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Old 06-06-2012, 02:01 PM   #1
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Custom Shed

Wel-l-l-l, I started with the decision to order a new Airstream Intl. It arrived 1 November 11. Then I needed a place to park it. First stage was tree removal and some grading. After a mild winter, I started thinking about protection from the elements and a better driveway. That led to having a contractor do a shed design. Then the building, a concrete driveway, me painting and staining. SO, here's the final product. (Oh, I also trenched in electrical, sewer, and water.) I have my very own "park". Needless to say, I'll be using this for guests!
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Old 06-06-2012, 02:11 PM   #2
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Can you come to my house?! Oh, that's right, I CAN'T have my baby at home
Great job!
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Old 06-06-2012, 02:15 PM   #3
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That's a really cool design. Reminds me of a coverd bridge from New England.

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Very nice !
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Old 06-06-2012, 02:42 PM   #5
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Old 06-06-2012, 02:51 PM   #6
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Can you come to my house?! Oh, that's right, I CAN'T have my baby at home
Great job!
Preach! One of my overzealous neighbors called code enforcement on me because my baby stuck out into the sidewalk.

Luckily the enforcement guy is an AS fan and told me not to have it there during the week when he would be dispatched. He can only write a ticket if it's there when he's told to go investigate

That shed/barn/whathaveyou looks great!! I'm very jealous.
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Old 06-06-2012, 03:06 PM   #7
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Old 06-06-2012, 03:50 PM   #8
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Beautiful! Was this prefab, custom or hybrid design? Also, if you don't mind sharing -- approximate cost?

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Old 06-06-2012, 04:13 PM   #9
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This is really beautiful!
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Old 06-06-2012, 05:45 PM   #10
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Absolutely love it!

I'd love to build one myself if I was allowed to have it here in the neighborhood. I'll save that one to my photo library so that I have it for future reference. I'm sure my next home will need one!
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Old 06-06-2012, 06:00 PM   #11
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Good thing you bought a new one...if you had bought vintage you would need 2-3 times the room for the parts and the second one that always seems to come along.

Looks good. We are planning a new barn and part of that plan is space for at least two Airstreams plus an extra set of hookups or two.

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Old 06-06-2012, 07:14 PM   #12
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Old 06-06-2012, 07:23 PM   #13
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That's awesome!!!
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It's beautiful........But I am curious

do people leave the sides open for fumes and exhaust, light, or moisture???
Or all of the above?
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Old 06-06-2012, 09:08 PM   #15
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Absolutely gorgeous! I'm jealous.

It also reminds me of a covered bridge, as someone else stated. Lovely design.

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Old 06-07-2012, 12:43 PM   #16
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Thanks for all the great kudos! A couple of pieces of info which you "posters" asked: a) I keep a couple of windows in the front and back cracked open. Also, I took out the Fantastic Fans and replaced them with the remote control MAXX Fans which let me keep them fully opened -- and which have a shroud that allows you to drive with the vents fully open and not worry about rain (sold the original fans at "Alumalina" Rally a couple of months ago). Cost was in the neighborhood of $14K. That included some grading and all about 52 feet of cement driveway/pad. Add on to that around $400 for "leaf-proof" gutters and downspouts. Paint and stain (which I did myself) was about $100. FULL DISCLOSURE: The side-to-side clearance is 11 feet. The trailer is 8.5. This does NOT leave adequate clearance for a first timer to confidently back 28' of aluminum with around a foot on either side. SO, I have installed a winch system which connects a bridle cable I configured (using clevis pins attached to the welded bottom skids). I used a 110V heavy duty winch bolted to a 6x6 that I sunk into the ground with 240 lbs of cement. I attach the trailer to my power mover, hit the cable winch button and pull the trailer into its parking space with absolute precision. Oh, there's also about a 10 degree grade in the driveway up to the pad....which is perfectly level. As you can see, I had some significant challenges -- mostly because of land constraints and drive elevation, low clearance on trailer, virtually impossible to hitch/unhitch with a major angle at the tongue. ALL challenges successfully met. AND, I had a lot of fun figuring all this out!
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...FULL DISCLOSURE: The side-to-side clearance is 11 feet. The trailer is 8.5. This does NOT leave adequate clearance for a first timer to confidently back 28' of aluminum with around a foot on either side. SO, I have installed a winch system which connects a bridle cable I configured (using clevis pins attached to the welded bottom skids). I used a 110V heavy duty winch bolted to a 6x6 that I sunk into the ground with 240 lbs of cement. I attach the trailer to my power mover, hit the cable winch button and pull the trailer into its parking space with absolute precision. Oh, there's also about a 10 degree grade in the driveway up to the pad....which is perfectly level....
If you have time to take pictures of the winch system at work please post them sometime. It sounds like you've come up with a good solution to a challenging problem.

We aspire to have a covered (perhaps enclosed) spot to park out trailer in the back yard - you've provided some inspiration.
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Old 07-28-2012, 05:51 PM   #18
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Next time I do an "out and in" I'll take some pictures of the winch setup in action. It really is pretty nifty. I had a number of questions about weights, cable size, anchoring, etc. My son is a civil engineer and I gave him all the numbers I had and asked a simple: "will it work or won't it" -- I didn't need all the technical jargon -- soil compaction, yada yada. I made sure he was here the first time I tried it so he could celebrate the victory (or what could have been an expensive "agony of defeat" if the cable had snapped, winch issues, etc). I've run it in and out 4 times now and have a high degree of confidence. Oh, BTW, I do this all by myself. No help, no ground guide, etc. I added about 30' to the 5' cable on the remote control for the power winch.
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