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spider
Hazel Tree
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
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Location: west ireland
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 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: homemade greenhouse |
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Was thinking of building a green house .2.4m square .using ply for floor and .75mm upstand all round perimiter ,and fill floor with pea shingle. Have 2no windows for south wall and can aquire enough perspex for rest of walls and roof, so really all materials are free except the frame which i might make out of wood.
MY question is
1 -is size good enough 2.4m sq and 1.5m walls 30 deg roof pitch
2- pea shingle laid .75mm thick on floor ,acts as heat source at night iam told
3-perspex is old gone sort of yellow , will it be all right to use
dont want to spend much money on greenhouse just yet . really only want it for raising seedlings ,and maybe more in winter months if possible/
Take a look at pict ,know its big but cant see detail if smaller
thank you
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Sb
Rowan Tree
Joined: 09 Jun 2006
Posts: 147
Location: east coast
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:13 am Post subject: Re: homemade greenhouse |
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| spider wrote: |
1 -is size good enough 2.4m sq and 1.5m walls 30 deg roof pitch |
Well the smaller glasshouse available to buy are 2 metres by 2 metres so you are going bigger. Maybe if some one had one of these small ones they could tell you how they got on. If you put a 3ft wide path down the centre that leaves 2 to 2.5 ft either side for benches or beds.
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2- pea shingle laid .75mm thick on floor ,acts as heat source at night iam told |
Seen a few people do that, sounds good. They are supposed to act like mini radiators.
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3-perspex is old gone sort of yellow , will it be all right to use |
Just means less light in winter but you may not need shading in the summer as some glasshouse owners have to install.
I think it is noble what you are trying to do reusing the perspex and all that. Where are you building it, near the house, down the garden, or on an alotment. |
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verge
Chief Moderator
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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Location: Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Have a look at this thread http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1260
Member AJ on it has a 6ft x 6ft glasshose he uses pictured. I suggest you make a new post on that thread linking to this topic and you may get a few replies as well. |
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cooler
Silver Birch Tree
Joined: 15 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Make the base concrete if you can. Avoid wood in contact with soil. Lay blocks or else frame and pour a base. |
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spider
Hazel Tree
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
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Location: west ireland
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks people for your advice. just wasnt sure , know concrete base would be right, but not 100% sure where i am going to site it .so perfer option of moving it . |
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spider
Hazel Tree
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
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Location: west ireland
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: nearly finished |
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well took a while but still at it , my homemade greenhouse .Question for the board ,as i already said ,using old perspex , but after i put the roof on ,there is no sunshine coming in ,plenty of light .
Now what sort of ! light ! is important for a greenhouse , do i have to have direct sun of just plenty of daylight .
have a look a photos please
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