I need a garage/barn

[dave77]

I turned a similar carport into a garage. Wish I had made it a little bigger both ways but wider would have made the carport quite a bit more expensive and required a lot more work earth moving with the equipment I had. Couldn't go deeper without being on top of my septic tank and going any further the other way would have gone over the county's set back requirement. I don't often have a passenger and if I do they have to get in after I pull out.

I built it back in 2006 and my total cost was around $6000.

[Sir Henry]

Gene, I have a Versatube carport that I park my truck camper under. Go to their site and plug in the information and design your building. Make sure you have the proper snow load information for your address.IMG_0090.jpeg

Thanks I’ll check it out.

[Shakey Jake]

This company does a lot of business in SE Texas. I don't know if they're nationwide or not.
https://www.muellerinc.com/contractor-s ... 18QAvD_BwE
Jake

[Sir Henry]

I haven’t selected a carport yet but have started leveling the ground. The right of the tractor was about where the right of the RV was all winter. I had plenty of room to plow but this will give me more room.

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I had 45 yards of road building gravel delivered.

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I’ll have 30 yards of 5/8 minus added to the top.

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[markiver54]

Looks like you're reshaping that mountain. . Looking good Gene!

[Sir Henry]

I ordered another 45 yards today. The RV carport will fit on the level platform however the edge is too steep and I have to taper it further out.

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That corner on the right is three feet high.

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[Sir Henry]

I leveled out the last three loads and just need to clean up the edge and get the top a little more level. I’ve put down 135 yards of road building gravel. It’s enough to extend the pad out another 20 feet. Here the van is parked where the MH was last winter.

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The MH was also further back.

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Before the MH was backed up against the bushes so there was no room to walk behind it.

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I will enclose it on three sides with a metal carport the same barn red as the house. The trim will be white and the roof a medium gray. On the three enclosed sides the siding will come up four feet, then a five foot open wall and then three feet on top. From this view from the road it will look more like a building and less like a MH.

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That five feet open wall will also allow you to see out the windows. The RV carport will be 17 ‘ wide so the sides will be able to be extended.

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I haven’t been shooting much as I need to get this project done. I can’t let the MH set out another winter.

[Sir Henry]

The three foot outside dirt berm is now five feet high.

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The carport sides will come out to the stakes. There is about five feet level before the slope starts. I don’t want erosion to destroy the carport and MH. The slope starts ten feet out from the MH jack stands which is where the most weight will be.

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[GeoBoy]

Gene, what about a retaining wall to ensure that gravel doesn’t go for a ride down the hill?

[Sir Henry]

Gene, what about a retaining wall to ensure that gravel doesn’t go for a ride down the hill?

The road building gravel dries like concrete. It’s not going anywhere. My shoulder is stronger than how they would build a new road. My berm where I shoot is just natural earth and it eroded some this spring.