Building a rain shelter (Hey 5150)

Was going to build it out of plastic piping (like I use for irrigation) and heavier gauge clear plastic ...Anyone have good ideas of how to attach the plastic to the pipe?

don't attach to the pipe ancher to the ground.

this is a greenhouse. But same idea.
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Check the fit at the store but I am pretty sure if you use 3/4" PVC you can use 1" poly pipe over the PVC "cut a slit in it". I have not done this but was looking into the same thing. You can also use rebarb pounded into the ground to slide the PVC over to keep it in place. The thinner PVC will bend much more easily too.

I made this one today with 1/2" pex pipes and tent posts. I cover it at night when it gets cold. I also have a heat wire keeping the temp around 68 while outside is in the low 40's to low 30's some nights.

Thanks for the replies....Didn't want to attach to the ground cause I want to keep good air circulation...Pic three is the closest to what I was thinking about but with clear plastic and pulled tight so the wind doesn't beat the shit out of the plant and ripe the plastic.

ya put up a make shift tent thing yesterday, its a piece of crap but should hopefully work till this rain stops and i can make a nicer one. to attach the plastic at the top i just used duct tape. thats a nice one podunk, but how is it gunna get sun?

yea u DEFINITELY want airflow in there. otherwise you have just as good of a chance for mold. Im lookin to do the same thing pretty soon

i find it easier to cover the ground with plastic and starve the roots off water. when you do this the plant will take in all the water on the leaves and in the bud. i only do this for the last few weeks of flowering if the weather is shitty. 4 weeks tops it takes a few weeks to dry out the ground. and you cant have any leaks

i made airball bunkers for paintball with .5 mil plastic sheets from home depot, i sealed it with hot glue sticks and my girlfriends old hair straitiner it held air like a ballon, so im sure the process would work for a rain cover.
if i was going to make one i would build a cubed/ rectangular frame out of pvc that stakes in the ground, then fashion a plastic cover as described above that fits snugly over the frame, any ventilation holes could be easily installed and covered, i wouldnt think there would be any issues

ps if you make airball bunkers cover them with sheets so paintballs bounce off of them

I use 1" pvc from HD ($1.50 for 10' lengths). Use 6mil and zip ties. 6 mil is very durable and will not tear easily. You can cut some small triangles in the sides for ventilation. The 1" pvc is fairly strong in smaller lengths. You can use 1/2" pvc and rainbow it, making it pretty strong too. 6mil and zip ties!

I built a rain cover out of 3/4 in. pvc pipe and covered that with 6 mill plastic. I too ran into the problem of how to attach the plastic to the pvc pipe.
Since the plastic rips easily, and once ripped, keeps on ripping, I did not want to poke holes in it.
My solution was to take a couple of lengths of pvc ( the same size as the framework, 3/4 in. ) and cut them lengthwise with a skill saw right down the middle. Crossways this would now make two that look like a C. I them drilled holes about every 1 foot along the lengths.
I can then place this over the framework with the plastic between the frame and my 'C' section and use 1 inch screws to fasten them together.
Hokey, but it works.

MJstudent said:

ya put up a make shift tent thing yesterday, its a piece of crap but should hopefully work till this rain stops and i can make a nicer one. to attach the plastic at the top i just used duct tape. thats a nice one podunk, but how is it gunna get sun?

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I only cover it at night when it is going to get really cold. The white covers actually let in quite a bit of light. They are paint drop cloths from Home Depot. I also have 4 or 6 mil plastic ready to go if the rain starts getting nasty.

If you live in high wind like I do. I have to mount wood to the side of the frame. To do this I use this method. Once I have the wood on the sides I toss my 6mm plastic over. Then roll the ends of the plastic up in another peace of wood and screw gun it to the side wood. Holds it super in hi winds. for the ends I just cut out the shape and duct tape on. I find tape works the best. The last pic shows how I roll up the ends of the plastic in wood and screw to the side wood. To tighten the plastic I just lower the side wood down the whole frame. Make it snap for when the plastic stretches.

I live on the end of a gorge and get hell winds.

5150, nice!!!

With airflow as well.

ahh icic, very nice very nice.