The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Greenhouse: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply by Craig Baird

Author:Craig Baird
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: greenhouse, building, plans, install, cold frames, hotbeds, hoop houses, attached greenhouses, freestanding, shutter, shades, plumbing of greenhouses
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing
Published: 2012-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Things to Consider for Your Project

When you are building a lean-to greenhouse, you have made a good choice especially if this is your first greenhouse project. The simplest type of greenhouse is the lean-to greenhouse and you can easily fit it into your backyard. Also, they are incredible easy for you to assemble. Of course, they are not foolproof to build, so there are some things that you will need to consider when you are putting together a lean-to greenhouse.

First, most lean-to greenhouses come with a back panel and this attaches to a wall of a house or an outbuilding. When you are building a lean-to greenhouse, it is very important that you build the greenhouse with a wall to rest against the wall of the house. There are two big reasons for this; heat loss and dampness. The heat from a home next to the greenhouse mixed with the heat from the wall of the greenhouse can actually cause dampness on the wall of the greenhouse. The humidity may therefore be higher than what you were expecting, which can cause problems for you and your plants.

Next, when you are putting together lean-to greenhouses, especially from a kit, make sure to read all the instructions and precautions. These instructions and precautions will typically cover the tools you need, how to safely use the tools, and how to put together the greenhouse. You also need to consider what type of material you are going to use for your lean-to greenhouse. You can typically choose between wood, vinyl, brick, and stone, with most people choosing wood, because it is the easiest to work with. Considering some protective coating is also very important. If you are using brick or stonework as the walls for your lean-to greenhouse, then having plastic over this will help keep mold from eating through the brick and stone when it is hot. In this case, it is highly recommended that you use something like silicone rubber, which you can get from a hardware store and you can use it to seal edges.

You need to think about what your surroundings are going to be like. If you live where there is plenty of pollution or rain, then you need to have a good wood construction for your greenhouse, as well as glass covering it. However, you can use fiberglass, which is much cheaper. Thankfully, wood is very cheap and it will not cost much to buy enough to build your entire greenhouse and then some.

Now, if you live somewhere that has plenty of sunny weather, you can use something like polyethylene, which is very cheap. If you can spend more than others can, then you may want to consider aluminum for your greenhouse. Because you are essentially building your greenhouse out of metal, it is going to cost several hundreds of dollars more, and that is something you should consider if you are going this route.

Ventilation is also very important. The greenhouse needs airflow going into it and with a lean-to greenhouse a window or a flap will be enough to provide you with enough ventilation.

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