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Polytunnels - cleaning, wood treatment, ventilation etc.
January Man
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Hi all
It's a bit late to be getting to round sorting my polytunnel, but better late than never as they say
I've not used it before as I moved into the house last year. And I'm totally new to ploytunnels.
1. Cleaning. I have some Agralan Citrox for cleaning but the instructions are sparse. Does anyone know how to use it? Should it be used like a normal soap and then rinsed off? Or sprayed on and left to do it's thing?
2. Should I use the Citrox for the outside of the PT as well?
3. I need to re-treat the timber sections... Can anyone recommend a suitable product to use? Seems the wood gets quite dry on the inside, so I need to bear that in mind along with the weatherproofing.
4. Might be a silly question, but do gaps matter? The doors are quite ill fitting, so there's reasonable sized gaps around them. Is that an issue? Is it a case of the more air tight the better?
Many thanks
It's a bit late to be getting to round sorting my polytunnel, but better late than never as they say
I've not used it before as I moved into the house last year. And I'm totally new to ploytunnels.1. Cleaning. I have some Agralan Citrox for cleaning but the instructions are sparse. Does anyone know how to use it? Should it be used like a normal soap and then rinsed off? Or sprayed on and left to do it's thing?
2. Should I use the Citrox for the outside of the PT as well?
3. I need to re-treat the timber sections... Can anyone recommend a suitable product to use? Seems the wood gets quite dry on the inside, so I need to bear that in mind along with the weatherproofing.
4. Might be a silly question, but do gaps matter? The doors are quite ill fitting, so there's reasonable sized gaps around them. Is that an issue? Is it a case of the more air tight the better?
Many thanks
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Regarding #1. I did got a response from the makers of Citrox and they said it should be sprayed and left on - not rinsed off. Just thought I'd mention that in case it is helpful to anyone else who's unsure how to use it.
Cheers