Good quality tarps / canvas

[Stereo]

I'm looking for someone who sells really good tarps. Various projects in mind from a shelter in the woods to have a brew through log drying shelters to covering temporary hoop houses for raising meat chickens in the summer etc. etc.

 

I've used those cheapy blue ones from Silverline and the like but after a month they start to break down and then you have bits of plastic everywhere. I want something

 

What I'm really after is some of that stuff they used to make the army tents out of. More like canvas.

[difflock]

Good luck!

Having tried and worked my way up to a "proper" Polytarp from Cunningham covers.

Which still pulled the eyelets out, despite being very carefully secured.

No subsitute for a proper woven from linen tarpaulin.

PS

Sailcloth if it could be got?

But presumably sailcloth useless in respect of abrasion or rubbing therefore no good for covering.

Edited August 18, 2014 by difflock

[Macpherson]

Don`t know about canvas, but I`ve had several lorry type tarps made to measure out of the second heaviest material, so they were`nt two hard to handle, as many re-enforced eyes as you want and the tie ropes spliced on. the last one was 7 x 4 m, an eye every 500mm, about £120 and has been over a shed for three years so far,no sharp edges,!!! pretty good value really, plenty of ads on fleabay you just have to weed through them. Cheers, Bone dry:thumbup1:

[peatff]

I had a trailer tent cover made at Specialised Canvas Supplies near Staveley, Derbyshire. £170 with eyelets, shock cord and the buttons to fit to the trailer for the cord to grip onto. It's the same stuff they make tautliner sides from but they have canvas as well. The Silverline type poly canvas is not UV proof and turns into string after a few months, proper PVC can last for decades and it can be repaired if it tears.

[aspenarb]

If you want some decent Tarps go into a biggish transport yard and have a chat with the fitters, when the curtainsiders get a bit tatty they get replaced leaving the old ones folded up in the yard . They are normally up for beer money. We have them covering up the hay , they are very heavy duty.

 

Bob

[Jamie M]

We've bought the heavy duty tarps from Allplas.co.uk.

we've found them pretty robust and reasonable on price too

[littlerob]

local to me are http://www.dawbarn-evertaut.com/about.html they make good tarps lorry curtain sides and traditional sail makes to and proper canvas not the cheapest though

Edited August 18, 2014 by littlerob

[gensetsteve]

I buy new curtain side material from Dobie wyatt in green colour. Not horrendous price new and when new its flexible and easy to fold. I just punch holes in it for tie down. I sometimes get the end of the rolls cheap maybe 15ft by 9 for £30

[Goaty]

If you want some decent Tarps go into a biggish transport yard and have a chat with the fitters, when the curtainsiders get a bit tatty they get replaced leaving the old ones folded up in the yard . They are normally up for beer money. We have them covering up the hay , they are very heavy duty.

 

Bob

 

Or Trailer repair companies. I get mine from a sheet and curtain repairer/maker.

As said Beer money.

[Stereo]

Cheers all. Some good ideas there.