Clamps for High Winds

Soose wrote:Winds:   I'll ask her what she is clamping her bird netting with to her tubular frames

Recap:  My friend lives in a crazy high wind area of AZ, near Scottsdale I think?  
Someone here was mentioning high winds and bird netting on an EMT tubular frame.
I know she tried several different methods over the past three years and that she has
happily found something that stays on...    this is what she has found worked. 

And here's her answer...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055VLUAI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4K2S7CM4EVA831QMP0A1

" Snap Clamps for 1/2-Inch EMT, White, Pack of 10 Snap Clamps for 1/2-Inch EMT, White, Pack of 10
They come in various sizes I use 1 inch pvc pipe.  The picture is of 1/2 inch clamps."

These also work.
https://www.staples.com/Staples-Large-Metal-Binder-Clips-Black-2-Size-with-1-Capacity/product_831610?cid=PS:MS:SBD:PLA:OS&msclkid=63734fb06fa012fbeea62dc0b60b2020&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%23PLA%2F_(1)_BNG_(2)_US_(7)_GEN_(9)_Office%20Supplies%7C&utm_term=4581252648129840&utm_content=All%20Products

Just fyi.  The same friend said she found she needed more of those previous clips than expected, had to order more due to the high winds.

And then, she used these last winter to secure fabric (she uses tulle)  at the ends of the tunnels.:

30 Pcs 2-inch Greenhouse Clips, Greenhouse Clamps Garden Clips w/ Strong Grip for Fixing Plant Netting Cover Film, Stainless Steel Clothes Pins Heavy Duty Outdoor Clothesline Clips
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N79G2FZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ECX00FMG7ZDK78GS493V?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

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Soose wrote:Just fyi.  The same friend said she found she needed more of those previous clips than expected, had to order more due to the high winds.

And then, she used these last winter to secure fabric (she uses tulle)  at the ends of the tunnels.:

30 Pcs 2-inch Greenhouse Clips, Greenhouse Clamps Garden Clips w/ Strong Grip for Fixing Plant Netting Cover Film, Stainless Steel Clothes Pins Heavy Duty Outdoor Clothesline Clips

Wow. Those are heavy duty! Possibly overkill for tulle? Then again, I used plastic clips for mine (from Aliababa) when I used tulle because they were (kind of) attractive. But plastic eventually cracks in the sun.

Wonder where termiters get their tenting clamps? Those should survive a hurricane.

That is the downfall of plastic. I've been using and reusing the black binder clips since 2014. I wash after each season and store for the next event.

Mark,
Very high winds where she is.
I am only assuming she uses the tulle on that end, because when I asked what to get, she said buy tulle... I vaguely remember bird netting at some point in time. Her weather in AZ is extremely changeable.

Sanderson, I have a lot of binder clips and I use them for all sorts of things, but don't they rust in the garden?

Might also try those plastic zip ties. They work well for me when needed and are pretty tough. Cheap, strong, and just cut them off when not needed..

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=zip+ties&crid=KQ9Y8UPIRECA&sprefix=zip+ties%2Caps%2C151&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 

Scottie

Soose wrote:Sanderson, I have a lot of binder clips and I use them for all sorts of things, but don't they rust in the garden?

Yes, they rust but they still work. I've been using the same ones since 2013.

We have clamps like the one you're using but for woodworking. And I remember the very same report coming from my friend in high winds... Ties on netting taking too long to untie to get into the garden.

Wascally Wabbits, , thanks for the laugh this morning. And good luck. They're so cute... Until they cross the line into the garden, then it's "Run Away, Run Away!" Wascally critters have not yet discovered my new garden. But that's another thread...

I was trying to figure out the typo when Markcq wrote about termite clips, never having heard or seen such. But yesterday, this friend wrote back, saying she had observed a tented house for termite treatment while out walking where she's visiting in S. California, and reported to me that the same type of metal clips are used for termite tents. Just bigger. Another friend who lives in that area replied, oh yes, seen those. Everyone appears to have seen a termite tent and clamps except me!

I will be trying the binder clips. I have a lot of them, snagged from the dumpster when an office closed down. But we don't have these high winds on a normal basis. And when tornadoes are in the area all bets are off! if we can enclose the entire garden with fencing, I won't have to use nets, eventually. At least on the raised SFG beds.