Diy Tent Bathtub Floor

A good tent will have a one piece tub floor which means there are no cross seams connecting the floor material even though floor seams could be sealed they are subject to wear and tear and they would require more frequent re sealing.

Diy tent bathtub floor.

In light rain spatter from puddling water could seep into seams in your tent. Using only a bathtub floor with outer tent allows you to leave the tipi inner tent at home when the bugs aren t bad saving the hiker overall space and weight in their backpack. Here in the video i am using it inside my oes 8 x 10. However in these tents the bathtub floor is a distinct component like the one picture above where there s a line of bug netting that attaches it to the exterior tent wall.

A good example is the classic golite shangri la 1 tarp. In my quest to find something lighter and maybe even a little cheaper i have decided to try a myog bathtub floor using some 1 1 oz silnylon. Our modular flooring sections transport efficiently on pallets and deploy quickly without tools or material handling equipment. The main purpose of your tent s bathtub floor is to keep water out of the tent.

This is the reality of remodeling older homes. Half hex teepee bathtub tent floors provide extra protection when camping in wet conditions. Unlike other interlocking flooring systems everbase 2 tent flooring is a system meaning it integrates with other versions of everblock flooring as well as with everblock building blocks. Some tarp manufactures also provide a bathtub floor as an optional component with their products.

A tub floor gets its name from the way the material continues up the walls about six inches before being sewn to the walls. In a heavier downpour think the rockies in summertime or popup thunderstorms in the southeast groundwater can pool around your tent rapidly. This general use floor works with any large teepee tent on the market. In addition the wood in the bathroom couldn t be removed because it was resting under the stud wall.

It s fun to take an idea and form it into a piece of usable gear for. Learning how to sew has been one of the best things about my love for backpacking gear. Had the floor been leveled there would have been over a 1 inch difference between the tile in the bathroom and the wood floor in the hallway.