Thread: PVC frame for haunt?

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Has anyone ever used PVC as the frame for their haunt? I used 3/4" for a small "room" a few yars ago and the wind eventually detroyed it. This year I am considering a 16' X 16' room made of 1 1/4" PVC and 4 mil black plastic as the walls. Any thoughts?

I used pvc indoors. It is ok to use as long as you don't want to put anything on the walls. I hot glued the plastic to the pvc and it stayed together for the night.Again I was indoors and if you are just putting it up for a barrier it should work. I even went as far as cutting the pvc so I would have a 4'x8' sections. All my walls were made of it. I got frustrated with it when I went to decorate the room. It was very tricky to hang anything on the walls. Eventually I transformed my haunt to all wood. The pvc is strong depending on how long you make the sections. If you anchor the walls down it should hold together.The wind would effect the black plastic before the pvc. Dan

I agree for indoor use unless there is little chance for wind. PVC that large in size is going to cost more for a 16x16 room than a wood framed room would. I personally would calculate the cost between the two before purchasing anything. Best of luck to ya!

Have you ever seen PVC snap clamps ? they look like they might work well for securely attaching your plastic sheeting to your pipe.

They would work a lot better then hot glue,I can't tell you how many times that I burned myself or the plastic! lol Dan

I used PVC for my covered area. I used 1/2" PVC, half was attached to the house, the other half cross braced and staked into the ground. The frame withstood a lot of wind the week before Halloween night. Luckily Halloween night was calm. I made slits in the black plastic sheeting to let the wind blow through instead of it catching and acting like a sail or kite. It worked out well, only one panel came loose and was easy to fix. I used gorilla snot duct tape to hold the sheets to the frame. Friend me on youtube and I'll share the video i made (so i could remember next year how to put it up). My username is craigisboredatwork.

The 1 1/4" pipe is very rigid. Ter-ran iscorrect, just the fittings are nearly $180. Diabolik, that includes both the plastic clamps you mentioned and the aluminum covers for strength. The beauty is that it would be easy to assemble and light weight. I was considereing a wood frame and plywood sheets but that also would be expensive and more time consuming to build.

I used pvc for my first outside haunt and then switched to wood later. Its a pain getting anything attached to it. It sags if you have too long of a section. You cant always get the fittings you need because they dont exist. I used 1 x 1's for the last two years and other than blustery winds during set up causing problems with the plastic it held up fine. Ended up using a bunch of the pvc from my first set up to make my graveyard fence and a couple of other things.

Originally Posted by Diabolik

Have you ever seen PVC snap clamps ? they look like they might work well for securely attaching your plastic sheeting to your pipe.

Great idea for a haunt Diabolik!! Make them crawl/walk through this tunnel from one room to another in total darkness....then start strobes going about half way through and have creatures standing outside of the plastic!!! LMAO! Cleanup on aisle 1......

I built one of these for my wife. It lasted 3 year with 6mil on it. I live at the beach and we get some really bad winds. The rounded shape stood strong.


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