Diy Polytunnel Guttering

Once they re securely in the ground check to be sure the tubes are level with a spirit level.

Diy polytunnel guttering. The gutter is installed at the top of the straight side of the polytunnel hoop where the curve starts. The logical place to harvest rainwater is from a convenient clean surface area high up. A standard polytunnel has a framework constructed from hoops of aluminimum or other metal tubing. Feb 23 2018 explore becky wickenden s board polytunnel ideas on pinterest.

Use the ones that go on top of a row of tiles in the bathroom. Choose a warm day to install the cover. The bigger the tunnel the deeper the poles should go. Building your own polytunnel from a kit can save you hundreds of pounds in construction costs.

All you need are some basic diy skills and some willing helpers four people is ideal. See more ideas about greenhouse greenhouse gardening veg garden. This is replicated using offcuts of scaffolding tubes and mains water pipe. It can be fitted to a timber side rail on your new or existing polytunnel.

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. The roof of the polytunnel. 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.