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HFGH base questions & wind questions

14 years ago

Hi,

I have been a member of this forum for awhile but just found the GH section tonight unfortunately. I bought a 10 x 12 Harbor Freight GH recently and my BF started setting up today. I have a couple of questions please. My first is regarding the base. I notice many here are attaching to 2 x 12's etc. So far we are following the instructions and were planning on just burying the base the 5" like the directions say. Is this a no-no? Do we need to put wood around the base?

We have strong wind gusts here in the winter so my concern is the whole darned thing flying away if we just bury the base. Can anyone help me rather quickly as I think he's going to start putting this together sometime tomorrow. I'm trying to read the old threads but there's so much it's hard to find the info I need.

Thanks for any help you can be and I'm sure I'll be back with lots more questions!

Best wishes,

Jerri

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gardenerwantabe
14 years ago
I would not put that thin piece of sheet metal in the wet ground it will be destroyed in a few years.
Ignore the instructions and put it on 4X4 treated timbers anchor the base to the timbers with stainless steel bolts or the treated timbers will eat your bolts. Also lay something between the base and the timbers. I used a strip that I cut from a old poly tarp
Do a search for 10x12 HFGH everything has been discussed here before.If you live where their is a lot of wind you must do the modifications that I outlined in previous post or you will lose it to the first storm.
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