Garden Enclosure Repairs

 I finally got at the broken garden enclosure PVC/conduit pipe frame the other day.  It was harder than I expected.  The problem with re-attaching 10' pipes is that you really need to be at both ends at once, and my reach doesn't go that far.

So, I had to make supports at one end to attach the other.  2 ladders involved.  And the far end kept slipping off the support.  It was sort of maddening, and a few times the pipes just fell on me.  But when things fall, you just pick them up and try again.  

What do you do then?  Try again.

I didn't want to use PVC cement too often.  Friction holds them pretty well and allows pulling them apart again if required.  But many of the connections were broken enough to really require cementing.  That in itself was awkward.  The cement comes in a can with a built-in brush.  But using too much melts the PVC.  So you have to wipe the brush almost clean.

Standing on a stepladder, holding the PVC pipes generally in place, and then wiping the cement brush around the PVC pipes is not easy.  But all you have to do is succeed once for each one and I managed.  

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There are some more connections to replace at the sides, but the center one was the hardest and most important.  There is only so much you can do in one day.  

I have to mention that it took more than 2 hands.  Sometimes people don't think about other parts of their bodies.  I supported PVC tubes on my shoulders, lifted chicken wire with my head, and even stuck one PVC tube supported with my suspenders at one point.  Whatever works, LOL!

Next to do, the PVC sides and the chicken wire top...