Diy Polytunnel Guttering

It can be fitted to a timber side rail on your new or existing polytunnel.

Diy polytunnel guttering.

Building your own polytunnel from a kit can save you hundreds of pounds in construction costs. Once they re securely in the ground check to be sure the tubes are level with a spirit level. Both of these materials can often be sourced free of charge from building sites or can be purchased new inexpensively. Choose a warm day to install the cover.

Feb 23 2018 explore becky wickenden s board polytunnel ideas on pinterest. See more ideas about greenhouse greenhouse gardening veg garden. These should be cut to about six feet in length and driven into the ground to a depth of about three feet depending on your desired polytunnel size. Warm weather makes the plastic more pliable and therefore easier to stretch tightly over the frame.

The roof of the polytunnel. Or if you don t have a timber side rail and your polythene is trenched or fixed to a base rail we supply an extruded aluminium backing profile. A standard polytunnel has a framework constructed from hoops of aluminimum or other metal tubing. The bigger the tunnel the deeper the poles should go.

The gutter is installed at the top of the straight side of the polytunnel hoop where the curve starts. All you need are some basic diy skills and some willing helpers four people is ideal. Rather than use plastic adhesive stick on guttering which can prove expensive and unreliable here s an innovative and sure way of collecting precious rainwater from a polytunnel providing off mains supply for remote areas or allotments. This is replicated using offcuts of scaffolding tubes and mains water pipe.