Worried about the wind. This is a huge piece of polythene, so we needed it to be dead calm.
We waited three hours until there was a lull in the breeze, and then we went for it!
Cover on, corners and sides weighted down with soil in trench, we then started the pleating around the door frame at each end. This is hard work as the cover needs to be pulled as taut as possible
By the end of the day we had the cover secured, the battens fixed in place to hold the ends down and the soil backfilled in the trench enough to keep everything secure
A lot of work for just the two of us, but very satisfying
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Fascinating to see this being done. I've often wondered how polytunnels are put together but I'm contemplating getting a greenhouse of some sort (albeit much smaller than this) so seeing the practicalities of it is very helpful.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of very good "how to" videos on you tube, first tunnels and premier tunnels are really good.
DeleteBut best of all, find some one who is doing it and go and help, because its much easier to understand watching and helping, than while physically wrestling with the Cover and trying to pleat it and then fix it down with battens all by yourself.