I am doubtful that it would hold. I've experienced it several times blowing apart.
Admittedly, I've never used t-vind super, or is it the one with green text and green rectangles? If so, it has never blown apart for me, but I don't know if it was that windy when I used it.
The best thing is probably to tell the family that you are busy and put up the panel over the weekend
What is your wind situation? Is it somewhat sheltered by forest, buildings, etc.?
If you can reinforce with some planks and such, it might help a lot. It should be fairly quick to put up nearly all the planks, right? If you have any lightweight tarps available, you could maybe use them for extra reinforcement/protection.
If you already have insulation and drywall at home, you can give the fabric good support by pressing in the insulation and then adding a drywall. This would support the windbreaker from the inside and there wouldn’t be much force on the fabric. Just make sure that the joints of the fabric have nail battens on them, so the wind doesn’t tear any seam. The drywall doesn't need to be fully screwed in.
It's relatively sheltered. Down in a (fairly large) valley, but unfortunately, it still gets quite gusty here. The house is relatively low compared to surrounding houses, but it still gets quite windy. Directly adjacent to the northeast is a football field and further away a lake, so it's very open in that direction. Luckily, it seems the wind will blow from the opposite direction (as it often does).
Putting up all the planks feels like the best option, but I’ve hesitated because it doesn’t feel great to leave it so exposed (the panel might not come on until spring). Isn’t there a risk that rain and snow will settle on the horizontal planks?
I don’t have insulation or drywall at home, and I’d rather not put it up now with the risk of it getting wet.
Unfortunately, the forecast hasn't developed in the right direction. They are now saying well over hurricane strength. I guess I should just be satisfied if the house remains standing!
But yr.no seems to predict relatively mild winds for Västra Götaland ...
Yes, you're right about that, but 4 - 7 m/s as yr.no says, that can't be correct. SMHI has issued a class 2 warning now, it's actually not that common and they don't do it if there are such major uncertainties.
It went perfectly! The Friggan and the windbreak seem to have remained completely unaffected! It holds up much better than I dared to hope for. Not even wet on the inside despite persistent rain beating! Now the wind wasn't as bad as SMHI claimed, but it was certainly blowing hard for a couple of hours last night! There was quite a creaking on the top floor of our 1.5-story house!
Not to belittle storm Simone, but now it’s blowing and raining so much that I am seriously afraid the windbreak might tear apart. Significantly worse than last time! We’ll see how it goes.
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