Houseworks: Fabric structures provide economical and durable outdoor storage
Maxwell (on tractor) working with a helper erecting steel legs for the fabric structure he’s building at his Manitoulin Island, Ontario rural property. Photo by Photo Robert Maxwell Article content
Need to store a tractor, four-wheel or other outdoor country gear? Perhaps your boat, RV or snowmobiles needs an off-season home? How about a spacious workshop? Something generically called fabric structures are worth considering. They’re made by a handful of companies, it’s a mature technology that’s been around since the early 1990s, and I’m putting one up now. This approach offers unique advantages over a regular frame building, as I’ve discovered. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
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