Wind breaker for shed

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Does anyone know is there anyone makeing these in mayo seen one in jornal but he is in tipp

iverjohnston

Do you mean the Galebreaker netting? Its advertised in the journal often. Works well and lets in a good bit of light. Will however let in more rain/damp than Yorkshire boarding, as the rain thats blown against it , gets blown through it if the wind is strong.

grange mac

Try a gang called swan net gundry, make all sorts of netting for fisherman downwards

Sam Kade

You can buy it off a roll and make the brackets yourself, that's what I did and it worked out a lot cheaper.

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I got some off a building site 5-6 years ago and it worked well but trying to keep it tight is the problem and it is torn in a good few places now .The local builder merchant has it but its €170 a roll and all i need is about 40 foot. Sam what kind of brackets did you use and how did you attach them?

Sam Kade

I used two 3by 2s. I folded the ends of the screen narrower than the opening and bolted each end between the 3 by 2s. I have 2 threaded bars on each end. The bars are around 1' long. I welded 2 mower blades on the upright and bolted the bar onto it, that way I was able to tension it. It is on the end of a 25' wide hay shed and is there 5 years.

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Thanks sam i have a piece of metal electrail conduct welded to the top ot the 2 gurders and with cable ties attached to the net i could slided it accross but the down fall is the net gets riped with cable ties when put on the sides, if i get a net will try the timbers

Rovi

You can usually get netting like this in garden centres too.

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Rovi wrote: »

You can usually get netting like this in garden centres too.

only ever seen it in 1 meter widths and more than likley over priced.Still keeping an eye out for a building site but they are about rare as hens teeth around here

iverjohnston

I got the Galebreaker stuff about 12 years ago. 6 foot high and about 60 foot long. Hooked to the RSJ at one end of the shed, and strained at the other end, 60 foot away. There came a rubber strip for each intermediate piller, wich is glued to the RSJ, and prevents the netting running against the steel. Had to re tension it only once it the time it's up. Hard to stop it rubbing against thr top of the wall, and has frayed a little in that place. Lets lots of light and air through. On another note, I have a neighbour who removed the Yorkshire Boarding on his sheds, and put up the netting. The reason was that when the sun was shining through the boards, walking down the shed give you a "flickering" kind of a strobe light, and he was susceptable to this, in some kind of mild epilepsy way. Iver in Cavan

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