Hail damage prevention

[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.

[Irving]

See?! Solutions for everything.

The more I think about it, the less I think an outdoor outlet is the solution anyway. Sure they are weather proof, but that is with the little door closed. I think during a hail storm is probably when you least want to have that door open with a plug inserted.

Any update on that extension cord?

[Wulf202]

A couple of thoughts. Extend the garage to create the shop space and allow for parking? Convert a different room or area to a shop? Cut a secondary driveway into the west property line and add a carport/rv parking? Double your driveway and in front of the porch add a carport? I think a shed on the west side of the house would be the best area bring in some dirt and a small retaining wall to have level ground.

Have the garage wired for the shop anyways (how are you powering the shop smith?) and add an exterior or near the door outlet. There's electrician contacts here if you can't diy. I'd do this just to have holiday lighting.

Personally I'd get a carport with the solid roof, paint pink flamingos on it and give the busy bodies a stroke. The covers take time and have failure points that remind me of people who think they'll put their seat belt on when they are in danger.

[Grant H.]

5 min install???
More like 1 1/2 hrs...

That, and how long before the HOA says "So, yeah, if you could go ahead and just not use that anymore, that'd be great. Okay?"

[Grant H.]

A couple of thoughts. Extend the garage to create the shop space and allow for parking? Convert a different room or area to a shop? Cut a secondary driveway into the west property line and add a carport/rv parking? Double your driveway and in front of the porch add a carport? I think a shed on the west side of the house would be the best area bring in some dirt and a small retaining wall to have level ground.

Have the garage wired for the shop anyways (how are you powering the shop smith?) and add an exterior or near the door outlet. There's electrician contacts here if you can't diy. I'd do this just to have holiday lighting.

Personally I'd get a carport with the solid roof, paint pink flamingos on it and give the busy bodies a stroke. The covers take time and have failure points that remind me of people who think they'll put their seat belt on when they are in danger.

I don't know how your property is laid out, but it sounds like Wulf does, and he laid out some pretty good options.

Covers only work if you put them on.

After looking at that cover you linked, I'd guess most people give up after a week or so of dealing with that.

[Irving]

Well there you go! https://www.ar-15.co/threads/167687-...=1#post2128030

[TheGrey]

A couple of thoughts. Extend the garage to create the shop space and allow for parking? Convert a different room or area to a shop? Cut a secondary driveway into the west property line and add a carport/rv parking? Double your driveway and in front of the porch add a carport? I think a shed on the west side of the house would be the best area bring in some dirt and a small retaining wall to have level ground.

Have the garage wired for the shop anyways (how are you powering the shop smith?) and add an exterior or near the door outlet. There's electrician contacts here if you can't diy. I'd do this just to have holiday lighting.

Personally I'd get a carport with the solid roof, paint pink flamingos on it and give the busy bodies a stroke. The covers take time and have failure points that remind me of people who think they'll put their seat belt on when they are in danger.

Those are GREAT ideas. We've got to update the wiring in our garage to handle the equipment we have in there, but there's a big Juniper that's on the side of the driveway- if we remove it, we could feasibly set up a car port, maybe.

The busybodies are always fun to tease. Right now, they're having fits about the unpainted trailer on the side of the driveway.

We have no HOA, but there is some sort of "architect committee" that must approve certain changes (such as changing the sliding glass deck door to french doors. This drives me insane) so I'd have to see if a Carport with a hard roof would need approval.

I also like the idea of a shed on the west side of the house.

[rondog]

I was out at BLGC one day when asshole weather came up. Wasn't anybody else out there, so I pulled my truck up under the covered firing line on the high-power range and had a cigar. Saved the truck though!

[rondog]

Those are GREAT ideas. We've got to update the wiring in our garage to handle the equipment we have in there, but there's a big Juniper that's on the side of the driveway- if we remove it, we could feasibly set up a car port, maybe.

The busybodies are always fun to tease. Right now, they're having fits about the unpainted trailer on the side of the driveway.

We have no HOA, but there is some sort of "architect committee" that must approve certain changes (such as changing the sliding glass deck door to french doors. This drives me insane) so I'd have to see if a Carport with a hard roof would need approval.

I also like the idea of a shed on the west side of the house.

Put an old Chevy up on blocks out front, that'll decoy 'em away from the carport!

[Irving]

I meant to take this picture over a month ago, sorry it's so late. You could always spend $25,000 to build the equivalent of a car port, but shingle it and add siding to trick your neighbors into thinking it is a garage with the door always open.