How To Build a Polytunnel - Start to Finish!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- A detailed walk-through of my polytunnel build, including every major step, with explanations and footage. If you're interested in erecting a polytunnel yourself, then this is a must watch!
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We love Moss! I watched this with my mother, and she could not stop chuckling at his antics!
Beautiful job!!! That Mossy!! He tickles me when he’s trying to get you to stop working and throw the stick.
So glad you were given the poly tunnel. I’m sure you recommending their polly tunnel will be good advertising for the company and I can’t think of anyone more deserving of it than you. Thanks for yet another great video. Love from Wiltshire England.
Anne Fricker they are a good company. My hubby made a polytunnel and we bought the covering from 1st. Very helpful with buying the right size and right thickness.
Moss is so adorable helping with the excavation for each base plate, grabbing those pesky roots and getting them out of your way...so you can use them as play sticks instead-brilliant!😆
Great video, but, oh boy, poor Moss. I hope you threw the stick for him. He was working so hard as a supervisor.
I agree😀
He looks like such a sweet boy. I enjoyed watching his participation in the video!
What a great dog!
He is a special boy.
I love dogs
Your way of talking is so calming. I always love to watch your videos. Many greetings from Germany!
What a beautiful movie, so enteratteinig. I watched it till the end .. hopping to dig my little holes soon ;)
I live in Italy on a mountain, quite hot in summer and freezing in winter... tomorrow we will get 13 degrees below 0.
Lots of excellent polytunnel manufacturers in Ireland. Support local in hard times
@@not-so-jucyworld3020 In fairness, he's English. You wouldn't bemoan an Irish person buying Irish product living abroad. Never mind getting it for free.
@@not-so-jucyworld3020 This level of bregrudgery just doesn't make sense on a video about polytunnels.
@@not-so-jucyworld3020 The chap broke his bollocks saving for a piece of land, proceeded to establish regenerative food and living systems within a typically barren environment and took the time to broadcast his efforts to a few hundered thousand people all the while. If you think he managed to do all that without fulfilling his tax obligations then maybe you should quit throwing needless shade on here and go rat him out to Revenue? I can guarantee you their correspondence would be extremely brief 🤣
@@not-so-jucyworld3020 my son is a uni student and works part time and would struggle to stay below the taxable income. Daniel is a bit economical with the truth about his state of living.
To be honest I'm surprised that this message string is still here, he usually removes the "uncomfortable" comments with the zeal of a North Korean dictator😂😂.
In any case the government is looking into removing free health care for able bodied people can work and pay tax and social insurance but choose not to.
@@not-so-jucyworld3020 I suggest you mind your own business & focus all that energy into something positive. I enjoy the videos greatly, & so do many others.
It looks great! I laugh when Moss wants you to play with the stick all the time!
OMG he uploaded!
Been looking everyday to see if I had a Mossy Bottom notification, so happy to see this video this evening 😁
Going to watch it now and show my Husband tomorrow as we would love a polytunnel and have been saving a little when we can. First Tunnels is our first choice when we do buy one as we have heard nothing but good things about them. We need a good one as we live 1000ft up on the top of a Welsh 'mountain' 😉
Thanks for posting 👍😊
You don’t realise how smart and talented you are! Well done on all your success! Wonderful to watch 😉
Polytunnel looks awesome. Thank you for documenting the whole process, it is not an easy job. Your voice is very soothing and your lifestyle seems very peaceful. Thank you for posting these inspirational videos. Ireland is so beautiful. We hope we can escape the rat race too and live similar life to yours in near future.
The most awaited video 🙏
Mossy dog is sooo cute...just wants to play with sticks the whole way through 🐶🐾🐕😃😂❤️🤗
This was brilliant - maith an fear! You have endless talents and so generous in sharing with everyone. Wishing you every success in your endeavors. I think you're starting to get a bit of a Sligo accent!
You have definitely advanced to the next level.
Did you need termite-treated wood for the door frames? Are termites a problem there?
And, I must say, you attract some very capable-looking volunteers.
Was thinking the same thing about the volunteers 😀👍
It took so much work, i would never have imagined! Great job!
