Putting Guttering On A Polytunnel

Make sure that you have a drop of an inch or two at the end where the water is going to go so that the guttering can be lined up with it.

Putting guttering on a polytunnel.

All you need are some basic diy skills and some willing helpers four people is ideal. It can be fitted to a timber side rail on your new or existing polytunnel. To have something to mount the gutter to i fixed a 2 x 1 batton all the way down one side before i put the polythene cover on. To ensure rainwater runs directly into the gutter a series of timber battens we used 19mm x 38mm pressure treated battens may be required to close off any gaps between the guttering and the side rail.

Choose a warm day to install the cover. Not many solutions are available to collect rain water fr. Or if you don t have a timber side rail and your polythene is trenched or fixed to a base rail we supply an extruded aluminium backing profile. The gutter is installed at the top of the straight side of the polytunnel hoop where the curve starts.

Warm weather makes the plastic more pliable and therefore easier to stretch tightly over the frame. Building your own polytunnel from a kit can save you hundreds of pounds in construction costs.