Metal carport for FT RVer -Need advice
I live in my class A full time and currently have a spot on a 5 acre ranch in Palmdale. There is no shade and it is very hot in the Mohave desert 5 months out of the year. I want to invest in a metal ...
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Haven't lived that way myself, but know two couples who have. Both had to give it up because the metal re-radiated the heat. Their ACs were running constantly for many many hours. Their buildings did not have foam insulation blown on the undersides but they were all white.
Have lived in Rosamond for months at a time visiting my brother and I know what you're facing as far as weather goes. The sun and wind are both brutal. My brothers staked to the ground metal building was blown into a neighbors driveway just a few weeks ago.
If money isn't a big consideration, buy a wooden carport design, adapt it to your purposes, and hire a contractor to build it for you.
Here's a design I'd build...
Have lived in Rosamond for months at a time visiting my brother and I know what you're facing as far as weather goes. The sun and wind are both brutal. My brothers staked to the ground metal building was blown into a neighbors driveway just a few weeks ago.
If money isn't a big consideration, buy a wooden carport design, adapt it to your purposes, and hire a contractor to build it for you.
Here's a design I'd build...
