obviously avoid any stones under there if you can. They last about 5 years I'm told after which they start to lose their effectiveness due to being exposed to the sun for that time and develop a crack or two in the material.
 
Goodfella

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markp4200 said:
Matt,
don't know how this helps but I had mine constructed from fairly hefty timbers and jointed and pegged (It has to last as long as the cars).
Shots show that I did it in two bits; the initial bit for the 4200 (but it looked a bit weak) so then had an addition for the Mini and boosted the frontage. (pic 4), the cars do now actually both get fully covered.
Pic 5 shows the back view still being constructed.
Roofing was from darkened PVC roofing sheets with fitted channels and firm fit. Electrics for the battery chargers and general lighting. It was made to tie in with the front porch design and the front boundary 'fence'.
It does the job well incidentally and both cars have loved it. Totally damp-proof and lots of lovely fresh air blowing around underneath.
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Jesus H Christ that is one handsome car port, I never thought I would say that...
 
Stewart

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Just finished building car port/glass house, 6x2 for frame work and corolus clear sheeting all round .Will be great in the winter and the summer.
 
Silvercat

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Nibby said:
Sounds like what I'm using at the moment, mine is a carcoon which is double thickness and has two fans, it works a treat, obviously a bit of faffing compared to a garage/car port but get no trouble with condensation and protected against all weathers.
Couple of things I've found useful is my Maserati car cover which protect the car when pulling the carcoon over the car before zipping it up and something like a bag of sand to weigh the carcoon down so it don't blow about and rip whilst your out in your car. The bottom bit you drive on is more heavy duty but obviously avoid any stones under there if you can. They last about 5 years I'm told after which they start to lose their effectiveness due to being exposed to the sun for that time and develop a crack or two in the material.
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Spot on ...this is exactly the one I am looking at getting. From carcoon.....got to be better than the usual covers and a lot less than paying £12k for a new garage!
 
dunnah01

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It depends on how brave you feel but for a few hundred quid I had a go and knocked this bad boy together :
 

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UlstermanAbroad

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Wanderer said:
............and my 1970's pörn collection, with hairy fannies, a fair bit or Scandi-pörn in there since UK largely did airbrushed or asterisked genitals at that time.....
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Might be worth taking along to the Antiques Roadshow. Would be TV gold, watching Fiona Bruce discuss your 'library' with their in-house expert ;)
 
dunnah01

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Silvercat said:
Looks really good. Roughly how much did it cost to pull this together?
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Pretty much £1000 with all the electrics etc.. Took a lot of trips to B&Q and that concrete sure took some mixing from about 120 bags of ballast, sand and cement but it was a great workout.
Final size is about 8.4m x 3.6m so plenty big enough for the QPV and a treadmill. Very clean and dry in there aswell
 
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