Cottage Carport

[sodamo]

Versatube shipped carport from Az to Ca yesterday. No word when it gets on boat to Hawaii.

 

[rScotty]

A month ago in post #10 I saw those Simpliphi batteries....I didn't know what they were then, but just read an article about them. Lithium, but not hazardous. Sounds like your typical remarkable California company & product, plus they are manufactured right there at home in California. That surely is one state that is just chock full of innovative people. I wonder why that is?? How did they get so good? Maybe they'll manufacture a tractor there someday.
rScotty

 

[sodamo]

Well Scotty, have to say really liking the SimpliPhi’s so far. Only run the generator about 10 hours so far due to solar deficit and to be honest I think most of that likely could have been avoided but I’m being conservative in my settings as I learn. I had only taken them down to the 35% level whereas warranty is to 20%.

 

[sodamo]

I queried VersaTube about charging me CA sales tax. Response was pretty much as expected. I politely replied how that seemed to violate their own Terms and Conditions and quoted appropriate section. They refunded me the tax.
I’ll chalk that up to great customer service.

 

[ovrszd]

But, wouldn't great customer service have not taxed you in the first place? Sounds like they simply tax everyone and then refund the ones that complain?

 

[drivesitfar]

Sodamo: it looks like i'm late to discuss design cause sounds like you have the parts being shipped as i'm typing this. I hope it works out well for you and i'm curious how it turns out and how that water storage idea works.

I might have done a slope from front to back and had a gutter with maybe a couple downspouts/pipes heading to the tank if that's where you want all the water to go.

good luck!!

 

[sodamo]

But, wouldn't great customer service have not taxed you in the first place? Sounds like they simply tax everyone and then refund the ones that complain?

That was my suspicion as well. Actually they didn’t even tell me about the refund, just showed upon my paypal and credit card accounts.

 

[sodamo]

Sodamo: it looks like i'm late to discuss design cause sounds like you have the parts being shipped as i'm typing this. I hope it works out well for you and i'm curious how it turns out and how that water storage idea works.

I might have done a slope from front to back and had a gutter with maybe a couple downspouts/pipes heading to the tank if that's where you want all the water to go.

good luck!!

Guess we would call this something of a compromise. My original, build it myself plan, was as you describe, a simple, single plane roof sloped toward the tank with gutter on the lower side. Doing that called for using middle supports (12’ bays) unless I went with engineered trusses (24’ clear). The quote for just the trusses was more than the complete galvanized carport frame even with shipping. Also saves a lot of my labor. Doing a double gutter run complicates it, but not too badly and 48’ of gutter vs 38’ plus the pipe run to the tank.

 

[sodamo]

Got a VM today to say my carport has arrived and ready for pickup.

 

[drivesitfar]

Sod: did they fly it to you or can a ship make a trip to Hawaii that quick? in any case i hope all the parts are there AND hopefully with some good directions that are easy to understand.

GOOD LUCK!!