Moss trying to play fetch was adorable :)
We noticed you posted this video whilst we were outside trying to construct our polytunnel with a lot of faffing about. Perfect timing as you have the same size tunnel we have too so took out some of the guess work , thank you!
I was building mine also from First Tunnels at the same time. I love my polytunnel.
Odd how so many UK residents are suddenly into poly tunnels.
Source Heirloom seeds while you still can & share them with like minded folk.
The Old World demands trigonometry! Ah, there's the use for it, after all ;D
We bought a polytunnel from First Tunnels at the end of last year. It's 14 feet by 20 feet and we went with the full storm bracing kit too. We removed a large shed that was built on concrete, so no digging of soil, just heavy duty screws to anchor the tunnel down. My husband has been building it over the last few weeks, by himself. Like you, we've got 3 raised beds, slightly higher than yours because I have severe pain and chronic health and the beds are at a height where I can sit on a low wheeled seat. Beds are full of soil and compost and we're just waiting for a warmer, less windy day, to get the plastic on. Hopefully next weekend, the weather here is looking brighter and a lot warmer than now. I'm surprised that you didn't go with sliding doors considering how windy it gets where you are. We opted for sliding doors. Loved your video. It also instilled, what I already knew, that my husband has done an amazing job, to build it by himself and only getting help to put the plastic on. New subscriber here 💜🌺
You're a hard working man, that last pan around the garden was beautiful. I also like how the poly at the doors looks like rays of sun shining from it. Look forward to seeing this seasons produce from it.
Like the Shooting Stars at the beginning of Video. Well done with Pollytunnel
i enjoyed the playfull dog who wants to play fetch.
Side the front and back with wood really helps and Allows you to add a wood stove but mostly for strength and wind peace
I hate polytunnles and all plastic things but carried watching for Mossy😊 how cute with his stick😍
Wow I hope one day I can own the land to have such a tunnel, as a chef I can’t get enough of my veg from the allotment.
I wish to get a large garden one day 🥬🍅🧅
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, got my husband to make your rabbit 'tractor' and the bunnies are fantastic lawnmowers ☺️
Can't wait to get sowing this year and get full use of my Polytunnel. It's survived the winds down here in West Cork so far🤞
FINALLY!!!!A NEW VIDEO!!!I have been missing you so much!cheers from Hungary
Oh how I wish I’d have seen your video before putting my cheap poly up! It would’ve saved me many hours of remedial work. This will be my second season of growing too so I’ll be looking forward to some ‘grow along videos’
First tunnels uk are amazing ! Love them! Best company ever...
I love Moss bringing the stick at 20:06. like "here, I'm helping build"
Must be fairly cold in the caravan this time of year? fair play to you! Thanks for this. I am hoping to get a tunnel like this!
That is so impressive. Your work ethic is awe-inspiring.
Possibly the clearest how to build a polytunnel on YT. Great seeing this step by step. Good job on blagging the huge freebie too!
What an achievement. Great story, well told.
Hi chap, great video, just thought I'd add a few extra tips that will benefit you and your viewers in the future and would have eliminated many of you frame tinkering problems. We have a 60 ft by 30 ft polytunnel. With you all the way on Pythagoras. Regarding the level site. It isn't such a big deal if you can create a floating datum for the top of the ground tubes. The way you do this is stake outside of the perimeter of the polytunnel length and width ways but inline with the perimeter. Ie extend each length by about a meter on either end. Then you will need a length of clear plastic pipe with about a 6 or 7 mm center. Bring each end up to the stake, secure onto each stake. Then add the magic ingredient water it will level due to gravity. You can then run a taught string from one stake to another on the points that the water perscribes to you. Then either measure down with a tape and plumb bob for every ground tube. Or simply measure down at each stake and run a second line at the correct height. This marks the correct height for the top of the ground tubes. It also indicates the line position for the tubes. All you need to do then is measure your center distance, normally 5 or 6 ft, and tie a bit of string to mark said point. Line up the top of the tube and adjust the botom of the tube until your spirit level shows it verticle in both planes and ur done
awesome tip!
That sounds like more trouble than what Mossy did........!
