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citrusgalore
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Location: Columbia, SC zone 8b

Posted: Thu 14 Jan, 2010 12:32 am

Last Friday, the meteorologist kept our area on alert for possible snow here in central South Carolina. It ended up being a fizzle but nevertheless I wanted to be prepared.

I decided to make a support to go under the center of the purlin to ease the weight of any possible snow on the frame. Here is what I came up with.

I took a 1 1/2 in. pvc tee and cut it half and then fitted it onto a length of pvc pipe measured to fit from the ground up to the purlin. I didn't glue fit the piece so I could store it for later use. If there were a forecast of heavy snow/ice then I would do a couple more.






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jnap31



Joined: 15 Feb 2010
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Location: 45 min east of fayetteville AR

Posted: Thu 25 Feb, 2010 7:25 pm

Thats a great idea. I did the same just with a 2 by 4 and one of those electrical clamp things put over the ridge and nailed down to the 2 by 4.On the first heated and biggest green house I have made 18 by 80, Hope it survives march winds and future snow should have used 1 inch pvc I used 3/4 inch. Just got the plastic on today with DW a gust of wind came out of a perfectly still AM and thought it was going to take it away but we managed. Sorry No camera or knowledge to post photo's

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citrusgalore
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Posted: Fri 26 Feb, 2010 2:23 am

The winds were gusting at 40 mph here today. I sure am glad my support was in place. At times I thought the GH was going to take off into the woods!
She held steady and solid.

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