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| Double Decker Tents |
What we used:
- Lots of rope
- 10 longish poles (around 2 metres)
- 1 ladder, although in the past we have build the ladder by putting horizontal poles beneath the tent entrance to climb up and down
- 2 force ten tents, or a similar smaller design
- Tables to rest the groundsheet on
- 8 long tent pegs
Since building this once, it has become a firm favourite of our scouts and we tend to build it two or three times a year. Can be nice to be used as a reward!
Construction
The way we build it was as follows:
- First of all we built two 'rugby post' constructions (like the letter H) flat on the ground. It is vital to make sure that the cross pieces are the same height off the ground!
- These were raised into the air and two cross pieces added - one on each side.
- To ensure the structure was stable, we added two guy ropes on each corner around the cross post, going out at 45 degrees from the corners. This improved the stability of the structure no end.
- We then added another two poles going left to right in the picture above about 1/3 and 2/3 of the way between the two vertical H pieces. These were primarily to support the tables which would in turn support the tents. We then laid tables on top of these poles.
- Once we had built a stable platform, we then pitched the tent on top of it. Putting the tent up was much the same as putting it up on the ground, except instead of putting in pegs we would use rope - either back down to the ground level and pegged out or (preferably cos it's a lot less work!) wound around one of the poles to hold it tight.
- The last stage was to add the ladder. Putting glowsticks on the ladder means it can be seen in the dark so no one will run into it, and it also makes it easier to get up and down in the night.
A rule I have invented for our own safety is that if the structure is built in the evening, no one is to sleep in the tent underneath for the first night, in case there are any problems with the construction. If the struture has been built in the morning, I am normally ok with people sleeping underneath it on the grounds that if a structure hasn't fallen down in 12 hours during the day, it's highly unlikely to during the night. Obviously if the wind forcast was strong I would probably reassess the risk.
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