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earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 12:26 pm Post subject: Huge tarpaulin (or similar) required

We'll soon be clearing the ground for our house foundations and we'll need a huge tarp (or several) to cover the area to stop any weed re-growth for a while.

Just wondering if anyone had ever had to source similar and where best to start looking for such a thing?

When I say huge, we're looking at an area approx. 10m x 15m ...or a bit bigger would be even better.

Thanks in advance for any brilliant ideas!
EV

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 12:30 pm Post subject:
No idea, sorry. Fish & Bird are going to Bangor though. You should go and see them. https://fishandbird.ca/

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 12:31 pm Post subject:
Bought one from eBay. Let me see...

Nick

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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 12:34 pm Post subject:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DURABLE-WATERPROOF-TARPAULIN-CAMPING-GROUND-SHEET-COVER-90g-TARPS-/161173633286?var=&hash=item2586b27906:m:mo4hTSccqZMRt2hv5W4OhEA

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 12:50 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DURABLE-WATERPROOF-TARPAULIN-CAMPING-GROUND-SHEET-COVER-90g-TARPS-/161173633286?var=&hash=item2586b27906:m:mo4hTSccqZMRt2hv5W4OhEA

Thanks Nick - have just been told it probably needs to be heavy duty polythene.

EV

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46212
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 1:02 pm Post subject:
a few phone calls to scrap yards might source some lorry curtain siding. it is about as heavy duty as it gets and since the multiple slash and climb attempts to cross the channel,sneaky robbery and normal wear and tear there must be a lot of it available alternatively the "surplus" trade usually has a lot of part tentage etc etc .

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 1:09 pm Post subject:

earthyvirgo wrote:

Nick wrote:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DURABLE-WATERPROOF-TARPAULIN-CAMPING-GROUND-SHEET-COVER-90g-TARPS-/161173633286?var=&hash=item2586b27906:m:mo4hTSccqZMRt2hv5W4OhEA

Thanks Nick - have just been told it probably needs to be heavy duty polythene.

EV

When we needed miles of that to stem back the floods, we bought a huge roll of damp proof membrane which is thick black, light proof plastic from our builder merchant.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 1:14 pm Post subject:
I might have something suitable: some bits of an old marquee and similar stuff. How soon do you need it?

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
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Location: NCA90

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 15 2:51 pm Post subject:

Can I question the point of covering it over ?

If you are just clearing undergrowth as an initial site clearance, then whatever grows back between now and digger arriving won't be a problem.

If you are clearing the topsoil and preparing for or doing footings - again I wouldn't bother.
I definatly wouldn't cover the site in polythene whilst footings are dug as you will flood them !
Polythene will be a trip hazard, a slip hazard, a pain in the arse to keep weighting down and over that area will just form ponds and wherever it rips that area will get saturated.
If you insist in covering, use something permeable and safe(er) to walk on

Personally I would just scrape off any weed growth with a shovel when required.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 15 7:37 am Post subject:
You can get the black plastic they use for covering fields from an agricultural merchants. It is huge, and reasonably priced and if used double thickness should exclude all light. We used it single thickness on our log store which is bigger than you want, and it survived for a couple of years.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 15 7:59 am Post subject:
Thanks for all the responses, not ignoring them, just snowed under with things that need doing .... EV

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