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Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: mum2many on February 21, 2007, 11:03

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: mum2many on February 21, 2007, 11:03

http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/green.htm

Any views on this?
Would it work over here?
Do you think I can convince hubby to make it? He is good with his hands :wink:

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: Celtic Eagle on February 21, 2007, 12:18

Should work fine it's basically a polytunnel and you see loads of those around Looks easy enough to build if you know what you are doing .  My advice go for it

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: richyrich7 on February 21, 2007, 13:03

Ditto easy peazy looks like fun.

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: noshed on February 21, 2007, 17:15

I saw very detailed instructions how to do this type of thing on a website somewhere - they used scaffold poles buried and then plastic water pipe stuck in them for the hoops. Then boards along the bottom so you don't spear the plastic with your fork.
I'll see if I can find the link.

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: leeky on February 21, 2007, 18:43

Thats great!

Here's one from the internet that uses bar instead of the tube idea. same horse differnet jockey :D

http://www.laspilitas.com/garden/howto/greenhouse.html

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: Axe Victim on February 21, 2007, 22:01

This is the best link I've found....

http://www.overthegardengate.net/UserPages/pp_view.asp?FName=Polytunnel&Page=1

Looks easy...cheap as chips...I've not managed tou source all the materials yet...but, it's the design for me. :D

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: Bigbadfrankie on February 21, 2007, 22:11

one chap on our site had a ex tesco trolley shellter and put a poly sheet over and it worked OK.

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: shaun on February 21, 2007, 22:13

ive seen a bus shelter

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: stu_wat on February 22, 2007, 11:46

Quote from: "shaun"

ive seen a bus shelter

did they get it formt he local ASBO's after a Saturday night on a park bench drinking white lighting  :lol:

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: shaun on February 24, 2007, 08:12

no honest mate it was on a site in st helens,we were workin on there and this bloke had one,it was one of those rectangle ones with a opening at each end,he said they were scrapping them to replace with these new open shelter types so he got these lads to drop him one off.

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 24, 2007, 15:54

When we lived in Essex, there was a Tesco trolley shelter in Colchester auctions once, at the time I was growing stuff, so never thought about it as a polytunnel or greenhouse!!!!

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: Mrs.Veg on February 26, 2007, 14:13

We once covered an old greenhouse frame with poly, bolted the frame down to huge railway sleepers, but it still took off in a high wind and smashed into my car  :shock: !!  Insurance people wouldn't look at it - they said if it was someone elses car or someone elses greenhouse no probs, but coz we owned both, tough!

Moral of story - make sure it's anchored down well!  Other than that, it sounds ideal! :)

Title: DIY Greenhouse
Post by: noshed on February 26, 2007, 22:12

You're right there