On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:55:48 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:04:31 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

I got tired of sweeping leaves out of the Tolman every time I wanted
to use her. So, I bought one of those shelters with a heavy canvas
type roof over a tubular steel frame from Shelter Logic. It isnt
bad. It is 26' X 12' with 2" steel tubing frame powder coated.
Roughly $400. It went together very well. I looked into various
schemes to anchor it but the mobile home screw in anchors were
expensive and serious overkill. However, I found screw in type tent
anchors at Wal Mart for $3.50 each and I put one next to each leg and
tied the leg base to it.


Naa that is some kind of yuppie up town thing. A redneck shelter is
made out of PVC pipe and a poly tarp.

Hey, you just gave me an idea for a new gazebo.
The roof of my metal frame one collapsed a week ago when the snow load
got heavy. Didn't take the canvas off as it was getting rotten at the
corners. I have 2 new $90 tops, and figured if the snow ripped it I
would just put a new top on.
But the roof framework itself collapsed, which is weird given the
slope and the fact the rest of the structure didn't flex at all.
Square metal tube stuff - one side's tubes must have bent enough that
the whole roof could collapse inwards.
Looks like I can straighten things out when it warms up.
My son said he can do a little welding if necessary. There was no
corrosion on the thing.
It's on a patio slab and I never shot nails or drilled plugs to tie it
down, though I should. Got some patio blocks on the legs and the
stuff on the shelves is pretty heavy, but a couple times during
windstorms it looked like it was ready to take off.
This is the gazebo, but I think I only paid a little over 2 hundred
about 5 years ago at Target. I recommend it. Wife has big flowers on
the shelves and wire ties plastic screening on the street side which
allows vines to climb. Like sitting in an open flower shop with birds
around and occasionally flying through. Wife has a HUGE garden.
Spend a lot of time there in the summer. We have very comfortable
chairs in it and the Weber is right beside it. Oh, oh, I'm feeling a
little cabin fever here.
http://exterior-accents.stores.yahoo...setgazebo.html
But if you get heavy snow, do take the lid off before the snows come.
Oh, wait, you don't get too much snow, right? (-:

--Vic