Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: N.WalesIdealist on March 29, 2011, 08:48
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Morning all, quick question before I get to work on the Hawthorns...
I've drawn up some plans for a green house made of 2x4 and costed it at around £125 timber and fixings. The major cost is looking like the glazing, and I'd like to go down the Polycarbonate sheet route. This is going to be way expensive though, probably a little too much to get finished this season.
So, I was thinking maybe of covering it with polythene sheet, the sort used to do polytunnels and then nailing it one with some baton work. The durability isn't too much of an issue, because next year I'll have bought some Polycarbonate to do it properly, but I'm concerned about the warmth factor. Would it work?!?
Thank you!
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It works on a polytunnel!
The main thing I would say is to be careful about any sharp corners on the wood catching the polythene.
Have you thought about making a polytunnel out of the blue or black pipe some people do? Maybe that would be cheaper? Just an idea.....
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Lovely jubbly, that was my thinking! A polytunnel would be easier, and cheaper, but the bottom of the garden where I'll be putting it will eventually become a proper garden/veg garden, so I've got to combine aesthetics with functionality!
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I have used polythene sheeting on my wooden framed greenhouse (home made) for the last three years. I bought it on a roll from the builder's section of been & queued (around £20) as a quick and cheep alternative for polycarb sheets.
lessons learned:
It's no good for the (flat) roof so I did the roof in polycarb sheet.
works well on the sides if held in place with wooden battons screwed to the frame.
Becomes brittle and disintegrates after 2 seasons, especially the parts that get full sun for most of the day.
I'm gradually replacing the polythene with polycarb sheets as money becomes available but the polythene has done a good temporary job and I've grown a lot of goodies under it :)