Tarps (215 items found)

Tarps help protect many indoor and outdoor items from all sorts of messy catastrophes. Head to Ace for a variety of light, medium and heavy-duty tarps to cover everything from boats and building materials to floors and farm equipment.

Choose the Right Tarp for the Job

Tarps come in a wide range of sizes and colors. They’re commonly made from polyethylene or canvas of varying thicknesses, and usually have built-in grommets to make them easy to secure. Whether you need a lightweight plastic tarp to protect a floor while you paint or a heavy-duty one to secure a load in the back of your pickup, you’ll find the right tarp for the job at Ace.

• Light-duty tarps: Designed for short-term use, light-duty tarps provide shade outdoors, protect vulnerable plants from frost or seal off a doorway to keep construction dust confined, among countless other jobs.
• Medium-duty tarps: Thicker and more durable than lightweight tarps, medium-duty tarps are great for jobs like covering dirt piles or firewood to keep them dry. Use them to protect outdoor valuables like boats or bicycles, or pile them up with yard waste and drag them to the curb for easy, mess-free disposal.
• Heavy-duty tarps: For construction projects, waterproof linings and other big jobs, heavy-duty tarps are the way to go. These thick, durable tarps can handle heavy loads and rough jobs without ripping, fraying, or decaying.
• Canopy tarps: Featuring hemmed, rope-reinforced edges and treated for protection against UV rays, canopy tarps are made for shade. Durable, rust-proof grommets make them easy to secure to a metal tent frame, tree or other outdoor setup to provide cover for people. Fade-resistant and weatherproof, canopy tarps save the day when the sun is fierce, or the clouds burst.

Helpful Parts for Tarps

• Bungee cords: If you need to attach your tarp to something, bungee cords make it easy. Durable and stretchable, these cords feature a deep hook on each end — one slides through the grommet on the tarp, and the other one securely attaches it to a structure.
• Grommets: It’s the grommets that give tarps their wonderful versatility. Grommets help reinforce the edges of a tarp. Thread a rope or nylon cord through the grommets to gather the tarp around a pile of leaves or garden compost. If a grommet on your tarp breaks — or you wish your tarp had more of them — a grommet kit makes it easy to replace or add them.

Creative Uses for Tarps

Tarp is highly practical and can be used for many different purposes to help you get the most out of your investment:

• Great for keeping things protected from the elements and in-place when transporting in the open-air of a flat-bed truck.
• Can be used to help move large amounts of dirt for gardening or professional construction jobs.
• Double up as emergency shelter when camping and can also be used to collect water or as a makeshift raincoat if necessary.

Ace Hardware has you covered for everything that needs covering! Visit your friendly neighborhood Ace store, or shop online for tarps and accessories to protect your things and bring ease and order to your home and garden projects.