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Hello

I've been thinking about this thread for a while, I know some people have built various shelters for their campers, it would be great to see what is out there for ideas and inspiration.....I'll get the ball rolling....

When we moved to Suffolk we had (still have) an old concrete garage I figured I could lift the front frame and build some doors which would allow me to park the old girl in the garage...just!

Original Garage with an up & over door


Modifying



Finished - There was about 4" to spare getting the westy in




The westy is sold and with the Syncro on its way I think I will be rebuilding from scratch as soon as funds allow

irishkeet

Nice garage. Re the Syncro - you could lift the roof on props, and put in another layer of blocks all the way around, then drop the roof back down. It would lift the roof by about 8 inches, and still look much the same.

I built the garage around mine.

bit of a crappy photo but you can see my high-top luxuriating in its custom built home

mark

[quote="nicq"]I built the garage around mine.

good idea are you still building it?

[quote="mark"]bit of a crappy photo but you can see my high-top luxuriating in its custom built home

mark

Mark did you find a garage to fit the van. I find with the concrete garage there is a lot of condensation if its really cold. If your base is concrete I was also told to put some carpet or even some plastic down under the van as a barrier, last year the ground was wet under the bug without a barrier

irishkeet wrote:

nicq wrote:I built the garage around mine.

good idea are you still building it?

No it's cedar clad with thick insulation sides and roof with a workshop on the side fully powered.
Plenty of storage in the roof.

I extended the concrete base to 4m x 5m with an expansion joint, previously had a precast concrete one with an up and over door that my split would just squeeze in. timber framed, wrapped up with breathable roofing membrane, tantalised shiplap, insulated with 50mm cavity bats and the inside ply lined........ still have a few bits to finish off, but its only been 4yrs .......my old concrete one was ok regarding condensation but it did have a asbestolux roof not steel. another crappy photo shows the scale of it as you can see my old transit van in the back ground

mark

I started with this:


Then put this on top:


But they was too unstable so built this on top:



After a few different roof options that worked fine for 3 years:

Even had a door



Then I pulled it all down and sent the van to be finished

Even had a door:




Then I pulled it all down and sent the van to be finished:

lol Jonnyb416, are you going to build something else now?

tforturton wrote:Nice garage. Re the Syncro - you could lift the roof on props, and put in another layer of blocks all the way around, then drop the roof back down. It would lift the roof by about 8 inches, and still look much the same.

Hi tforturton

I thought long and hard about the concrete garage options and I think I will build a new garage at some point, I'm waiting until the syncro is back before deciding. I have just put a 4.5 x 5.5 base in at the back of the garage which will be my workshop with the main garage for the van and other bits.

Before


After

I have serious wood store envy

Mark, where can I get this "eastern Tantalised shiplap"
mm

badgerfax wrote:I have serious wood store envy

Snap.