Building A Bamboo Arbor / Trellis For My Vines

[GungaDin]

I was going to buy a few bamboo ladders locally for the job.

See Link

What is available here, to coat the parts nearest the ground or in the ground, so that the feet don't rot in the 1st few months.?

Does anyone know what species of bamboo is used in bamboo ladders here?

The link mentions 'Tonkin' bamboo. ???

Thanks

6'W x 8'H

[xerostar]

Hi Gungadin

I'd find some galvanised pipe that fits inside the bamboo.

A nice tight fit would be good.

Hammer pieces of pipe into the ground and stick the bamboo over the pipes

and tap down with a big hammer.

Leave enough clearance between ground and bamboo to prevent it getting wet.

Depending on the quality of the bamboo you might need to drill and screw through

the bamboo into the steel to keep it stable.

You may need to concrete each pipe into the ground if the structure is very heavy or

if the ground is soft.

[Rimmer]

And don't forget to paint the bamboo with chaindrite every few months or all you will have left is some galvanized pipes sticking out of the ground. Clearance between the ground and bamboo or not!

Edited June 21, 2009 by Rimmer

[GungaDin]

Hi xerostar Good idea, thanks.

Hi Rimmer,

re Chaindrite....

with a paintbrush, aerosol or soak it?

I guess the bamboo will have to be roughed up with sandpaper before applying the Chaindrite?

Cheers,

gd

edit: my apologies for the size of the image, that size was not my intention.

Edited June 22, 2009 by GungaDin

[Artisi]

You could try soaking the ends that are going into the ground in old sump oil.

[Rimmer]

Hi xerostar Good idea, thanks.

Hi Rimmer,

re Chaindrite....

with a paintbrush, aerosol or soak it?

I guess the bamboo will have to be roughed up with sandpaper before applying the Chaindrite?

Cheers,

gd

edit: my apologies for the size of the image, that size was not my intention.

Paint it on with a brush, takes only a few minutes and you can't even see it, make sure it goes in on the bottom as well as the outside as Mr White ant likes to live inside the bamboo cavities.

Edited June 23, 2009 by Rimmer

[GungaDin]

Rimmer, thanks. got it this morning.

I stopped by a roadside ladder vendor this a.m.

500 bt for a stout 8 footer...... does that sound about right?

I need 3 per arbor.

Artisi, will do both ways.

cheers.

[fremmel]

In Udon well made bamboo ladders are 100 baht per meter. But that's from a shop that sort of specializes in bamboo with ladders, baskets, lattice work, etc. Haven't priced them from the roadside places.

By the way, thanks for the link to the bamboo place. Some nice ideas.

[GungaDin]

G'day Fremmel,

Thanks.

Best International bamboo resource (IMO) is run by a couple in the USA.

I've been a member for 5 years, trying to learn more about this marvellous, renewable, (grass) resource.

They're a friendly, helpful, mob

Sadly, Mark Meckes, the founder, died in 2007, but the site lives on....

http://www.bamboocraft.net/

Check out the galleries!

Enjoy!

gd

[jeb]

Hi Gungadin

I'd find some galvanised pipe that fits inside the bamboo.

A nice tight fit would be good.

Hammer pieces of pipe into the ground and stick the bamboo over the pipes

and tap down with a big hammer.

Leave enough clearance between ground and bamboo to prevent it getting wet.

Depending on the quality of the bamboo you might need to drill and screw through

the bamboo into the steel to keep it stable.

You may need to concrete each pipe into the ground if the structure is very heavy or

if the ground is soft.

I wonder if thick-wall PVC pipe might not be better as it would not be subect to rusting out. Concreting should eliminate ultraviolet degradation.

[ozsamurai]

EVERLASTING FENCE POSTS

Take boiled linseed oil and stir it with pulverized charcoal to the consistency of paint, put a coat of this over the timber, and there is not a man that will live to see it rot....

One thousand Secrets Revealed circ. 1930

Cheers

Oz

[GungaDin]

Hi Gungadin

I'd find some galvanised pipe that fits inside the bamboo.

A nice tight fit would be good.

Hammer pieces of pipe into the ground and stick the bamboo over the pipes

and tap down with a big hammer.

Leave enough clearance between ground and bamboo to prevent it getting wet.

<snip> .

I wonder if thick-wall PVC pipe might not be better as it would not be subject to rusting out.

Hi Jeb,

Good idea, inside or outside the bamboo?

[LeungKen]

For my 2 cents worth..

Connection could be done with "Butch" alum rivets.

Looks like a good idea overall and wish you well with the project.

Please post "after" pics.

[GungaDin]

Butch rivets?

Tell me more, or better still, a link?

[altman]

In Udon well made bamboo ladders are 100 baht per meter. But that's from a shop that sort of specializes in bamboo with ladders, baskets, lattice work, etc. Haven't priced them from the roadside places.

By the way, thanks for the link to the bamboo place. Some nice ideas.

around here, lampang/phrae area, we had our local builder make us two ladders. one was 6 meters and the other 3 meters. he used our bamboo, but the cost was just 300 baht and at that he felt we paid him too much!

and, a bamboo ladder bends! if you are afraid of heights, as i am, a bendy ladder does not promote a sense of security. but, truth be told, they both work just fine.

[altman]

Butch rivets?

Tell me more, or better still, a link?

i am guessing these are what i call blind rivets or pop rivets. they come in several sizes and lengths. requires a drill and a special purpose (cheap) tool.

an interesting idea though.

[LeungKen]

Butch rivets?

Tell me more, or better still, a link?

i am guessing these are what i call blind rivets or pop rivets. they come in several sizes and lengths. requires a drill and a special purpose (cheap) tool.

an interesting idea though.

Exactly _ Large Pop-rivets

With This :-

or this

with these :-

Cheers & Good Luck