SHORT ON TIME? Put up this canopy shlock in under an hour. Easy, simple, and requires no handyman skills. This shlock also works for the Leiter’s Sukkahs. Supplies: • Canopy (10’x10’ for an 8’x8’ sukkah) • 4 8-foot 2x4s • 3 2x4”s that are just a bit longer than the width of your sukkah • Shrink wrap • 4 wheels • 4 8-foot ropes • 2 hooks
SUPPORTIVE STRAPS
9. On the same wall as #8, on the outside, screw eye bolts in the vertical center, at the edge of each panel every two feet. (You can add a fifth one in the center for added support.) Then, screw eye bolts aligned with the below at the bottom of the the 2x3 that was attached to the Sukkah in #6.
1. According to the height of your canopy, cut the four 8-foot 2x4s so that when it is placed under the legs of the canopy, the canopy will be the same height as the sukkah. (In the shlock pictured, the 2x4 was cut to 2 feet.) 2. Attach a wheel to each of the 2x4s. 3. Using the remainder of each of these 2x4s, (in the image, that would be 6 feet) position the 2-foot 2x4 under the pole of the canopy, and line up the 6-foot 2x4 at the bottom, running ¾ up to the top of the pole. 4. Wrap shrink wrap around the two 2x4s and the pole tightly. 5. Repeat for each pole. 6. Using the three 2x4s, attach them to three sides of the canopy, midway, to create a frame for the canopy. (This will keep the the shlock sturdy, and also give you something to hold onto while you wheel the shlock.) 7. Attach hooks to the center of the exterior of the front and back walls of the sukkah. 8. Tie an 8-foot rope on the top of each poll. These ropes can be twirled around the hooks to keep the canopy in place over or near the sukkah.
10. Hook a strap onto each eye bolt on the 2x3 and pull it over the roof of the Sukkah, over the opposite wall and down until the eye bolts on it, where it should be tightened and then fastened to the second set of eye bolts. Tighten it well, but not too strongly, as you don’t want to break the Sukkah. Make sure that the beams that hold the schach are running in the same direction as the straps, because otherwise the tightened straps can cause the sukkah to collapse.
ROPES AND PULLEYS
11. At the two middle eye bolts on the 2x3, which are aligned with the pulleys, attach a rope on each and knot them well. Bring the ropes down under the tarp, and then around the bottom (pipe) of the shlock and then up again over the tarp until the pulleys. Put them PULLEY through EYE BOLT the pulleys and let them hang down until the floor. The author can be reached at 845-243-0560
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