Hail damage prevention

[ray1970]

Welp, now that you've open your mouth...

It’s okay. I knocked on wood.

[CO Hugh]

You could move. I live in some sort of magic no-hail zone. My trucks have been parked parked outside exclusively for the past twenty years and I haven’t had one ding. Heck, even the roof on my house is probably about thirty years old.

We live a few miles as the crow flys from chatfield, we have missed many hail storms that have caused damage close by; neighbors insist its a lake effect.

Maybe for carport/shield idea try a canvas cover, similar to a Davis Tent.

[hobowh]

Build a "small" steel building and put the shop in there, and put the cars in the garage, says the guy that parks in the driveway lol. Though mine is longer than the garage so no choice.

[earplug]

Steel Carport.

[Irving]

That inflatable is better than I imagined. You're really selling yourself short with all the stuff you're saying you can't do. First and foremost is no power outlet near the garage. So what? Get an extension cord. If you're going through the effort of placing a huge inflatable car cover on in the first place, then running an extension cord is not a big deal. Isn't there an outlet inside the garage? There better be if you're using it as a workshop. Finally, even if there weren't an outlet on the outside, and wasn't one in the garage even, adding one would be less effort than building a shed or car port. Heck, adding an outlet would be less effort than carrying all the stuff in the garage to the basement and setting up shop there. Quit telling yourself you can't do things.

[MarkCO]

Take the stuff out of the garage and park it in there.

[Irving]

Once you install an outdoor outlet, you're going to feel so empowered and proud of yourself, that you'll hook it to a wifi controlled RaspberryPi, write an app, and be able to control it remotely from your phone, just because you damn well can!

Here is some motivation for you to stop telling yourself "I can't because..."

[Grant H.]

Once you install an outdoor outlet, you're going to feel so empowered and proud of yourself, that you'll hook it to a wifi controlled RaspberryPi, write an app, and be able to control it remotely from your phone, just because you damn well can!

Here is some motivation for you to stop telling yourself "I can't because..."

Way too much effort for controlled outlets...

https://www.ubnt.com/mfi/inwall/


Although the new Pi3B+ is going to be fun. Already have 3 on order.

[TheGrey]

If we get an outlet installed, it'll be a matter of calling someone to do it and then paying them. Not sure where the empowerment comes in...

[Irving]

I want to see that 30' extension cord in your Amazon cart by this very evening!