2018 - Volume #42, Issue #3, Page #07
[ Sample Stories From This Issue | List of All Stories In This Issue | Print this story
| Read this issue]
Portable Wedding House Built To Travel
 |
 |
“It folds up, and you can pull it down the road. Park it in place, and in 35 to 40 minutes it’s unfolded and ready to use,” says Eli Ebersol, president.
What really sets it apart is its wood floor that provides a solid, even surface on any ground.
Ideal Mfg. built the first wedding house in 2017 with the Amish in mind. Families generally schedule weddings between October and March, hosting them at their farms. Since few people have large enough homes or barns to accommodate their guests, they often build temporary wooden structures.
The portable wedding house provides a less time-consuming option.
Built on two heavy I-beams, with light weight metal framing and polycarbonate windows, the 25,000-lb. building folds down to 9 ft. wide and 60 ft. long when pulled by truck on the highway. Unfolded, the portable house is 35 by 60 ft. and seats up to 400 people.
Ventilation and tinted polycarbonate windows keep it from getting too hot, and adding a heater warms it during colder weather. The panels can be reconfigured to place a door next to a home’s door. Typically, people gather in the portable building for the ceremony, and then tables are set up for the meal, which is prepared in the house.
Side walls are 6 1/2 ft. tall, and the roof is arched for strength and appearance.
“The roof material is a 2-layer tarp. After the roof is strapped down, we inflate the roof between the layers to prevent condensation,” Ebersol says.
Four hydraulic jacks and cylinders are used to unfold and level the floor along with 10 support posts.
Since purchasing the first portable wedding house, the buyer says his calendar for this October-March is filling up.
Other customers have expressed interest as well, Ebersol says. People can use them for lots of activities including craft shows, seminars and auctions.
“It’s a portable structure, so you don’t have to pay taxes on it, and it’s something that generates income,” Ebersol says, with about a 3 to 5-year payback.
Sizes of the portable buildings can be customized, and he invites people to call him for a price quote.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ideal Manufacturing LLC, Eli Ebersol, 10 S. New Holland Rd., Gordonville, Penn. 17529 (ph 717 929-0472; www.idealmanufacturingllc.com; eli@idealmanufacturingllc.com).
Click here to download page story appeared in.
Click here to read entire issue
To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.
