This is my carport trying to install as a greenhouse. Tarp is currently down to help smother weeds/grasses. What's the smart/cheap way to run wood along that curved ends so that I can staple the plastic to it?
Use flexible wooden battens or thin plywood strips. Soak them in water for flexibility, then bend and clamp along the curved ends. Secure with screws to the frame. Staple plastic once dry and shaped.
Scared_Chart_1245
You can also use wire lock and aluminum base (wiggle wire)with tek screws. Amazon has some for $150 cdn. for about 120 feet. It will last years and make a insect/pest proof connection.
Mysterious-Panda964
I drape it over the whole house, leaving about 3-4 feet on the ground on either side
Then cover it with shade cloth, it has holes you can attach to the bars with zip ties. Requires no screws.
The 3-4 feet, i usually buy bags of mulch and line the greenhouse to hold the plastic down and tight.
Come spring, take the plastic off and recover with the shade cloth. Move the mulch to the garden, or leave it.
You can attach bottom boards the same way, drill a few holes in the boards and use zip ties
You may need to poke a few drain holes in the plastic, if it rains. I put a water barrel under that area.
Spickster
check out wigle wire! no wood needed. install the aluminum strips then the wiggle wire holds the plastic
Smallslam
PVC pipe clamps; cheap and simply screw them into the wood
Admirable_Leek_3744
That tarp will eventually fray and deteriorate in the sun or snow after a couple of seasons, so whatever you do, make sure you attach in a way you can remove it without too much difficulty.
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Use flexible wooden battens or thin plywood strips. Soak them in water for flexibility, then bend and clamp along the curved ends. Secure with screws to the frame. Staple plastic once dry and shaped.
You can also use wire lock and aluminum base (wiggle wire)with tek screws. Amazon has some for $150 cdn. for about 120 feet. It will last years and make a insect/pest proof connection.
I drape it over the whole house, leaving about 3-4 feet on the ground on either side
Then cover it with shade cloth, it has holes you can attach to the bars with zip ties. Requires no screws.
The 3-4 feet, i usually buy bags of mulch and line the greenhouse to hold the plastic down and tight.
Come spring, take the plastic off and recover with the shade cloth. Move the mulch to the garden, or leave it.
You can attach bottom boards the same way, drill a few holes in the boards and use zip ties
You may need to poke a few drain holes in the plastic, if it rains. I put a water barrel under that area.
check out wigle wire! no wood needed. install the aluminum strips then the wiggle wire holds the plastic
PVC pipe clamps; cheap and simply screw them into the wood
That tarp will eventually fray and deteriorate in the sun or snow after a couple of seasons, so whatever you do, make sure you attach in a way you can remove it without too much difficulty.