Lots of progress today. She is back in position after the whole thing shifted a little. Took ratchet straps connected to a tree to move it. I got a bunch of the hurricane straps for the roof to wall joint and then right angle braces for the wall to base. Lots of 3" screws additionally in each joint.
I was looking for heavy duty screw in ground anchors, but all Home Depot had were the dog runner things. 3 out of 4 corners have the anchors screwed in the ground with a piece of rebar wedged over the PT frame. The 4th broke when I was screwing it in. A more substantial option will be needed.
Tomorrow will be finishing up a few more of the braces and then screwing in 2x4's diagonally on each wall panel and the corners. There a few tears in the shrinkwrap that will get patched. I don't have the propane heat gun, just a regular one. It works, just slowly. I will need to retack the shrinkwrap all around the base too.
The final step will be getting the tarp door squared away. One 2x6x96 board wasn't enough to keep it weighed down. I am thinking screwing 2x4's to the PT and to the frame and adding ground anchors may work. The taped in zipper door survived and will be my entrance/exit. More pics to come when she is back in shape.
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