Cheapy Fabric / canvas cover for dungstead

oldsmokey

Hi, we've an old concrete dungstead which is unuseable for much of the year as it aint covered..I got an idea of covering it cheaply with that stretched fabric / canvas/ plasticky material you sometimes see used to cover car sales lots - its a bit like the heavy covers you see on trailers / curtainsiders, pulled taut - and the pull is maintained by stay-wires.
Roundhouse cattle sheds use it and call it
tensile PVC coated polyester fabric . Others call it tensioned fabric...
anybody use this stuff, or even have a name for it to google? this kinda thing...
http://buildotechindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cafeteria.jpg

ta

blue5000

Cheap? Old silage pit polyethene.

reilig

oldsmokey wrote: »

Hi, we've an old concrete dungstead which is unuseable for much of the year as it aint covered..I got an idea of covering it cheaply with that stretched fabric / canvas/ plasticky material you sometimes see used to cover car sales lots - its a bit like the heavy covers you see on trailers / curtainsiders, pulled taut - and the pull is maintained by stay-wires.
Roundhouse cattle sheds use it and call it
tensile PVC coated polyester fabric . Others call it tensioned fabric...
anybody use this stuff, or even have a name for it to google? this kinda thing...
http://buildotechindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cafeteria.jpg

ta

Would it really be that much cheaper than corrugated iron?

Great deals to be had out there on square corrugated sheets, seconds oe even second hand sheets if you look in the right places!

oldsmokey

reilig wrote: »

Would it really be that much cheaper than corrugated iron?

Great deals to be had out there on square corrugated sheets, seconds oe even second hand sheets if you look in the right places!

But with sheeting you're looking at a 'big' job...poles, rafters, purloins, sheets....this fabric jobby should be way faster / easier - pole at each corner, pull her tight, job done...or is it?

enricoh

dunno how big it is but maybe a curtain off a 40' curtainsider trailer 40 by 8-10 foot any use? bought em before for 50 quid to cover a bit of gear when my shed was full one winter

oldsmokey

enricoh wrote: »

dunno how big it is but maybe a curtain off a 40' curtainsider trailer 40 by 8-10 foot any use? bought em before for 50 quid to cover a bit of gear when my shed was full one winter

Now theres an idea!

st1979

Would silage pit cover not be better maybe get the extra thick 1000gauge and a few tyres. Is anyone doing this

dh1985

Maybe look up tarpaulin's on done deal. Got one a couple of years back fairly right. Can be a decent thickness of material. Dont rip too easy.

dh1985

Maybe look up tarpaulin's on done deal. Got one a couple of years back fairly right. Can be a decent thickness of material. Dont rip too easy.

Richk2012

Can you imagine what will happen when we get a stormy night in the winter ...

40ft kite flyin through the sky if its not secured down properly:D

Markcheese

There's a guy on forge hill in cork who does lorry covers ... He'd give you a price anyway and you'd get it done properly....
Often thought something similar would be the job for covering straw bales .... A few good uprights and tension the whole thing with rachet straps ...

fastrac

http://www.donedeal.ie/farmsheds-for-sale/tarpaulin-covers/4456029

redzerologhlen

Richk2012 wrote: »

Can you imagine what will happen when we get a stormy night in the winter ...

40ft kite flyin through the sky if its not secured down properly:D

Beat me too it

Markcheese

Is that not the same for anything,I've seen corrugated iron flying around before....

oldsmokey

fastrac wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/farmsheds-for-sale/tarpaulin-covers/4456029

Good idea, but that tarp need to be 'resting' on whatever its covering - I need a cover that will form a 'roof' ..

oldsmokey

Reckon the notion of covering the pit was a rubbish!! and have opted to collect soiled water and spread it. Teagasc lad reckons it'll gather 10000 gals of rainwater over the 4 month winter. Two options here ,..get a tank big enough to hold all this water, or set up a simple irrigation system where some of the water could be spread on the land as the tank fills - would also have the option of pumping it into the nearby slatted house tank if necessary.
A 5000 gal tank may well suffice then.
PJ Dore in Limerick seem to have the monopoly round this part of the country for this kinda work, and the video of the 'rota-rain' system is impressive, but more geared to dairy set-ups.
Any ideas out there for cheap n cheerful irrigation / spreading system?

st1979

oldsmokey wrote: »

Reckon the notion of covering the pit was a rubbish!! and have opted to collect soiled water and spread it. Teagasc lad reckons it'll gather 10000 gals of rainwater over the 4 month winter. Two options here ,..get a tank big enough to hold all this water, or set up a simple irrigation system where some of the water could be spread on the land as the tank fills - would also have the option of pumping it into the nearby slatted house tank if necessary.
A 5000 gal tank may well suffice then.
PJ Dore in Limerick seem to have the monopoly round this part of the country for this kinda work, and the video of the 'rota-rain' system is impressive, but more geared to dairy set-ups.
Any ideas out there for cheap n cheerful irrigation / spreading system?

Cheapest way is sump pump and layflat hose back to your tank 10000gal is nothing . Help agitate the other tank. Then u could get away with a buried old diesel tank or something

reilig

oldsmokey wrote: »

Reckon the notion of covering the pit was a rubbish!! and have opted to collect soiled water and spread it. Teagasc lad reckons it'll gather 10000 gals of rainwater over the 4 month winter. Two options here ,..get a tank big enough to hold all this water, or set up a simple irrigation system where some of the water could be spread on the land as the tank fills - would also have the option of pumping it into the nearby slatted house tank if necessary.
A 5000 gal tank may well suffice then.
PJ Dore in Limerick seem to have the monopoly round this part of the country for this kinda work, and the video of the 'rota-rain' system is impressive, but more geared to dairy set-ups.
Any ideas out there for cheap n cheerful irrigation / spreading system?

But under spreading rules, can you spread manure soiled water during the winter months?? I think you may need to have enough storage to cover you for the months that you are not allowed to spread - or as you say, pump to the slatted tank!

nashmach

reilig wrote: »

But under spreading rules, can you spread manure soiled water during the winter months?? I think you may need to have enough storage to cover you for the months that you are not allowed to spread - or as you say, pump to the slatted tank!

This material would have been classed as slurry under the current rules I would have thought and thus it can't be spread and needs to be stored.