@@andymccabe6712 the sheet for our 60 ft by 30 ft is £450 quid. If you want it fitted properly, with decent tension throughout, on a big tunnel , any errors are magnified. 45 meters of pipe cost around 15 quid , the time to smash in 4 stakes, and to fill the pipe with water, then tie 13 bits of string to the string line isn't a big deal. An hours work tops. It will take far longer to adjust 13 ground tubes, if uve over or under dug. A laser level would do the job nicely, but I don't have one and to set up a thousand sq meter be market garden has cost £9,000 so I'm not inclined to shell out for one, but I still wanted my polytunnel done properly, without paying for a company to do it. Frame was 2nd hand £750, sheet £450. Fixtures and fittings for side rails that we added £250, and timber £300. £1750 for 172 meters of polytunnel bed space, so just over a tenner /m
@@andymccabe6712 mossy also had to adjust has ground tubes after he had back filled them
Fantastic! Another huge milestone. Shame to hear about the way your greenhouse got blown away, though.
Everything is done just perfectly, if a job is worth doing it’s worth doing right..I love your enthusiasm..a great interesting video. Good luck to you.
The experience with your greenhouse reminds me of an episode of an neighbor near me. He sold his “best field” to a new arrival neighbor. When he said, “best field”, he smiled. I couldn’t figure out his smile, but realized he was a farmer. So why would a farmer smile about selling his “best field”? Well, “best field” means “best hay field”, which has lots and lots of wind to help the hay germinate. When I realized this, I laughed. So yes, you’re so right! Just because you have a lot of sun, doesn’t mean you won’t have wind.
My cottage is down a tiny, winding lane and I am constantly having conversations with delivery people. Most are amazingly helpful and are happy to wait while I walk up the lane. We've bought an industrial sack truck. We like you can also drive up. Curry's refuse to deliver anything so we always use small companies who are happy to negotiate and often have way smaller vans.
Love what you are doing most enjoyable watch. All the best from New Zealand right down south.
I built a polytunnel from First last year and was really impressed by their instructions - especially the video clips. And it's proved to be really good quality but oh my goodness, stretching that cover is a workout in itself! Well done - yours is huuuuuuge!
I’m exhausted! Seriously, what a great job!!! 👍👌☀️
Very well narrated and documented! Better details for a polytunnel build than any I have seen. Thank you from Alberta, Canada.
A great build and addition to the property. You’re living your dream.
You've done such a great job of detailing this, thank you. Love all your videos.
Bless Moss he so patient, he keeps bringing you sticks to throw
You did a perfect job, I’ve got a FIRST polytunnel that i put up with volunteers too. Pleating the ends downwards would prevent water pooling at the door frame. A tip for five years time!!! Xxx Kate
Yes I thought the same. What if he taped them shut, would that not work?🤓🌱🙏💗
Hi from Toronto :) Hope you and all your animals are faring well & keeping warm. Best wishes .
Great video again, lovely tunnel. Only thing surprising was the no bloopers at the end, as per usual ;-)
There’s a product used in these tunnels these days. It’s a semi transparent corrugated panels that folks use as doors that are sliding doors.
A little tip we use in the building industry for checking the corners are square without having to do much maths: Firstly mark out the wall locations with string. Then measure 3 metres/feet from a corner along one wall and mark the string with some masking tape. Then measure 4 metres/feet from the same corner along the other wall and mark with the tape. Measure diagonally between the two marks and it should measure 5 metres/feet. This 3/4/5 rule applies to any building regardless of size as it is the Pythagorean Theorem. If you have a very small structure you can adjust the ratio (e.g. 1.5/2/2.5). Use this method to check all four corners. For a final check if you have a long enough tape, measure diagonally from corner to corner across the building in both directions to verify that both measurements are the same.
Nots.ie is running a horticultural course dedicated to growing in the polytunnel for self sufficiency or for budding market gardeners starting now and only €50
I can't even imagine having property where you don't need a pickaxe to dig. Missouri Ozark soil sparks when you hit it with a pickaxe, and bends shovels.
Wow, I didn't know that. I've driven through there a few times - gorgeous country!
