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slyfox-mal
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Posts: 349
homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 19:18:44 »
i have been after a poly tunnel for ages but can never save enough money to buy one (something always comes up ) so i bit the bullet and had a go at building one so here you go .
some scaffold tubing knocked in nice and deep and covered with 63mm water main pipe i made the end pieces up with some hard wood three by three
six foot door frame at one end
big window at back end
roofing lathes sequre the ridge and sides
ok thats about it really i dont wat to bore you to much so here it is in its final stages a few days later
over all it was an easy build with no major tools or electric what you cannot really see in the pictures is that the bottom of the plastic is fully vented with scaffold netting to reduce temps in the summer and the sides roll up and are held in place with delrin clip buckles this will give good airflow around the tunnel i hope this will help someone else out who has ever wondered if its easy to build a tunnel the size is 21 ft by 15 or 315 sq ft regards mal
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gwynnethmary
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Posts: 1,066
Hartlepool
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 19:40:26 »
Looks great, and the air flow idea sounds excellent. Well done.
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MATTOCK MADNESS
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Posts: 21
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April 11, 2012, 20:26:39 »
Well Mal that looks great you have a air flow which will be in use over the summer.Great job what you going to be growing in there , regardless I would say you will receive terrific yields whatever you grow in there ,well done.
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slyfox-mal
Acre
Posts: 349
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 20:46:14 »
i will be growing one of my giant pumpkins in it this year its a little smaller than id like but it will have to do thanks mal
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The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
pigeonseed
Hectare
Posts: 1,793
Hastings
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 21:00:27 »
That looks fantastic. You should be very proud of it.
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cornykev
Hectare
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Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 21:12:27 »
Very nice indeed my son. :D
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davyw1
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April 11, 2012, 21:19:15 »
Job well done should be proud of your self.
Just about to build another myself, the hoops are on the walls are built, trenches filled then the body closed down.
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RenishawPhil
Hectare
Posts: 784
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 21:20:26 »
Looks very good!!,
How much do you reckon it cost to build?
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banksy
Half Acre
Posts: 137
Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 21:26:20 »
Looks great, very envious! ;D
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Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 21:43:57 »
looks very good, we would never get permission to build that on our site :-[ we would only be told it didnt fit in with the rest of the site ???
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slyfox-mal
Acre
Posts: 349
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 23:21:34 »
i am proud of it it worked out real nice i dont know the real price of it as i had a few things already but i know i spent 87pound on supplies but i had the blue pipe and scaffold pipes and netting so id say if i had to price from scratch it would be £200 regards mal
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The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
chriscross1966
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Visionhairy
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 11, 2012, 23:42:38 »
Hmm... that's set me wondering... I just want my tunnel to be a sheltered but not greenhouse equivalent and only through the summer... I might think about going for netting ends rather than closed ones...... hmm....
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shirlton
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west midlands
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 12, 2012, 07:35:32 »
Nice one
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RobinOfTheHood
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South Yorks
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 12, 2012, 07:37:55 »
How many metres of blue pipe did it take, and where did you get your plastic from?
Been meaning to make one for years...
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Jayb
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April 12, 2012, 07:41:26 »
What a beauty, like the net sides too :)
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pumkinlover
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April 12, 2012, 07:49:24 »
Impressive!
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claybasket
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April 12, 2012, 08:16:38 »
Thats great ;D were did you order the plastic from?
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Buster54
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April 12, 2012, 08:35:13 »
Just Like mine but a little bigger.I used net on the doors not the sides
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slyfox-mal
Acre
Posts: 349
Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 12, 2012, 08:38:23 »
i used five 22 ft pieces of blue pipe so 110ft all in all as for the cover i have a roll of it 11.1m by 25m i bought off a friend for £40 i know this doesnt give a true reflection of the real price but it is what it has cost me i was fortunate to have gathered all the pieces on the cheap regards mal
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The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
saddad
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Re: homemade poly tunnel
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April 12, 2012, 08:44:27 »
I'm very impressed... :)
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