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RandyB(MI)

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I know they have the heavier grade coverings avail. but way too high cost. This would not be in sunlite as I live in woods. Also no wind and no trees close enough to have branches falling. Question is, has anyone ever determined why these start ripping at top only after time? If it better to leave them a little loose as apposed to tight,especially in an out of wind location ?? Or is there maybe some kind of "cusion" one might lay over the frame down the length of the ridge and down a foot or two on both sides. Just using it for parking enclosure . Would be getting the 13'W X 20' LX 12' H Alpine roof shape model so snow sticking won't be a problem. Not expecting it to last forever but for $ 500 if I get 5 yrs and then a new cover is only $ 279 so can get shelter for less than $ 100 yr for 10 yrs. By then I won't be needing one anymore. Thanks for any suggestions or experiences.
 
No personal experience, but what if you were to add some cheap blue tarps over the top to protect it?

Just guessing, probably sun or tree sap damage.
 
I'm on my 3rd top and I think the snow and ice melt may be the problem. It also gets so humid in the summer. I think the next time I'll get a car port. Ron MN
 
3-5 years per cover if you clean them off so they don?t collapse. The ridge is under the most tension with snow and when wind gets in them. Mine split from snow, family members from a windstorm.

Last cover I bought a heavy tarp for it instead and used rubber trucker bungees. It?s held up ok, next shed will be a pole barn.
 
I got two years each out of two covers.

Now I have the frame standing there, and I recently bought a bunch of roofing steel on an auction. Next step is to bolt furring strips onto the frame and put steel on it.
 
Use gray tarps to cover it. If you go with a tight weave tarp, they turn brittle quickly and will tear. The thinner weave hold up better in the wind and will last just a wee bit longer. However when the thinner weaves wear out they just start to come unraveled. Thread bare perhaps for a better description. Blue one's, or others, just don't hold up like the gray one's do. If you desire to spend a few more dollars on a tent cover, a use pool liner (ebay) might work out better, but are heavier on the frame. Add about 6 inches of snow and you will have a collapsed frame. In the winter, it is easier to push the tent up from the inside to have the snow slide off the exterior.
New tarps slide snow the best.
 
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