Finally building an RV Garage at the house

Dayle1 wrote:

We lived in our RV for 3-1/2 months inside the RV garage while getting the house finished. It might have been a lot longer except we had so much assistance with the reconstruction. One thing I did for more light was to add some Lexan side panels on the south and east sides. I didn't want skylights, too much heat during the summer. But since the sidewalls are 15 ft tall, I used 8 ft steel panels at the bottom and the Lexan panels at the top, this gave us light (but no direct view from inside or outside) and security. Most of the time I don't need to turn on the lights in the RV garage or inside the RV while packing or unpacking.

Great idea but we are planning to fully insulate the building. You definitely have me thinking though. Never thought about natural light in the garage. We will have windows in the shop area but it is closed off to the garage. The garage will only have one roll up door and 3 walk thru doors. One walk thru door will enter garage from porch area of shop, one will crossover to shop area and one will open in the back for cross ventilation when needed. The porch area on this building is not really a porch but actually a drive up area to keep from getting wet when raining. It's not very deep (only 15') but is is not intended to be used as a carport but rather a brief spot for loading/unloading groceries and a way to keep rain out of shop when doors are up.