Can anyone suggest a cheaper alternative to the ZipWall poles? I have 14ft high ceilings and am planning to remove old plaster to expose some brick walls. I will need at least 4 poles. The ZipWall kit that contains two poles that extend up to 20ft sells for about $200. $400 for 4 telescoping aluminum poles seems a little pricey to me. Wanted to see if anyone out there might know of a cheaper alternative. Thanks!
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That and lots of plastic
And I'm not joking.
The only advantage of the 'Zipwall' is it doesn't put holes in your floor or ceiling.
If you don't want to use 2x4's, then lots of tape 'might' work. But from personal experience....it will fall down the first day.
So, use the 2x4's and nail them. Then staple the plastic to it. You want to make a 'hallway' as the exit with a junk piece of carpet in it to catch the stuff on your feet.
A good shop vac will be needed.....
And accept the fact, it's just going to be dirty. The key is to keep the 'dirty' to a min.
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Empty the room, plastic the doorways, then clean up the mess when done.
Not practical, the space is in an old industrial building that was converted to a loft. Its one large open space.
Depends on the size of the space and how long it is going to be like that. Just blew a doorway through an exterior wall into a newly constructed addition going from a bedroom with shag carpeting. Couple of lowes plastic drop cloths, some one by three firring, I made a six deep by eight wide, roll the poly a couple of times around the firring, drywall screw into the ceiling. Work your way around, overlap openings, done and done. After the project, a dozen or so screw holes in the ceiling, no mess anywhere except withIN the area blocked off. Two bye fours are heavy and unnecessary. Ron
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I don't know if they will reach 14' but I use these from harbor freight, http://www.harborfreight.com/2-in-1-support-cargo-bar-66172.html. If they aren't long enough you can use a 4x4 or two 2x4s nailed together to make an extension. They work great and are cheap.
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