Hmmm, I am from 65804😊
@@sclark223 It really is beautiful. I find crystals pretty much daily. Little white ones and inclusions in the flint and dolomite. Forget gardening with the native soil though. There are parts of my yard that are more gravel than dirt.
If u don't mind me asking what company did u buy the poly tunnel and why not build a wallipini for year round food growing
@@kevinosullivan68 he mentioned First Tunnels as the supplier.
My last comment was 5 months ago but I have now finally ordered our first tunnels polytunnel. Same size as yours but I have opted for the sliding doors and aluminium base rail. Just rewatched this video in preparation for the delivery :) very excited now!!
Fabulous! I hope it was of some use and wish you the very best in the build. :)
I enjoyed listening and watching your progress.I have gained knowledge and encouragement.🇬🇾
We have a First Tunnels polytunnel 10 feet X 20 feet and LOVE it! Highly recommended them for quality, delivery and support. Yours is fabulous! We also used anchor plates and the trench method. Lots of work but so worth it in the long term. We have the ground sheet but we put ours down after construction and if we ever put another tunnel up we'll definitely do it the other way round! Roo 🌱 😊 x
Roo, do you think you have enough room inside your poly tunnel to grow food for 4 people? Daniel's polytunnel is massive so I was thinking of something along 10x20. Thanks for your pointers too.
@@thisorthat7626 hi, I think if you plant wisely then yes! I grow for two of us, if you want to check out some of my videos (Daniel I hope you don't mind) you'll see how ours is set up and I haven't really maximized the growing space because a) I grow for two and b) I also have three long outdoor beds 🌱 xx
We have had our tunnel 2 years now it’s great. Well done 👍
You have created plastic gutters that direct moisture and rain down towards the door frame when tightening the plastic. Inspect it for water damage.. perhaps coat it in some rubber sealant if the watter flows into the wooden frame to keep it dry.
I recently discovered your channel and always look forward to watching at least one video a day. I'm sure you have viewers from around the world. . . I live in the state of Maryland, USA!
20:20 great thinking
The polytunnel is looking fab,job well done...
Thank you for the excellent instructions!! I definitely LOVED watching Mossy in the background!! Sweet, sweet puppers!!!
Tie a ' messenger line ' to each end of poly, throw the line over the top to the other side - then both or three people ( depending on tunnels length ) carefully pull in unison drawing the tarp over the top
Oh my! So pretty when finished..and enjoyable to watch as you built it ! Thank-you, I learned.
Great video. Stay warm in the freezing weather.
Really enjoying your videos. Awesome job on the build!
Peace and Love from North Carolina!
Elizabeth
The easiest way to draw 90 degree angle on ground is to draw a triangle with sides 3parts:4parts:5parts, which always has 90 degrees angle in it, no matter what size the part is. Credits to Pythagoras for that :)
I've used that theorem so many times on the farm, I could hardly count them all!
I absolutely love your channel and you've inspired me to re-start my own, so thank you. I especially love the video about being an extrovert, finally I have a better understanding of my children who have struggled to explain it to me, I can't thank you enough
I watched the Irish rural homestead (via UA-cam on Escape to the country 2005) who are on Facebook - if you look at their poly tunnels, they are definitely not level! They are Limerick way I believe!
Can’t wait for the next video. Always so interesting and instructive. You are doing it, making it happen. Such a lovely life.
Brilliant work! Loved watching the Keystone Cops speeded up film! Hilarious! Moss is a lovely pooch. Well done!
Adorable Dog!
I didn't hear you mention, but if you put a slight crown down the center of your floor your water will not stand in a puddle inside if the ground gets saturated.This is a georgous poly tunnel well done.
You made hard work of putting on the polythen. I put up a First Tunnel 8 years ago on a sloping site in an exosed site in windy Wales, I had no choice. Still the same polythen.
So - what are you saying.....??
Hard work, how......??!
@@andymccabe6712 two guy one each end pull poly tight and you will find it will slide nicely up and over the frame. My wife and I did it on a 30 x 18 ft tunnel. have since done it on 2 other tunnels of about the same size
Will be avidly following you as you plant in your poly tunnel. Thanks again for such a well produced, informative video.
