Heavy duty sheet or tarpaulin.

[epsilonGreedy]

Looking for some long lasting covers for various duties onsite e.g. keep brick stacks dry through the winter, something to throw over a large pile of logs or cement bags and then there will be a couple of bikes kept between the static caravan and hedge.

 

I am loath to buy the usual B&Q sheets constructed from course weave flat threads with a token layer of crinkly plastic laminate, these start to self destruct as soon as any wind gets under them.

 

Instead I am hoping to find something like the ground sheet supplied with my first ridge tend 50 years ago i.e. a normal woven fabric laminated within a thick coating of a plastic close to rubber in handling.

Edited December 30, 2018 by epsilonGreedy

[PeterW]

Old bulk bags fit nicely over a brick or block pack. If you can find it, 2nd hand lorry siding is excellent as tarpaulin. 

[epsilonGreedy]

26 minutes ago, PeterW said:

... 2nd hand lorry siding is excellent as tarpaulin. 

 

 

Like it, this is the type of heavy duty fabric I recall my first cub-scout tent ground sheet was made from many years ago.

[PeterW]

8 minutes ago, epsilonGreedy said:

 

Like it, this is the type of heavy duty fabric I recall my first cub-scout tent ground sheet was made from many years ago.

 

Used siding here

[reddal]

I've bought various tarps from these people - https://www.tarpaulinsdirect.co.uk/tarpaulins/tarpaulins/supergrade-tarpaulin

 

Their 'supergrade' tarps are quite serious - I've got a couple that are holding up well after a few years of heavy use. The budget ones are a bit flimsy but cheap. There are various options in between.

[Jeremy Harris]

1 hour ago, reddal said:

I've bought various tarps from these people - https://www.tarpaulinsdirect.co.uk/tarpaulins/tarpaulins/supergrade-tarpaulin

 

Their 'supergrade' tarps are quite serious - I've got a couple that are holding up well after a few years of heavy use. The budget ones are a bit flimsy but cheap. There are various options in between.

 

 

Just had one delivered from them the day before yesterday, as a temporary boat cover until I get my workshop sorted out with room for the boat.  Very impressed with the quality and the price, the thing is a lot heavier duty than I expected, and looks like it will last for years.

[ToughButterCup]

2 hours ago, JSHarris said:

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Very impressed with the quality and the price, the thing is a lot heavier duty than I expected, and looks like it will last for years.

 

Hmmmmm, had mine for two. The eyelets have  ripped out along one side and deformed on the other. ?

[Vijay]

Are you or anyone you know a member in Costco? they do a twin pack of 3.6m x 4.8m heavy duty tarps. They're definitely not the cheap rubbish that a lot of sellers say are heavy duty and IIRC around £20