Additional Information

 

Care and Use of the SukkahSoul sukkah or chuppah

You can enjoy your SukkahSoul sukkah or chuppah year after year with proper care and common sense.  Make sure to read all of the Additional Information to learn about using and storing your sukkah or chuppah.

What is included / What is not included

Intended Use for What and for How Long

Size of Packages / Delivery Information

The Nature of Cedar

Storage of the Sukkah

Care / Storage of the Fabric Netting

Requirements for Safety, Decorations and Roofing (schach)

Secure the Sukkah to the Ground Surface

Halakha

Miscellaneous Notes

Assembling the Sukkah with or without assistance

 

What is included / What is not included

• The SukkahSoul sukkah kit includes wood, fabric netting and fabric netting connectors for your sukkah along with directions for assembly. Wood rafters are included. Rafters support your schach.
• Decorations and roofing material (schach) are not included.
  (The schach must be of organic material meaning something that has grown and then detached. Typically people use the following for schach:  branches from trees or bushes, cornstalks, evergreen boughs, bamboo poles or bamboo mats.)

Intended Use for What and for How Long

• This sukkah is intended to be used for meals and study during Sukkot.  Obviously, it does not provide security for people sleeping inside it.
• This sukkah is intended as a temporary structure, erected for about 2 weeks of the year during Sukkot.
• The chuppah is intended to be used for a day or two.

Size of Packages / Delivery Information

• Your sukkah or chuppah will be delivered in 4 packages, each 8’-5” long and about 6” wide x 5” high.  Each package weighs about 23 lbs. Fabric sides will be delivered in its own lightweight box.
• Deliveries outside the St. Louis metropolitan area will be delivered by UPS Ground.
• Local deliveries in the St. Louis metropolitan area will be delivered by a local delivery service.

The Nature of Cedar

• The cedar is unfinished and does not require sealing.  Cedar naturally turns silver/gray in the weather.  Because the sukkah is outside only 2 weeks of the year, it will take quite a few years for it to turn silver/gray.  Silver/gray is considered visually appealing to many people.  If people want to retain the cedar color, the silver/gray can be sanded off by hand with fine sandpaper.
• The color of cedar naturally varies and the sukkah or chuppah might have a range of the natural cedar colors.

• When cedar is initially exposed to direct sunlight, it will lighten a shade. Eventually it will turn silver/gray.

• The cedar might have knots.  The knots are part of the nature of the wood and are considered visually appealing.

• The cedar might have checks or small splits and they will not affect its performance.

• You might receive the sukkah or chuppah with the wood slightly warped.  Slight warping of the wood is not uncommon and will not affect the erection of the sukkah.
• If the sukkah is left outdoors beyond the recommended 2 weeks, the cedar is at greater risk of rotting.  Please read notes on “Storage of the Sukkah” below.

Storage of the Sukkah or Chuppah

• You can enjoy your SukkahSoul sukkah year after year when stored properly
• If the sukkah is left outdoors beyond the recommended 2 weeks, the cedar is at greater risk of rotting.
• After taking the sukkah or chuppah down, dry it off and let it sit horizontally on a continuous, smooth surface in a dry, protected area to dry out for 4-5 days before covering.
  
  After it is dry: 
  • Store the wood horizontally in a dry, protected area. 
  • Horizontal support should be continuous underneath the wood.
  • Cover the wood to protect from dust. 
  • Do not cover the wood so it is airtight. 
  • Do not stand the wood vertically

Care / Storage of the Fabric Netting

• If the fabric gets leaves and dirt on it while taking it down, the fabric can be gently hosed.

• Let fabric dry before storing.  Then fold and store.

• Store in a dry place on a shelf.  Do not cover fabric so it is airtight.  Do not store in cardboard or plastic.