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Done this for a couple of tents. Cheap tarp (the blue one) from B&Q. Lay out on lawn and measure out (slightly smaller than tent footprint) and cut. Scissors glide through the B&Q tarp so if you've got a steady hand and good eye you should end up with reasonably straight edges.

If you need to make some new peg points you can either use a proper eyelet kit or a simpler solution is wack a bit of gaffer tape either side of there you wnat to make the hole and make a small cross cut with a Stanley knife.

Depending how big the tent is (the one I have done recently was 7m x 3.5m) should take you about 15 to 20 minutes to do.

campasarow

Quote: Originally posted by Neighlass on 08/6/2011

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Oh cool!

So B&Q do tarp that big then Campasarow?

The gaffa tape trick is somthing else I was wondering about... You just use normal tent pegs for it?

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B&Q do some pretty big tarps. The one I bought wasn't the biggest either. I think I paid £11 for mine. It's not the thickest material but it does the job of both giving you a footprint to pitch on and in providing that extra layer of protection to your tent groundsheet.

I use groundsheet pegs (with slightly rounded heads), or some gardening pegs I picked up for about a £1 a packet which have a totally flat head.

campasarow