Temporary collapsible shelter

[James Langton]

Can i ask why it needs to be fire proof ?

[John Dorling]

So it doesn’t catch fire! :lol1:

[Joseph Helm]

You could try http://dancovershop.com/default.asp?lang=uk

Once things settle down around here, we are planning to have one of theses made.

I’ll also be doing custom printing on the cover 🙂

[James Langton]

Obviously but i never knew that vinyl application was that dangerous.
Temporary covers are fine but when it comes to wrapping and doing vehicles on a regular basis they just aren’t viable. For one thing they can take a while to put up (dependent on type).

We’ve got a shelter, car port type thing, but also a drive in unit but it will only take small vans or cars. So if we are doing a van that wont fit in the unit we have to do it in the shelter, only problem is that sometimes its to cold for the vinyl. During early January we were leaving the smaller vans inside at overnight to warm up as it was to cold outside (well it was here)

I do remember though that i saw a rescue charity use a type of inflatable pop up tent and it was warm inside because of the air in the side of tent. Now that would be quick to erect.

[John Dorling]

Talking of inflatables… look at this in another thread posted a few weeks ago.

[James Langton]

That’s a better thing than those put together tents although it does look a bit pricey, even though it has loads of good feedback i would be wary about it not lasting for more than a 3 years. Saying that we pay more than that a year for out unit and we cant even fit vans in there.

[Peter Normington]

Good link John, but the smallest one that you could get a van in,
and work on it comfortably is almost £3k + shipping to the uk

That would pay to rent a unit, on a temporary basis as required, for quite some time.

Some councils let out heated workspace on a day to day basis, so could be worth enquiring.

[John Dorling]

quote Peter Normington:

Good link John, but the smallest one that you could get a van in,
and work on it comfortably is almost £3k + shipping to the uk

😮

I hadn’t even looked at the prices! Just thought they were a good idea!

[John Hughes]

Thanks for replies – re catching fire or hopefully not ! we need to do some wrapping so will be using heat guns + heating the whole area some how.
Thinking about it tonight & might ask the landlord of the trading estate if we can put up a small marquee for a few weeks.

[Peter Normington]

John,
just consider, that to do a wrap properly the vehicle itself needs to be at a reasonable temp. it can take quite a few hours to get there, and at this time of year, even over night, so it will be very difficult, and expensive to heat a marquee and a vehicle to say 20c

Peter

[James Langton]

Peters right, it take a while for the body of the vehicle to warm up properly generally you can speed the process up by putting a space heater in there but that will only heat your panels up not the door, wings etc.

I always find it better to work indoors, you can lay things out on the bench not have to go around on your hands and knees getting wet trousers.

[John Childs]

Working indoors is obviously the preferred method, but if you can’t……….

A temporary shelter is fine – if you put some infra-red heaters in it. That will heat the van, but not the surrounding air, in short order. It can work well.

Even better if you are working on customer’s premises, and using their electricity. 😛

[Derek Heron]

in an emergency i have one of these
http://www.ez-up.co.uk/
only the 3 x 3 model but gives enough cover for small vans upto swb transit
and i can put it up myself
prefer to work indoors though
Derek