Any owner of a suburban area wants to use its functionality to the maximum. Not only a variety of landscape designs are created and numerous decorative devices are built: fences, arbors and more. Quite often, owners make greenhouses with their own hands from improvised materials.
The functions of such structures include the ability to grow vegetables and other plants over a period of time. Depending on this, there are different types of greenhouses.
Varieties of designs
At the moment, you can build greenhouses with your own hands from improvised materials, or you can buy ready-made ones. They can be:
The first option is suitable for growing crops in the warm season. It is simple in construction and arrangement. Winter greenhouses are more complex structures that require a certain finish and arrangement.
Forms of greenhouses
To build greenhouses with your own hands from improvised materials, you must initially determine their shapes, which can be:
- arched;
- tented;
- polygonal;
- wall.
They differ in their construction methods.
Greenhouse roofs
There are several options for roofing structures:
- single slope;
- gable;
- arched;
- broken lines.
It all depends on the amount of cooked materials. The shape of the greenhouse also plays a large role. For example, arched structures have an arched roof, wall-mounted - single-pitched.
What does a greenhouse consist of?
It’s quite simple to build any greenhouses with your own hands. Drawings of structures are pre-compiled. On their basis, the correct calculation of materials is done. You just need to know what exactly the greenhouse consists of.
So, it is a construction that consists of:
For this reason, before the construction of the greenhouse, do-it-yourself drawings are made in advance. This will allow you to assess the load of the future design and make the right choice of materials for the work.
There are also frameless designs today. Build such a greenhouse with their own hands from bottles.
The technology of building greenhouses without a frame from bottles
How to build a greenhouse of this type? Experienced summer residents know all the nuances of the work. So, for this you need:
- a certain number of plastic bottles;
- improvised tools;
- Scotch;
- polyurethane foam;
- sealant.
As a rule, 800-1000 bottles will be enough for a small design. A brick base is pre-constructed, which deepens a little into the ground. Entire plastic bottles are laid out in rows on its base. Moreover, their necks should be directed inside the structure. Between themselves, such elements are fastened with adhesive tape or polyurethane foam. As a roof, a film is used.
Note. This is a summer version of the greenhouse. In winter, it can not be used.
The choice of material for the construction of the frame
As a rule, do-it-yourself greenhouses are constructed from improvised materials. Especially if it is built for personal use. Since the main structural element is the frame, it can be:
These materials have certain technical characteristics.
Metal is considered the most durable and reliable. In the construction of the structure, they use simple thin-walled profile pipes, or round logs, and rods or wire of large diameter. They have a fairly large weight, and under them you need to make a certain foundation.
Wooden frames are less practical, although they are often found. This is due to the fact that the cost of wood in some cases is much lower than that of metal. Ecological indicators also play a significant role. It is only worth considering that inside the structure there will be constantly increased air humidity, and the structure of the material will be able to deform under its influence. All this will cause the destruction of the greenhouse or its partial tilt. But this is only with time.
Tip. Before building a greenhouse based on a wooden frame, the wood itself must be well prepared and processed with special tools.
Moreover, the wooden frame is much lighter than the metal, which makes it possible to save at least a little on the construction of the base for the structure. You can purchase new material, or you can use old window frames. The latter option will be more economical.
Plastic frames are also popular. They are made of dense polypropylene pipes, which are interconnected using special equipment.
Note. Resistant to wind will be wooden and metal frames from shaped pipes.
What to choose as a coating?
Today, modern manufacturers are trying to diversify their product range of this type. Despite this, among summer residents are very popular:
- polycarbonate;
- polyethylene film;
- glass;
- plastic bottles.
The first material has a certain look for this - cellular. It is a dense sheets of different shades that are able to freely pass air and sunlight. It warms up well and does not allow cold air masses to penetrate inside the structure. It is universal, since it can be used both in winter and in summer.
In second place in popularity is a plastic film, which can be:
- single layer;
- multilayer;
- reinforced.
The most durable is the last type of film.
Well, the last coating is made independently from plastic bottles. The neck and bottom are cut off from them. Then they are cut vertically and laid out under a press of bricks or bags with something. After a few days, they get even plastic sheets, which are fastened together to get a single piece of fabric.
Glass is considered the most expensive. Although, if a greenhouse is built from frames, then they probably have glass. If they are not, then they are replaced by a film or polycarbonate.
How to make a greenhouse based on a wooden frame?
Today, the wooden greenhouse is the most common. Initially, a base is constructed for it from:
Be sure to make studs on the surface of the finished foundation for further installation of the frame, which is a crate. You can mount any coating on it. What can not be said about the metal frame.
A wooden greenhouse can be made from old window frames. They are interconnected by guides at the bottom and top of the wall. Their joints are treated with sealant or polyurethane foam. As a roof, a film based on a frame of metal rods is used.
Production of a greenhouse based on a metal frame
In principle, the construction process is similar to the previous one. There are only differences in the choice of base. So, if the frame consists of solid metal pipes, then it is better to give preference to a monolithic base, which is able to withstand significant mechanical and physical loads. But if the frame of the greenhouse is made of rods, then the base can be made of brick.
Note. Quite often, such greenhouses are built without a specific foundation. The rods simply go deep into the soil and are filled with soil mixed with crushed stone of a small fraction.
On the basis of such frames, you can make greenhouses from the film and at the same time use its various types. It all depends on what period of the year the construction is planned to be used.
How to choose a place for a greenhouse?
Firstly, the greenhouse should be in an open area. Near it should not be any high plantings and fences. Secondly, it is not recommended to place structures on slopes of the soil, since all useful substances will be washed off. And the greenhouse will often be flooded with climatic precipitation.
Most importantly, you need to choose a place where you can easily bring all the necessary communications - light and water.