HOW TO BUILD AN OUTDOOR SCREEN

MATERIALS LIST

• 10 m of 20 mm PVC pipe

• Four 20 mm PVC 90-degree elbows

• Two 20 mm PVC tee fittings

• Two 50 mm stainless-steel screw eyes

• 1 500 by 2 600 mm of white stretch fabric

• Two carabiners

• 3 mm paracord

DIRECTIONS

Sew four pockets into the stretchable fabric (see diagram above). Note that a 50 mm-wide unsewn gap is centred in the fabric’s long edges. This forms a gap in the pocket into which you insert a PVC tee fitting.

Use a mitre saw to cut three pieces of PVC to 1 533 mm and four pieces to 1 321 mm.

With a 3 mm twist drill bit, drill a pilot hole in the top of two PVC elbows for the screw eyes. The location of the pilot hole is important. If it’s too close to the end of the pipe, the screw tip will block the pipe from entering the elbow. Insert the two screw eyes from which you hang the screen. Slide the four 1 321 mm pieces of pipe into the fabric pockets. Insert a tee into the unsewn gap at the top and bottom of the frame, and push each pipe into the horizontal socket of each tee.

Insert a 1 533 mm piece of pipe into the vertical socket of the top and bottom tee.

Slide four elbows onto the ends of the 1 321 mm-long pieces. The two elbows with screw eyes are positioned at the frame’s top.

Insert the remaining two 1 533 mm pieces of pipe into the elbow sockets to complete the frame.

To hang the screen, attach a carabiner to each screw eye. Then loop an appropriate length of thin, sturdy rope (we recommend 3 mm paracord) through the clips and tie around a tree branch, raised deck, or any other high, sturdy beam in your yard.