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>I'm just thinking adding concrete floor and sides to enclose it would be 90% of functionality at 15% of the price
Just do it like the OP pic then; gravel ground, concrete footings acting as a pier/anchor, and just extend the metal all the way down. It'll be drafty and dirty constantly though.
>I've got 100s of feet of cord and clamp lights
it just won't be as good as a garage and it'll look like shit with extension cords running out there. I kinda get it though, money doesn't grow on trees so save where you can but dont' cheap out just to have it 'today', save up and get something good that helps your property value and something you'll enjoy having. But if you're pouring a pad, and building it out to be a chinsey garage, thats all it'll ever be.
>in places that get regular hail, how about putting a few sheets of plywood on roof racks?
Theres a lot of people (usually poor idiots) that will pile bedroom comforters, mattresses, plywood, and other nonsense to protect their car when hail is very likely, and it always ends up going into the trash, getting blown away anyway because a few bricks can't hold down a king-sized sail, or it bumps and rubs against the car and damages it worse than hail anyway. Every time I see that shit its because they're in a massive apartment complex (understandable) or they have garbage piled up in their garage instead of protecting their car. They're storing garbage in there instead of protecting their $10, 20, 50, $100,000 vehicle out in the open. Its the most moronic shit I see regularly. Several of my neighbors have turned their garages into a second living room with couches, TVs, pool tables, dumb shit while their $100,000 truck gets annihilated. Gee Bill, should I protect and preserve my massively expensive vehicle, or just have a little more room to get drunk and watch football (but not in my living room for some reason)?
