Show Us The Homes - Shelters Built For Your Campers
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Show Us The Homes - Shelters Built For Your Campers
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I've been thinking about this thread for a while, I know some people have built various shelters for their campers, it would be great to see what is out there for ideas and inspiration.....I'll get the ball rolling....
When we moved to Suffolk we had (still have) an old concrete garage I figured I could lift the front frame and build some doors which would allow me to park the old girl in the garage...just!
Original Garage with an up & over door
Modifying
Finished - There was about 4" to spare getting the westy in
The westy is sold and with the Syncro on its way I think I will be rebuilding from scratch as soon as funds allow
irishkeet
I've been thinking about this thread for a while, I know some people have built various shelters for their campers, it would be great to see what is out there for ideas and inspiration.....I'll get the ball rolling....
When we moved to Suffolk we had (still have) an old concrete garage I figured I could lift the front frame and build some doors which would allow me to park the old girl in the garage...just!
Original Garage with an up & over door
Modifying
Finished - There was about 4" to spare getting the westy in
The westy is sold and with the Syncro on its way I think I will be rebuilding from scratch as soon as funds allow
irishkeet
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1985 Doka 1.9 DG 4 Speed Box
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1986 Fakefalia Syncro Subaru EJ25
1985 Doka 1.9 DG 4 Speed Box
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1986 Fakefalia Syncro Subaru EJ25
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Nice garage. Re the Syncro - you could lift the roof on props, and put in another layer of blocks all the way around, then drop the roof back down. It would lift the roof by about 8 inches, and still look much the same.
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[quote="mark"]bit of a crappy photo but you can see my high-top luxuriating in its custom built home
mark
Mark did you find a garage to fit the van. I find with the concrete garage there is a lot of condensation if its really cold. If your base is concrete I was also told to put some carpet or even some plastic down under the van as a barrier, last year the ground was wet under the bug without a barrier
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Mark did you find a garage to fit the van. I find with the concrete garage there is a lot of condensation if its really cold. If your base is concrete I was also told to put some carpet or even some plastic down under the van as a barrier, last year the ground was wet under the bug without a barrier
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1985 Doka 1.9 DG 4 Speed Box
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1986 Fakefalia Syncro Subaru EJ25
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No it's cedar clad with thick insulation sides and roof with a workshop on the side fully powered.
Plenty of storage in the roof.
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I extended the concrete base to 4m x 5m with an expansion joint, previously had a precast concrete one with an up and over door that my split would just squeeze in. timber framed, wrapped up with breathable roofing membrane, tantalised shiplap, insulated with 50mm cavity bats and the inside ply lined........ still have a few bits to finish off, but its only been 4yrs .......my old concrete one was ok regarding condensation but it did have a asbestolux roof not steel. another crappy photo shows the scale of it as you can see my old transit van in the back ground
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1988 1.9 dg Caravel.
https://i.imgur.com/oIt3VLk.jpg
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I started with this:
Then put this on top:
But they was too unstable so built this on top:
After a few different roof options that worked fine for 3 years:
Even had a door
Then I pulled it all down and sent the van to be finished
Then put this on top:
But they was too unstable so built this on top:
After a few different roof options that worked fine for 3 years:
Even had a door
Then I pulled it all down and sent the van to be finished
1982 Diesel hightop. 1Y engine. Still work in progress but running and taking us on holidays.
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1982 Diesel hightop. 1Y engine. Still work in progress but running and taking us on holidays.
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lol Jonnyb416, are you going to build something else now?
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tforturton wrote:Nice garage. Re the Syncro - you could lift the roof on props, and put in another layer of blocks all the way around, then drop the roof back down. It would lift the roof by about 8 inches, and still look much the same.
Hi tforturton
I thought long and hard about the concrete garage options and I think I will build a new garage at some point, I'm waiting until the syncro is back before deciding. I have just put a 4.5 x 5.5 base in at the back of the garage which will be my workshop with the main garage for the van and other bits.
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I have serious wood store envy
Twist my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska.
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Mark, where can I get this "eastern Tantalised shiplap"
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badgerfax wrote:I have serious wood store envy
Snap.
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