Temporarily losing my garage as we convert it to a place for my wife's disabled uncle. Got a shipping container to hold everything but the fiat. Bought a portable garage for the fiat. Got the frame up and the beginning of the floor.
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Odie
Done a ton of research. There are 2 schools of thought. 1 says put the tarp down. The other says putting a tarp will stop ground moisture out but will trap everything else in. I am going with the treated 2 by's as a frame, then putting down limestone to soak any ground moisture. Then plywood over the top of the frame. The best part this will be short term. Once we get her uncle moved in we are selling his house and building a new garage. A much better garage than I have 30x45 with a gabled upstairs for storage.Before you go farther, I would recomend putting a tarp or preferably 8mil plastic with overlapped and taped seams down under the whole structure to keep the moisture from the ground from filling the space. You will be surprised how much moisture can come up through the ground.
Addendum forgot. There will be a tarp below where the car is. Just not the whole 10x20. Hoping i will get the best of both worlds.Done a ton of research. There are 2 schools of thought. 1 says put the tarp down. The other says putting a tarp will stop ground moisture out but will trap everything else in. I am going with the treated 2 by's as a frame, then putting down limestone to soak any ground moisture. Then plywood over the top of the frame. The best part this will be short term. Once we get her uncle moved in we are selling his house and building a new garage. A much better garage than I have 30x45 with a gabled upstairs for storage.
Odie
Yeah. Going to have that lovely moth ball smell.Depending on where you live, keeping out pests/rodents might also be a concern. I'm sure you already have that covered already though.
crap...Odie, here is how to do it:
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According to the caption, the picture was taken shortly before it all went wrong.
LOL I will ask the wife. those look awesome! knew you were kidding on the pic, kinda. kidding but wanted me to be aware of possible issues if I dont do it right. so I am thinking of putting angle iron on the sides. That will add a bit more support. also found an online ramp calculator and it says I will need about 10' total, which looks about right. I was thinking of doubling up with the ramps we have, now I am thinking I am just going to 10 ft total.. do you think that support every foot would be sufficient?I think what you are doing is the best way overall. I was just being funny with the picture. Although I will say I've found wood boards like that require a fair amount of support along the bottom. Otherwise they bow and crack/break. Surprising how even a light weight car like the X will snap a heavy board when the force is concentrated on each tire to the wood.
Totally unrelated to your situation, but I love the car trailers that have air-bag suspensions allowing them to drop flat on the ground. It leaves about 2" of rise that you simply drive onto.
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Pretty nice. Not cheap tho: https://www.airbaggedtrailers.com/trailers/basic/ ($12k)Totally unrelated to your situation, but I love the car trailers that have air-bag suspensions allowing them to drop flat on the ground. It leaves about 2" of rise that you simply drive onto.