To secure a greenhouse plastic, measure the length and width of your greenhouse, cut the plastic to the desired size, attach it to the frame using staples or nails, and overlap the edges with duct tape. Polyethylene is a flexible, lightweight plastic that is easy to install, energy-efficient, and inexpensive. DIY garden hose clamps can be used to affix the plastic to the greenhouse structure.
Plastic greenhouse materials are widely available in various sizes, thicknesses, and qualities, making it easy to find the right type of plastic covering for your greenhouse. Butyl tape is a fantastic adhesive option for such applications due to its flexibility and waterproof properties.
To set the roll of plastic up on one end, fold ends and tie a knot firmly around a nub. Prepare the plastic film, cover and stretch the plastic film across the frames, and anchor the plastic films to the frame using fasteners. Dig a small trench surrounding the greenhouse, bury a portion of the plastic on one side, place weights on top, pull the plastic tight on the other side, bury, and place weights.
In order to install the spring wire, pull the plastic tight and wiggle the wire back and forth into the channel. Each section of wire is 6.5 inches long. Install the channel base using 5/16″ self-tapping screws every 16 inches.
Be sure to avoid getting the plastic too tight when hot, as it may tear when it gets cold. Depending on the size of your house, there may be many different ways to secure your greenhouse plastic.
📹 Securing The Greenhouse Plastic
We found this cool method to secure our greenhouse plastic courtesy of LDSPrepper. Secures the greenhouse film down securely …
📹 How to Install Greenhouse Plastic End Walls Tightly
The greenhouse plastic installation shown in this video was completed on a 30 ft. wide Tunnel Vision Hoops LLC High Tunnel.
Well damn, after doing my first hoop house this past week, I watched this and realized I was supposed to do the end walls first. Oops! I’m the type of learner that needs to get my hands dirty first before I really understand something, so next time I pull plastic over the structure, I will get it right!
Great articles, very helpful. I was curious your opinion on stapling down end walls on the base. I didnt have enough of websiteing nor wiggle wire to do that. Was thinking maybe small website with 2 ft of wiggle wire on the center of the base to hold temporarily and then install staples to the wooden base. Any input is helpful! Thanks!
All the articles I watch show putting up the post first for the walls, then coming back and put the bottom board. Would it not be easier to put the boards first, make a rectangle and then mark the top of the boards where the post would be align and then put the post in. This way if you put the boards straight, and you put the post, the boards will help guide the post straight into the ground. Just like when you form up for a slab.