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Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: DavidandCollette on June 22, 2017, 01:04:14 pm

Title: Joining weed suppressant
Post by: DavidandCollette on June 22, 2017, 01:04:14 pm

Hi. Has anyone had experience of joining sheets of weed suppressant together please?

Title: Re: Joining weed suppressant
Post by: Womble on June 22, 2017, 06:25:44 pm

I've always just given it a good overlap. If you need to join the sheets, how about the double sided tape that they sell for damp proof membrane?  It's not exactly cheap, but I'm sure it would work.

Title: Re: Joining weed suppressant
Post by: Louise Gaunt on June 22, 2017, 07:27:08 pm

I have joined it using the black plastic pegs with fins on the side sold to hold the membrane down. A wooden mallet will drive the peg through both layers, and if you are careful, you can pull the peg out and reuse the membrane if necessary.

Title: Re: Joining weed suppressant
Post by: Dan on June 23, 2017, 08:27:49 am

We stitched ours together with bailer twine.  ;D

Title: Re: Joining weed suppressant
Post by: DavidandCollette on June 23, 2017, 09:50:43 am

Another use for baler twine!! :excited: