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Topic: groundsheet needed!

cazzakabb

03/8/2014 at 9:18am
Location: Forest of Dean
Outfit: Roben Kiowa

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I have a Cabanon without a SIG and have been searching for a groundsheet. But I can only find footprint groundsheets...am I right in assuming this is not the same thing? And if not, where can I get a groundsheet from? I have read that polyethylene ones are good, but where do I buy?
As I have an Aruba, I would like either one huge groundsheet or two smaller (one to go under bedrooms and one for the living area.
HELP PLEASE!!!!

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03/8/2014 at 9:26am
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You can get heavy duty tarps that are made of PVC, similiar to what ZiG's are made of which will make for a decent groundsheet.

Another option is to use Pond Liner Butyl Rubber 1mm thickness.

We use the Butyl Rubber for under the ZiG to help protect the ZiG on our Cabanon, which it has done perfectly for the last 5 years or so.

Butyl Rubber cost's about 50p per sq ft, so budget for just over £100 although the salesman will tell you that it comes with a 30 year warranty lol.

Got ours from a friend who does landscape gardening, it was the left over from a pond job!

mjdb

03/8/2014 at 10:02am
Location: Shropshire
Outfit: Karsten 3m with sleeping unit Kos 6

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Places like B & Q, builders yards etc will sell tarps ...which is what we use for a groud sheet for under our karsten tent & also use for 1 for our Kos 6 tent which doesn't have its own sewn in.

If you can't get the size required either get larger & fold under the excess or get 2 smaller 1's & duct tape together ..we did the later & even after several uses the tape still hold fast !!

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jandjstott

03/8/2014 at 6:28pm
Location: Ross on Wye
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We have a Cabanon Biscaya which has a ZIG but to protect it even further we use a reinforced plastic footprint which protects the groundsheet even on hardstanding.
The footprint is a garden furniture protector which we bought from Lidl for about £8. Reinforced plastic, extremely strong and has eyelets all around the sheet. Approx size 6mtr x 4mtr. Have a look at what the garden centres are selling as protective covering as Lidl only sell these things occasionally. Should be a reasonably cheap option.
John

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