Best way to attach plastic sheets
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2014-06-01 11:29:24 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2014-06-01 09:27:20 +0000, T Blake said:

We want to make a Cloche with hoops of bent-over plastic water pipe,
covered in Plastic sheeting; to end up like a minature Polytunnel for
the allotment.

We dont know where to get a large sheet of plastic from here in North
West London, so we are going to stick together 'cut-open' clear plastic
bags.

What would be the simplest way to stick the bags together, and if glue
is the answer; what is the best type of glue to use please? Bearing in
mind we would probably have to use lots of it and it would have to be
one hundred percent waterproof. Thanks.

Try looking here and on eBay.
http://www.gumtree.com/for-sale/uk/polytunnel

Plastic bags won't last 5 minutes.

If you can afford to buy one of the tunnels advertised, it could save you
hours of work and frustration which all comes to nothing. It will
certainly extend the range of plants you can grow and the length of time
it takes to grow them. But one major enemy of polytunnels is wind. You
need to have a sturdy frame for them and the edges of the plastic sheeting
need to be well buried in the soil either side to hold them down. Here,
trenches are dug either side of the tunnel for the 'overhang' to be buried
in. And choose a totally windless day to construct the thing, or you and
the poly sheet could end up in the next county! It might be worth your
while looking on sites of nurseries selling off stock as they -
unfortunately - go out of business and/or the owners retire.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

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Most useful Sacha. Many thanks and thanks to all.

Best way to attach plastic sheets
 

"T Blake" wrote in message
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"Janet" wrote in message
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T Blake wrote:

We dont know where to get a large sheet of plastic from here in North
West
London,

Uh, however did you find urg, if you're not ON the interwebbynet WITH
a search engine?

Poor quality troll, must try harder.

Janet

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Thanks Janet. Judging by the 'quality' of your many posts, that comment
seems fairly typical; gin and tonic time was it?

More likely to be meths and dog ****.