It has been a really busy week even with George on holiday and grown up children visiting to help for part of the week.
We started off with the window end. This is done by placing a temporary piece of wood at the bottom perlins, finding the middle, working out the drop and cutting the first piece of polycarbonate. This is the temporarily attached to the out side. We then worked our way across the end in both directions. With the polycarbonate in place we were then able to mark it so it could be taken down and cut so that the pieces fit just inside the first hoop.
After digging out the holes for the window uprights, we then attached the polycarbonate. The lintel and window framing can the be added.
This was followed by the rest of the framing, cutting out the window polycarbonate and building and attaching the window. The window uprights were then concerted into place. We built the frames which were cladded in weatherboard and attached below the polycarbonate. End one done
The second end was completed in very much the same way with the exception we were building a stable door instead of a window.
So that just leaves us with some framing left to put round the outside of the door and adding the gravel fill round the bottom of the woodwork.
Doing the ends was fiddly and time consuming rather than difficult. I would definitely say that building a polycrub requires more skill that your average DIY job but the structure produced is very solid and robust. The thermometer is due to arrive Monday and it will be interesting to compare the temperatures to the standard polytunnels.
Next onto fitting it out.
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