yesterday I went to build a PVC style hoop house but it ended up being made out of cattel panals instead

here is how my day went

first I cut the 20' lenghts of 3/4" PVC to 19' 6"

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then cut them in half to 9' 9"

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stuck em in the ground at a distance of 10' apart instead of the directed 12' span

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it made the total hight higher but still not as narrow as I really wanted and the pices didn't stay together too well

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so I packed up my special oreder parts (the crosses)

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then pulled out my 5' X 8' utility trailer

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and drove up I-95 to Southern States and bought 3 cattal panels at $20.00 each

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I pulled out the palms I had pot planted and set them out of the way

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then filled the holes so I wouldn't trip and break a leg

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I pulled out some of the tools I would be needing to use

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Built the base frame out of some PT 2 X 8 lumber 12' 3" X 8'

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using the claw of my hammer works good at digging out under the fram to level it

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I cut some stakes to anchor the base and nailed to the inside middle of the longer sides and about 12" in from the corners on the shorter ends

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using 1" wide X 1 1/2"long galvenised staples I connedted the wire panals to the inside of the base

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I used pluming pipe insulation on the ends of the frame

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then started building the end walls ( I used untreated 2 x 6 because that is what I had on hand and this is only going to be a tempery building

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to atatch the end wall to the wire panels I used some HVAC vent straps

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after searching endlessly for some weed block I had to take that dreaded Saturday afternoon trip to Home Depot

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I used some 30" 4 X 4's to use as a base for a walkway covered with 5 5/4" decking boards

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I placed the palms inside the house

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and unrolled the 6mill 20' wide clear construction grade plastic

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then finished for the day after stapling the plastic to the base with lots of 1" wide staples

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I am using some old storm windows for my door and backwall window . I did that today but no pictures yet

hope this helps anyone

Jim