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exactly LOL

Well, the plastic is finally on, bar a few trimming bits and pieces and a re-pull tight at the shed end, it is finished, and all is left now is to get the temp up in my poly tank, open the tap and atart cycling through the growbeds. FIL helped me with this, and it took us a little over 3 hours to do. What a day!. Started at 6:30 putting the last bits of frame together, then put protective felt tape over all the hoops and sharp corners. 6:30 now, so a 12 hour day. Knackered.

And the fisnished (well nearly) product

That bubble wrap sure looks good

Mon - is it special plastic, UV and all that stuff?

See what u mean about the shady tree in summer, inspiring me to get a leg on my next system (doing a lot of planning)

Ell

Mon, could you try using a hose or poly pipe, slitting it and sliding it over the bottom frame to keep pressure on the plastic - no what I mean?

Same as u suggested for Jaymie's tank

Hey Ell,

Special plastic, installed correct side up for condensation reduction. $9 a mtr 7.5 metres wide, so pretty good. It's 180 um thick

that's a good price - think u have earnt those beers now, good effort

[quote="EllKayBee"]Mon, could you try using a hose or poly pipe, slitting it and sliding it over the bottom frame to keep pressure on the plastic - no what I mean?

Ell, there's probably a million ways to do it. I used 12 x 3 mm aluminium bar and tec screwd threw it as a fastener around the bottom rail. Seems to have worked quite well and was cheap and easy

Excellent.

How's the back after 12 hours?

Looks like it is worth the pain.

Great work

Nice to have progress, think it will be a rest day tomorrow though. Screwed in approx 120 tec screws, and the back don't like that at all. Especially when most of the done lying on my side or kneeling down. All worth it though

sure is worth it by the looks of it! what is the chance of you posting a video on 'Photobucket'?
now the fun begins

Will give it a go tomorrow. Have had mixed luck uploading to photobucket.

Now that looks sweet, and thats all I got to say about that. Well done Mon.

Ta, all. It's funny, the frames sat there for ages waiting for me to finish, and I was wondering how to do the plastic. When FIL got here, I said we just drape it over and play it by ear, and it seems to have worked. As long as it never blows more than 5 knots again, it should remain standing.
What it shows though, is better than looking at stuff just do it, at the worst you stuff it up and have another go. I reckon theres a lot of that in AP, it's one giant learning curve, and that's what makes it so interesting.