Well, again today, it was really only half a day on the polytunnel. I had to go to the builders merchant this morning and I didn’t get started on the polytunnel until after lunch.
I decided to redo the first door frame that I had installed. Looking back at it, it wasn’t completely vertical and you didn’t really notice until you should back and looked at it. If I didn’t put it right, it would always annoy me in the future. So with that sorted it was then a case of installing the supports for the internal trestle platform. This has only been installed on one side since we are going to put raised beds for vegetables on the other side.
Then it was time to start bolting the timber rail that runs around the bottom of the polytunnel and keeps the polyethene taught. By the time that I had installed half of it, it was time to call it a day. Tomorrow the weather forecast is good, so hopefully I will get the other side of the bottom timber rail done and will then cover the polytunnel with polyethene.
The door frames are vertical – honest!
The timber rail is where the polythene is attached. This rail can be moved down the hoops in order to tension the cover.