Thread: Need ideas for Long Pathway

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I need to make about an 80' long path/hallway/corridor from the exit of my backyard haunt out to the front yard towards the street. Been searching and searcing for a cheap and easy way of doing this but haven't really found one yet. My idea was to have a long path with Black walls on each side. Problem is thats a long ways to make wood walls and or a PVC or EMT framed structure for black plastic or tarps that would be fairly inexpensive and not take forever to make and put up and put away. Plus I have to worry about storage too. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Seems like, tall post with nylon cord or string with black plastic is your best bet.

Originally Posted by PHD

Seems like, tall post with nylon cord or string with black plastic is your best bet.

Good Idea. I guess I could put a couple posts along the way too just for strength and keeping the line tight along the way. And then somehow anchor the black plastic to the ground somehow every few feet.

We just dug a tranch and layed the platic edge in it and fill the sand back over it to hold it in place.

Originally Posted by PHD

We just dug a tranch and layed the platic edge in it and fill the sand back over it to hold it in place.

Another good idea. Only problem with that is that it would be a LOT of trench digging. And of course where I want to put it is where the utilities come in to my house from the street. So I have to be careful where I'm digging and how deep. And I'm thinking I need a way to let the wind go under the black plastic a little bit so as to not have a two 80' Kites just waiting to fly away.

You are right, I never had that problem. Could roll some heaver pipe up in it ever so often and then stake it down.

post, rope, cheap translucent drop cloth lightly coated with black spray paint.

to anchor the black plastic to the ground, go to home depot/lowes and look for landscape fabric anchors. They look like a big staple, just tack it
into the ground.

Originally Posted by tinafromidaho

to anchor the black plastic to the ground, go to home depot/lowes and look for landscape fabric anchors. They look like a big staple, just tack it
into the ground.

Yep, I know exactly what you're talking about and I'm definitely going to weigh that option, thanks!