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im a new haunter in the department of building a home haunt. If an of you can give me some tips and show or tell me how you built your structure it would be very helpfull.

Couple of quick questions (and more to follow, I'm certain)

Are you looking for help in setting up a maze?
Or, perhaps making your own mausoleum?

What kind of structure are you looking to set up?
Also, what kind of budget are you looking at?

If you're looking to set up a temporary framework for a maze / walk through, will you be using this in a windy area, or is it relatively calm? Will it all be within a garage, or will some (or all) of it be outside an established structure?

Will you have help? (so, will the pieces need to be light enough for a one-person set up?)


Lot's of possibilities here - a little info will really help us give good advice.

Oh, and if no one's said it yet, welcome to the forum!
New blood is always a pleasure...

ok well i will mainly be alone when i make it also it will be all outside and the area is mainly calm my budget is in 600-1300 range for structure it will be a maze that is temp that i can take back down

I would suggest, perhaps, picking a display that does not need so much a structure, but fits with the outdoor nature.

A cemetery being the most obvious. There are plenty of other directions to take it as well.

This way all the budget goes to props, and not walls.

I have seen people make some good walls out of PVC pipe and black plastic, or even some of those temporary car ports if you decide for walls, however.

Originally Posted by darknesshalloween

ok well i will mainly be alone when i make it also it will be all outside and the area is mainly calm my budget is in 600-1300 range for structure it will be a maze that is temp that i can take back down

If it is going to be outside and a maze, one easy and quick way of constructing is PVC and tarps. It is weather resistant and easy. Just pound rebar into the ground, slip the PVC pipes over the rebar and build away. How much electrical will this maze need? How big is it? How early are you going to set it up?

What's your theme? Do you have one?

im gonna set it up around mid september its is a little small because parts go outside but the structure would be about as long as 2 and a half times the size of ur average 2 car garage my main theme is gonna be the butcher shop and there will be a good amount of electrical

Sounds like it's going to be a large haunt.

If it's going to be on grass, where you can pound in some re-bar, Runwolf has a great suggestion for setting up a framework to hang plastic from.
Plastic sheeting is great for making a maze, as it's easy to hang and manipulate.
Keep in mind the cost - you've mentioned an area around 800-1000 sq ft, and you're going to need to keep the hallways at least 7 ft tall, if not 8 ft.
If you haven't yet, layout your maze on paper, determine how many walls, how tall, how long and how much you're going to need to purchase to make that happen (I was just pricing black plastic sheeting online, and it's looking about $40-$45 bucks per 100 foot roll)

If you're going to have a lot of electrical in your maze, and it's outside your house, you're going to need to rely on heavy duty extension cords, and will likely need to make certain you're not going to overload circuits in the house (example: one extension cord running from an outlet, with a power strip attached, and perhaps another power strip plugged into that. You end up with 6-10 items drawing a current on that one cord, on that one outlet. If you've plugged another extension cord into that outlet, with another power strip, you are going to have a huge load drawing on that circuit. Very good chance you will trip a breaker).
I've learned just how little it takes to trip a breaker from past experience.