C lectric
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I too have a cover made by Chris Lohman. Made in late 2006, I had a shed then, and first used when we moved to our no shed location in fall 2007. There are no sheds here at all and I don't think ever will be.
I did build a 2x4" frame, full length ridge support, after the first year. There was enough snow load, and of course the rain right after, that the poles punched through.
If you stay with the poles only, consider getting him to add a couple more with the reinforcing he does and put 1/2 rounds of 2" PVC pipe atop the poles to spread the load. After the punch through the PVC 1/2 rounds worked for the remainder of the winter untill the cover came off and repairs could be done. The pvc pieces were about 16" long
There is no way, at least for me, that it is a 1-2 hours assembly/disassembly process anymore. That's fine since we don't stay home so there is no more winter use.
The cover does a good job of protecting the boat. It is an older boat with a lot of varnish and without the cover I doubt I could keep it up anymore.
There were a couple problems that Chris dealt with including last year with a sewn seam that let go. He did it no charge even though the cover is now 6 yrs.
I'm happy with the cover and his service. I don't mean this to be an ad but with the O.P. just thought that word of a good product should be passed around.
There are actually a lot of his covers in this area and known to me.
I did build a 2x4" frame, full length ridge support, after the first year. There was enough snow load, and of course the rain right after, that the poles punched through.
If you stay with the poles only, consider getting him to add a couple more with the reinforcing he does and put 1/2 rounds of 2" PVC pipe atop the poles to spread the load. After the punch through the PVC 1/2 rounds worked for the remainder of the winter untill the cover came off and repairs could be done. The pvc pieces were about 16" long
There is no way, at least for me, that it is a 1-2 hours assembly/disassembly process anymore. That's fine since we don't stay home so there is no more winter use.
The cover does a good job of protecting the boat. It is an older boat with a lot of varnish and without the cover I doubt I could keep it up anymore.
There were a couple problems that Chris dealt with including last year with a sewn seam that let go. He did it no charge even though the cover is now 6 yrs.
I'm happy with the cover and his service. I don't mean this to be an ad but with the O.P. just thought that word of a good product should be passed around.
There are actually a lot of his covers in this area and known to me.