At 12:48 PM 5/3/99 EDT, you wrote:
>I'd appreciate getting opinions about this idea. I'm thinking of buying a
>Royal brand vinyl storage building (10x8) for my 10"LX200 and astropier.
The
>vinyl roof panels (9 on each side) slide into the central ridge beam, and

now that is interesting! i have just purchased the very same building
(will be delivered tomorrow) for use with my observatory, but i never
thought of the clever idea you did. i'll have to examine that in detail
when mine arrives.

i am building my observatory in stages, first a platform with a couple
temporary vibration-isolated piers, then the storage shed adjoining, then
permanent piers with telescope protectors of some kind. the vinyl building
will be used as warm house/control room/library, but now i am going to look
very seriously at using the same kind of bldg for the scopes.

that building appealed to me because it cannot rot, is very nearly
vermin-proof, and can be made insect-proof fairly easily. i plan to
experiment with filling the vinly panels with foam to improve the
heatability, too.

thanks for the idea, and keep us posted.


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