How to make a cheap simple and easy polytunnel gutter water collecting device
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Polytunnel gutters are expensive to buy but this idea does exactly the same but at a bargain price.
Not many solutions are available to collect rain water from your polytunnel as it's not the easiest thing to attach anything to.
My mate spied my polytunnel gutter which cost me a small fortune and then said why don't you use some Tile edging strips.
And lo and behold it works just as well .
Simply buy some tile edging and attach it with some strong double sided foam tape and it will collect all the water straight into your water butts. .
Brilliant idea thanks to "Emottyville"
Simple and Cheap.
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I did this two seasons ago and it's still working! Used the clear polytunnel fixing tape to stick it on. Best hack ever thanks!
Nice! Consider putting another one (or two) above that one. When it rains hard enough to overflow the top one any others under it will catch the extra water.
Just spent 10 mins looking at a more professional, over engineered and more expensive system for a high production tunnel. This is a great idea for a small domestic tunnell Dan. I'm doing this one !! cheers
Fantastic! I've been looking for a cheaper gutter system than the very expensive ones advertised. Many thanks!
Superb idea! I clicked on this cause I'm after a way to collect the water off my greenhouse, will keep looking. However, I'll remember this and pass it on if I ever get the chance. Genius! : D
your channel has to be the best on youtube for veggie gardening tips!! cheers mate!!
Mind is blown! Thanks for the idea!
Great accent😊 from the west side of the Pennines.
You really are the unsung hero of the gardening world! I don't have poly tunnel but I was dead chuffed to see this neat trick! Cheers for the tomato info by the way I forgot to reply the other day :)
Love your cheap and cheerful ideas. Very clever and a great way to save water.
Genius! I got a 2.5 metre length for £2.20 at a tile centre. Just waiting for the rain now!
Very good idea, thanks for sharing!
We just bought a 9 ft piece for £1.00 in B&M's Dan. thanks for the tip.
look at your sunshine!!!! bugger all but sea mist on the North Norfolk coast,but things are starting to mature at last.
Thanks for sharing that idea. I used to have some polytunnel guttering but it wasn't very effective.
Cheap is always better. Thanks for sharing!
Great idea, ive got 2 old alluminium and glass greenhouses 10 x8 on my allotment and the amount of water I get of the roofs and into the water butts is alot
Thanks for the inspiration Dan, I've done one myself and with the rain Manchester has had today I'm hoping its worked well. I've put it on my latest video and given you a shout. Best wishes, Kay
Sheer (tight wad) genius!! I shall be doing this x
good tip Dan and some other good ideas in the comments. I used 16mm pvc electrical cable channeling which works well also.
Good stuff. Cost effective and functional!
Genius as always Dan!
Brilliant. I bet the tap cost more than the guttering. I hope it works well. It's amazing what you can find when you look.
good stuff, although as you can see it will overflow quickly. Easiest fix - tape them one above another, maybe three or four of them (to be tested) - i.e. each one down, will overflow "less", eventually, collecting all water that goes down.
secondly, instead of using double sided foam, you might use polytunnel repair tape, puitting half of the strip on top of the flat piece, and the other half to the poly. This way I think it will be even better, and certainly more robust & last for evah
Superb! Thanks for sharing Dan :-)
Bedankt
Thank you for posting. 🙏👍✨
Very good idea! Video was very helpful! Thanks
Thanks - was sent this video by the polycrub peeps (:
im going to try the same thing but with a metal strip using magnets on the inside of the greenhouse to keep it attached. That way I dont have to attach anything on or through my plastic and I can take it off easily if I ever need to
Thanks for the tip
Will definitely try
Thanks
I'm going to do this xx thank you so much for sharing x
Belting tip Dan !! Now all i need is a polytunnel !! Can you source something as cheap for my greenhouse guttering ?? Ha ha !! I cant get over this weather its amazing and looks just as good over your side of the pennines ??
bravo sir! you are a genius, going to try this today
I've left a total of 4 comments on your videos, none of which were trollish, such as "what type of soil are you using" or "can you help me I didn't understand". I think in this circumstance, I started to leave a comment addressed to the person I had just finished watching on another video in a different tab on my browser. Realizing my mistake, I hit the post instead of just closing the browser tab. It was an honest mistake, sorry.
thanks very much great cheap idea
This is fantastic BUT it needs a little larger volume channel.
Genius! Thanks for the tip.
Thanks from Denmark
So simple and effective! What's the strip that was stuck to the tunnel? Is it used in tiling? What would I be asking for in the hardware store?
Awesome so easy and very allotmenty 😊
How's it holding up? I would be surprised if it is uv resistant and concerned that it doesn't crack into bits
hi great idea what was the tape you used, where from and how much thanks
Genius 😊
it's been a couple of years since putting this on, what effect did the adhesive tape have on the polythene, if any? thanks.
Nice one Dan, regards Glyn
Many thanks!
Do you join lots more along the tunnel.
great idea thanks
Yes, good idea, but I can't see it handling downpours. What you are going to collect is a fraction of all the rain that falls - no bad thing
that's the thing with poly though, you can't really fit full guttering due to the way it's shaped and constructed. At least this way you have some capture.
Hi youdanxxx I just spent the best part of 15 minutes trying to locate your "how to" video on how to make a netted tunnel thingy but I think you've removed the video I was looking for 😱lol please can you post it again if you don't mind? I think you used some sort of blue water piping and the netting with a frame and a stapler but I needed to know what it's technical name was because I'd sound a bit of a twat going into the nearest diy shop asking for "blue piping stuff to make a vegetable net tunnel thingy..." Hopefully you see this but you may not as I'm a bit crap at working Google lol any who! Take care chap! Let me know if you get a spare moment :-)) x
Water Pipe .
Thanks QuineMD xxx
Great stuff fella. All I need now is a polytunnel!!
Chris
Brilliant!
gr8 tip will give that ago.
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But how UV stable is it compared to the expensive stuff?
ingenius
Am I missing something? 1m of this cheap alternative, x 6m polytunnel, x both sides comes to 12m. Even at only £1 per metre, that's £12. Plus the sticky stuff from ebay. Surely the £15 pack is a good price?
The £15 pound pack does 2 metres and drops off after a year and isn't UV stabilised and cracks.
I'll let you do the maths.
ah ok thx for the extra info.
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Rikvanman
Patent it LOL gehious idea.
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