So first off, hi. This is my first post here.
We just pulled off a successful drive-through arch tunnel using 3/4" PVC. 100 feet long, each arch was 34 feet circumference. On a $500 budget (we are a non-profit). I'd like to do better next year.
Two areas where we fell short:
1). The lights tend to break a lot, because they are tied to the outside of the pipe. If I can put them inside a transparent pipe, they'll last longer.
2). The tunnel could hold up to 35mph winds, but it fell in 55mph. It was pretty spectacular.
I have never tried your solutions with PEX and HDPE, but I keep seeing pictures of pipe all curled up in a ball. Can a 34-foot arch of that hold up under its own weight? I would also kind of like to hang icicles off the top, and I have a hard requirement that I have to drive passenger vans through it. I can probably get more budget next year, but not like $36,000.
What kind of frame is needed and/or required at that size, for those kinds of translucent pipes you use?
Thanks!
We just pulled off a successful drive-through arch tunnel using 3/4" PVC. 100 feet long, each arch was 34 feet circumference. On a $500 budget (we are a non-profit). I'd like to do better next year.
Two areas where we fell short:
1). The lights tend to break a lot, because they are tied to the outside of the pipe. If I can put them inside a transparent pipe, they'll last longer.
2). The tunnel could hold up to 35mph winds, but it fell in 55mph. It was pretty spectacular.
I have never tried your solutions with PEX and HDPE, but I keep seeing pictures of pipe all curled up in a ball. Can a 34-foot arch of that hold up under its own weight? I would also kind of like to hang icicles off the top, and I have a hard requirement that I have to drive passenger vans through it. I can probably get more budget next year, but not like $36,000.
What kind of frame is needed and/or required at that size, for those kinds of translucent pipes you use?
Thanks!