Diy Polytunnel Guttering

All you need are some basic diy skills and some willing helpers four people is ideal.

Diy polytunnel guttering.

Tape the gutters in a v shape above a barrel with the ends. Building your own polytunnel from a kit can save you hundreds of pounds in construction costs. It can be fitted to a timber side rail on your new or existing polytunnel. Here is a guide on fixing proper polytunnel guttering to your tunnel and harvesting more rain.

Warm weather makes the plastic more pliable and therefore easier to stretch tightly over the frame. 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. There are a few ways that you can harvest water from a polytunnel but to fill a sizeable water container you re going to need something more substantial. See more ideas about greenhouse greenhouse gardening veg garden.

Clean the plastic well and use transparent tunnel repair tape. You should now have a strong robust alternative for harvesting rainwater off your polytunnel. Feb 23 2018 explore becky wickenden s board polytunnel ideas on pinterest. The gutter is installed at the top of the straight side of the polytunnel hoop where the curve starts.

To ensure rainwater runs directly into the gutter a series of timber battens we used 19mm x 38mm pressure treated battens may be required to close off any gaps between the guttering and the side rail. Coloured tape blocks light and heats up in the sun shortening the life of your plastic. Choose a warm day to install the cover. Collecting rainwater is an easy cost effective way of ensuring you can always keep watering.