Dancover portable garages - any good
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I looked into these and there was always some story about them not being right. Condensation dripping on the car or them blowing away in heavy winds.
I personally wanted to go for an outdoor car bubble but in the end ended up with a car cover as a temporary measure. Car cover is a bit of a hassle and can leave scratches if it moves about in the wind.
I personally wanted to go for an outdoor car bubble but in the end ended up with a car cover as a temporary measure. Car cover is a bit of a hassle and can leave scratches if it moves about in the wind.
I had one in my previous house. A Dancover as you are looking at. I put it up when we moved in - with the plan being to build a garage when it died - 9years later, when we sold the house, it was still standing strong, so I never did build that garage!
It keep water out - from a POV of rain falling, however things did get damp inside as there was some condensation. I found it best to leave it open a lot so things vented. Not as good as a solid garage, but for the cost, was a great solution at the time.
It keep water out - from a POV of rain falling, however things did get damp inside as there was some condensation. I found it best to leave it open a lot so things vented. Not as good as a solid garage, but for the cost, was a great solution at the time.
I just had a look on their website. Can't speak for the flexgarage, but the flextent (which is a pop up gazebo) is very poor value and lightly built compared to others on the market. They want £830 for a 3x6m pop up gazebo, 300D fabric and pretty lightweight 28mm steel framing with plastic joints.
That's about 2x the price it should be for what they are selling.
For comparison, a 3x6m folding gazebo with a 65kg 50x50mm hex frame, metal joints and 30kg of 600D roof and walls is about the same from the vendor I went to for my karting pop up, at £880.
TL;DR This vendor looks pretty expensive for what they are selling.
That's about 2x the price it should be for what they are selling.
For comparison, a 3x6m folding gazebo with a 65kg 50x50mm hex frame, metal joints and 30kg of 600D roof and walls is about the same from the vendor I went to for my karting pop up, at £880.
TL;DR This vendor looks pretty expensive for what they are selling.
CraigyMc said:
I just had a look on their website. Can't speak for the flexgarage, but the flextent (which is a pop up gazebo) is very poor value and lightly built compared to others on the market. They want £830 for a 3x6m pop up gazebo, 300D fabric and pretty lightweight 28mm steel framing with plastic joints.
That's about 2x the price it should be for what they are selling.
For comparison, a 3x6m folding gazebo with a 65kg 50x50mm hex frame, metal joints and 30kg of 600D roof and walls is about the same from the vendor I went to for my karting pop up, at £880.
TL;DR This vendor looks pretty expensive for what they are selling.
I can't find anyone else who does a folding garage apart from Dancover. It looks really easy to use. Do you recommend anything else that doesn't need fixing into the ground?That's about 2x the price it should be for what they are selling.
For comparison, a 3x6m folding gazebo with a 65kg 50x50mm hex frame, metal joints and 30kg of 600D roof and walls is about the same from the vendor I went to for my karting pop up, at £880.
TL;DR This vendor looks pretty expensive for what they are selling.
Gericho said:
CraigyMc said:
I just had a look on their website. Can't speak for the flexgarage, but the flextent (which is a pop up gazebo) is very poor value and lightly built compared to others on the market. They want £830 for a 3x6m pop up gazebo, 300D fabric and pretty lightweight 28mm steel framing with plastic joints.
That's about 2x the price it should be for what they are selling.
For comparison, a 3x6m folding gazebo with a 65kg 50x50mm hex frame, metal joints and 30kg of 600D roof and walls is about the same from the vendor I went to for my karting pop up, at £880.
TL;DR This vendor looks pretty expensive for what they are selling.
I can't find anyone else who does a folding garage apart from Dancover. It looks really easy to use. Do you recommend anything else that doesn't need fixing into the ground?That's about 2x the price it should be for what they are selling.
For comparison, a 3x6m folding gazebo with a 65kg 50x50mm hex frame, metal joints and 30kg of 600D roof and walls is about the same from the vendor I went to for my karting pop up, at £880.
TL;DR This vendor looks pretty expensive for what they are selling.
Whatever you do bolt it down big style - a couple of buckets of concrete won’t cut it.
A 3x8 metre shelter will generate and insane amount of lift - mine was bolted to the garage wall and legs attached to steel anchors wound into the ground. It just went, Woosh. Very lucky it didn’t badly damage the car or any property. I had to run outside while Mrs DS hung onto it and then slash the panels the climb up and angle grinder the frame to bits. Shame as it was an excellent thing.
A 3x8 metre shelter will generate and insane amount of lift - mine was bolted to the garage wall and legs attached to steel anchors wound into the ground. It just went, Woosh. Very lucky it didn’t badly damage the car or any property. I had to run outside while Mrs DS hung onto it and then slash the panels the climb up and angle grinder the frame to bits. Shame as it was an excellent thing.
I had the perambulator style that pushes up and over. Good while it lasted and quick and easy to open/close. The drive is broken stone and bricks covered in gravel so ground bolts were not going to work so ended up bolting the frame through some heavy concrete slabs.
UV weakend the fabric over 4 years and it was finished off by a hail storm which tore it to shreds. Frame was still perfect and I could have replaced the cover but needed something larger so got a Clark garage instead.
UV weakend the fabric over 4 years and it was finished off by a hail storm which tore it to shreds. Frame was still perfect and I could have replaced the cover but needed something larger so got a Clark garage instead.
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