Footbox and bug netting

**bigred72** · 03-26-2010, 19:18

So I posted this on a different part of the forum with only one response.....so I am posting here for some feedback.

So I have my hammock done.....well that is except for the bugnetting. I used the camo from sclittlefield's group buy and made a double layer 1.1z.

My hammock dimensions are (raw measurements) 68" wide by 132" long.

I have bug netting and at first thought about making a separate bug net to go over my hammock. Now I would really like to sew it on as part of the hammock with a zipper on one side.

I will have a length of nylon attached along the bug net on the side with the zipper, then the zipper will attach that to the hammock and have pullouts attached to the bug net (think BB)

I clipped it on a couple of different times (without pullouts) and have noticed the the net tends to bunch up quite a bit when I lay diagonally for a flat lay. Is this normal?

Would adding a footbox alleviate some of this? How much do the pullouts play into this?

I have read headchange4u's post on sewing on a bug net, but not sure I have all the info I need for my situation.

For those who have successfully attempted this......any thoughts?

**Just Jeff** · 03-26-2010, 19:42

Haven't tried it, but I'm gonna make a different kind of footbox on my next DIY. I'll have pics when I get around to making it...hopefully this weekend if I don't have to many more honey-dos added. Why can't we change honey-DOs to honey-DOES?

Awesome avatar, btw.

**JerryW** · 03-26-2010, 19:52

Originally Posted by bigred72

I clipped it on a couple of different times (without pullouts) and have noticed the the net tends to bunch up quite a bit when I lay diagonally for a flat lay. Is this normal?

Would adding a footbox alleviate some of this? How much do the pullouts play into this?

My experience has been that you need to pin the netting on while the hammock is either tied out or someone is in it, laying diagonally as you would be.

If you pin it on while it's just hanging, the bugnet will bunch up when you lay diagonally in it. The perimeter shape changes between unoccupied and occupied.

Jerry