Cabana checklist: What you’ll need
Frame
- Eight 10-foot 1 ½-inch schedule-40 PVC pipes
- 10 feet of 2-inch-diameter ABS pipe
- Four 1 ½-inch schedule-40 L-shaped pipe fittings
- Four 1 ½-inch T-shaped pipe fittings
- Masking tape
- Matte-silver spray paint
- Twenty ¾-inch self-tapping metal screws
- 10 yards of 54-inch-wide outdoor fabric
- 36 feet of #2 double-loop chain (to weigh down fabric on windy days)
- 2 rolls of heavy-duty fusible sewing tape (we like Stitch Witchery; $2.99; joann.com)
- Post-hole digger
- Shovel
- Hacksaw
- Tape measure
- Pencil (for marking measurements)
- 2-foot level
- Iron (for heating/pressing sewing tape)
- Sewing machine (optional)
- Scissors
- Electric drill with bits
- Heavy-duty wire cutters
- 2 ladders (one for each builder)
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