The lines on mine had been cut, so I spoke with a friend who runs a survival school and his advice was to attach four metre guys. I bought a drum of bog standard parcord on ebay for something like a tenner. That was 100m and I needed 24 four metre lines, so that was sorted
I numbered my panels at the bottom corner so that I knew where to look for repairs or anything needing attention once it was down.
Ogri's suggestion about the tabs is a good one though
There's no way mine will go up taut, so I don't bother trying. Either it's raised with rope through the spider at the top or it's put up with three saplings about 6 or 7m long.
I am blessed with a very capable friend (warthog1981, take a bow
) who made me some truly excellent steel pegs from welding rods
I can raise the edge and pull it out using hazel poles and taking the guy out from them. This is secure enough to let us fit those cheap small groundsheets in as walls/windbreaks when it's really not so pleasant out.
All in all it's a good thing; just don't let your husband put it in the washing machine because he can't stand the smell of the smokiness in the house while it dries….you get some very funny looks next time it goes up
and comments like, "Toddy ? why does your 'chute smell of persil ?? "
and all that nice tarry waterproofing from the smoke has gone too
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