I really , REALLY enjoyed this. I am planning a small "greenhouse" in my garden this year, and was a little sceptical that doing a "poly-house" , wouldn't end up being , optically, a disappointment...Nur now I see how bear and Clean it looks... and the advice to put down a weed-barrier will be well taken. thankyou so much. .
That's a great polytunnel.
Wow! You have learned and accomplished so much! Well done!
You're probably already hard at work on your next 3 videos as well as all the springtime tasks, but I have a wish: could you do one about the care and maintenance of your food forest trees? I just bought a peach tree, and I'm trying to learn more about planting and pruning properly. There are lots of videos about these topics, yet not all are as detailed and clear as your educational videos. I really enjoy how you share information!
Wonderful video. So well explained. And the joy of watching sweet Moss trying to get you to play with him endlessly!
Your so good at what you do we will watch this later on you give hope and make your videos so interesting we love Mossy and Ireland 🇮🇪.Thank you for all you do for our minds .peace to you.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🦠🦠🇮🇪🇮🇪
Great stuff! My poly tunnel is still under construction. A more modest scale, some 6' x 6' x 8'. Material costs are about a tenner (ground sheet and fixings) as most of the components are scrap or repurposed. Basil, cucumbers and chilli's are the intended harvest this growing season!
Keep the content coming, always appreciated!
Inspirational 😁
WHEW! THAT was a 'JOB'! WELL DONE Daniel...WELL DONE! Nice to know that you now have a relatively controlled place for growing some of your food. With this large project under your belt...you are able to concentrate a little more on the cottage. Moss is still soOOoo in love with you = sweet! It's refreshing to see the lovely greens of Ireland...bareness and brown is depressing. The health you have and the greenery you enjoy are blessings to count each day...they are a wealth! Thank you for sharing your time/talents with us. You narrated this very well...it was 'not' boring at all. God bless you n' yours. :)
well told and shot - this is really helpful and encouraging. Thanks
Looks like a great finish to the tunnel, due to the time and care taken in preparation. May you grow many delicious vegetables in it!
Absolutely loving this path... so sick of 9t5 ty for sharing mate. Your channels become somewhat of a sanctuary for me.
Great video. I've been waiting to see this one for a while now. And it's been very helpful, have learned a few things from you. Considering a polytunnel build myself. Just wanted to know where you sourced the steam-treated soil you used for your raised beds? By the way, have been following you from the beginning of your channel, we have in fact done the same as yourself, (moved from the UK to Ireland to a cottage and live a more simple permaculture lifestyle} a year before yourself. And you can imagine our surprise when we found out you are literally live a ten-minute drive from us! Your journey has reflected our experience so much, and it's an inspiration to us. Good to know we are not the only enthusiastic blow-ins around here. So hello neighbour!
just what I was looking for. Cheers!
Sterling job Moss! Xx
We have 2 polly and 1 netted tunnels. Two are in quite windy positions. We find the hotspot tape (the only thing we can find at this time you can use for the job ) inadequate for the job, as it is in layers, any movement and it splits. This makes whichever covering rub, hole then split apart.
We are now awaiting our third set of coverings. Which with the shipping is very expensive because of weight.
So when thinking of building take heed of what is mentioned avoid windy positions.
Apart from the tunnel issues. This is a very good video.
Lovely! Thanks, very informative. We know you're busy, but more videos please! :)
Love this video, brilliant work! Well done.
Have u thought of a Hot Composting Bin for inside the tunnel? It creates warmth/heat & u can set seedlings off on top of the composting bin. 🤓💗🙏🌱
Very interesting video, thank you. Am looking forward to seeing what you grow this year. Will be great when we can get back into our gardens again.
An excellent construction job Daniel, enjoy the crops it produces.
I now realise my mistake i have no ground sheet great video by the way.
Well, it's only a mistake if you don't want to grow in the ground! Remember, it's a lot less expensive and a lot less work to grow directly in the ground. Also, you can spray weeds(moral objections aside) and you can selectively cover smaller areas with weed mat at much lower cost, if that's an issue....