[Michelle Mashburn]

I have very large billboard tarps. I would like to use these as walls for a small maze for kids to come though on Halloween. I know this isn't ideal. We had to move away from a great place where we have 4 acres of a haunted trail. What would you suggest I use to build walls to hold up these tarps?

 

[punkineater]

while I am in no way a carpenter (can barely drive a nail), I would say it depends on how heavy those tarps are-either pvc or wood framing? If you have enough trees around, you could also grommet the tarps and run rope through & tie off to the trees.
this person used tarps with 2x4 framing:
http://www.halloweenforum.com/hallo...-help.html?highlight=haunt+walk+through+walls

 

[oaklawn Crematory]

2x4's are a great way or 2x3's if you want to cut the weight down. You really need to anchor them down well with kids bouncing off the walls or have a really good lawyer retained.

 

[31st Street Haunting]

Two heavy guy wire cables could form a complete roofed hallway if large enough and not to heavy (or you have stout cable and anchoring)(and can stake the bottom into lawn. Just throwing out ideas, best of luck.

 

[TRENTWOOD TERROR]

We use 2x4s. We rip them in half with a table saw pound them in the ground with a post pounder and use a staple gin to hang black consturction plastic for our walls. I believe it would work the same with the tarps. This is a pic of us hanging the walls, it is a horrible pic but you get the idea in it so........We hang string to know where to put the plastic when we are designing the trail for the year.