What is the difference between a freestanding tent and one that is not?

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buckethead

I am shopping for a backpacking tent and I need some help.

Answer
A freestanding tent doesn't need guy lines. Normally the base is pegged out at the corners and there may be another peg half way along each side.
OK for casual use, on beaches for example, in calm weather. Can work OK for low super-lightweight tents for mountain running overnighters, ( 2 or 3 day long distance events) saving the weight of a few pegs and some rope. When you're inside your own weight stops it blowing away.

Most tents have guy lines to help with stabilty. Get the guys tight enough to keep the fabric taut.
Loose flappy tents wear out quicker as the wind slams into them instead of flowing around and over them.
They are also noisy and uncomfortable to sleep in.
Taut tents run water off easily, wear better, are quieter, and are more pleasing to stay in.
Lay a waterproof sheet on the ground and pitch the tent over that. In tent talk it's called a footprint. Any sheet big enough will do. You don't have to buy a specific one if advertised for the tent. Those just make more money.
Tuck the edges under when the tent is up so that water runs off outside the sheet and then the underneath stays dry and clean.
Store tents dry or they'll go musty.
Large canvas ones stored wet can actually catch fire and it was a constant problem in the army finding the space to dry a couple of dozen 160lb tents after manouvres in bad weather, before packing them for storage.
Bugs multiply as in a compost heap getting hot and the beeswax proofing smoulders, then flares up.
Have fun shopping.

Buying a home: Would this be considered a fixture?

Mike

Hi All,

So we're about a week an a half away from closing escrow on our first home. With the major worries (hopefully) behind us, now we're starting to worry about the smaller issues. For instance, what will be considered a fixture or not...

So the house we are buying has a large roof top deck that extends from the master bedroom out over the garage. The previous owners had erected a canvas shade tent to act as an awning as you walk out to the deck. This is not your typical blue plastic beach shade tent, this is very substantial, something like you would see as a hotel cabana or something like that. Now originally i saw that it had been bolted to the deck, but after another look, I noticed that rather then bolting it directly to the deck, they bolted it to a 2x4 that they laid on top of the deck. I guess they did this to avoid drilling into their nice decking.

So my question is, since it's not technically bolted to the floor of the deck, does that exclude it from being a fixture? Honestly, i'd be shocked if they tried to take it, but I just want to make sure I have my facts strait just in case.
I should have noted... Our agent has made a few attempts at asking questions like this to the seller. I'm not sure if there agent is just a jerk and not passing the question along, or if they are not responding but we haven't heard back from them.

Answer
From reading your statement this addition has the appearance of being a part of the house as oppose to something a seller would attempt to take with them as it also appear unique to this deck and was built especially for the use on this deck. It might be also considered a selling point of the house as you noticed it.

In order to be sure you might would want to inquire of the seller if this is considered a permanent part of the house. Say something like I am gonna enjoy the shade provided by the structure on the deck. This should get a response as to if the sellers would be thinking of taking it with them or not.

I hope this has been of some benefit to you,good luck.

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