Polymer materials, thanks to a combination of strength and lightness, displaces metal and wood from many areas of the household.
No exception and dacha plots, which are increasingly can be found year-round PVC greenhouses.
This design is great for small areas, it is quite possible to make it yourself.
PVC greenhouse do it yourself
Benefits PVC pipes, in comparison with other materials for the construction of greenhouses, are obvious:
- low cost;
- ease of installation;
- building mobility;
- the ability to install buildings of any configuration;
- durability due to resistance to adverse conditions. Such greenhouses with proper assembly serve at least 15 years;
- environmental friendliness. PVC does not emit toxic substances. They are easy to clean, which means that they will not accumulate mold and fungus that can infect plants.
Greenhouse from PVC pipes do it yourself - photo:
Preparatory activities
Before proceeding to the construction greenhouses, you need to decide on the type of construction, make a list of materials and calculate the cost.
Greenhouse from PVC pipes may be arched, rectangular with a pitched roof, rectangular with an arch at the top and a combination of sections. For such structures optimal size in 2-2.4 meters tall 3m. width and length from 4 to 12 meters. Specific dimensions are selected depending on the purpose and place of installation on the site.
For the greenhouse, suitable pipes with a diameter 25-32 mm for arched structures 50 and more mm for racks in rectangular. To connect the pieces of pipe used special cross corners, which can be purchased at any plumbing store.
By the quality of the material PVC pipes divided into two types:
- Hard - used for direct structures in the form of pitched houses.
- Flexible - used for arched, hemispherical and spherical greenhouses. It is convenient to use such pipes for the superstructure of an arched roof made of wood or metal.
For montage Need tools:
- hacksaw for wood and metal;
- hammer;
- building level;
- screwdriver;
- apparatus for welding pipes (for the manufacture of non-separable structures).
How to make a greenhouse with PVC pipes with your own hands - drawings:
Site selection and site preparation
To install greenhouses from PVC with your own hands you need to choose the right place, taking into account the light, quality of soil, wind direction. The construction should be a convenient approach. The optimal orientation to the cardinal points will be west east longitudinal direction.
The selected turf is removed from the selected area by the size of the future greenhouse with a small margin in width and length of about 50 cm. The resulting area is leveled horizontally. Height differences are allowed no more than 5-6 centimeters. All grooves need to fall asleep and level.
Designs can be collapsible and non-collapsible. Pipes can be left on winter in place, as they are not afraid of temperature extremes. The film for the winter is most often removed. Polycarbonate can be left for the winter, subject to appropriate preparation and care during snowfall.
Foundation preparation
Greenhouse from PVC pipes easy, therefore capital foundation for her not needed. At the same time, the presence of the frame will allow you to give strength to the frame and the preservation of the shape during operation.Consider the options for preparing the base for various types of structures:
- Wooden frame Its use is most appropriate for an arched greenhouse, but it is also suitable for building in the form of a house. For the manufacture of the frame you need to prepare the following materials: boards 1.5-3 mm thick or bars 6Х12, 8Х12. From the prepared material, a rectangular frame is knocked down or twisted using self-tapping screws. With the help of a tape measure, the diagonal of the frame is checked to avoid skewing the sides. Fix the frame with pieces of reinforcement on the soil, so that it does not move around the section. The pins are driven into the corners inside the frame.
- Metal pins. You can put the pipes on pieces of metal fittings, hammered directly into the soil. Such a construction will be easier compared to a greenhouse on a wooden base. For such a foundation, along the length of the future, the structures are driven in from both sides metal rods 70-80 cm long. The pins are driven into the ground at half the length at a distance of 50 cm from each other.
- Metal frame from pipes with studs welded to them or a base assembled from the same PVC pipes. Such basis can be made only when using the welding machine. The advantage of his maximum mobility structures. The frame with the frame easily moves to any place of the site. As an option, instead of a frame, you can make two pipes equal to the length of the tunnel of the greenhouse and weld the pins to them. Such pipes are laid on the soil and fixed with metal slingshots. In this case, at its discretion, you can change the width of the greenhouse, depending on the installed pipes.
The scheme of the greenhouse - the frame of polyvinyl chloride:
Manufacturing techniques of various designs
Depending on the type of construction chosen from pipes the necessary amount of material is prepared for the base, the fasteners are prepared and the material to be coated is selected.
Frame and cover
How to make a greenhouse from PVC pipes and polycarbonate do it yourself? For the manufacture of the greenhouse in the form of an arched tunnel, pipes of the desired length are cut.Pipes are easily bent and fastened to the base of the greenhouse. It is necessary to fix the pipes bent in an arc along the entire length of the frame.
For mounts There are two options:
- Mount directly to the frame. For this purpose, the pipe is fixed on the surface of the board with the help of metal fixings for sanitary equipment.
- As an option along the length of the greenhouse they are driven into the ground metal pins close to the frame. The step between the pins is no more than 50-60 centimeters. On them are strung pipes.
The length of the tunnel must be fixed stiffener. For its manufacture takes a pipe length equal to the length of the tunnel. This pipe is attached with plastic ties at the top of the arcs from the inside of the structure. If the design is long and wide, you can fix the stiffeners and along the side walls, this will increase stamina and greenhouse strength.
The next step will be making ends. It can be made in the form of frames from wooden bars or in the form of a plywood semi-circle with openings to enter the greenhouse. In the end coverings, it is desirable to provide air vents for ventilation. Gables can also be assembled from pipes.
To do this, with the help of plastic turning corners and tees going plastic frame the height of the greenhouse.
The length of the transverse tubes is equal to the width of the door opening.
For the strength of the ends, vertical pipes are additionally installed on both sides of the opening.
To the frame of the greenhouse PVC pipes mounted with tees, worn on the extreme arched arc.
Prepared frame for the greenhouse of PVC pipes Cover with plastic film or polycarbonate sheets. The film for such structures is used thick, reinforced. The coating is attached directly to the pipes with self-tapping screws.
In order that the holes formed do not tear the film, tapes of them are laid between them and the film. linoleum.
The film can be thrown on the greenhouse and secured with ropes, netting, double-sided tape. If a polycarbonate coating is chosen, the screws on the bottom edge are fixed to the wooden frame with wooden slats. The film must be fastened with maximum tension, otherwise it will sag and tear during operation.
It is advisable to fix the film to the end frame with construction stapler. The whole frame is sheathed with foil. Separately going to the door, which is planted on the hinges. The door of the frame with hinges is needed for plywood ends. As the door you can use wooden frames from the old windows. But instead of glass, it is better to stretch the film or sheathe the frame with polycarbonate sheets. Glass for greenhouses from PVC pipes It does not apply at all, as it has a lot of weight.
On the bottom edge of the film should lie on the ground, so the margin from each edge must be at least 15-20 cm. The bottom edge of the film powdered soil.
Polycarbonate it is better to cover the entire length of the arc, joining the sheets at the location of the pipes. Joints are taped or with a neutral silicone sealant. Frame covered polycarbonate, is nonseparable, therefore during the winter period the greenhouse must be regularly cleaned of snow. Additionally, reinforcing struts should be installed under the arches so that the structure does not collapse under the weight of snow under the weight of snow.
For the ends, the frame is made of pipes or wooden slats and sheathed with pieces of polycarbonate. The strength of the frames is provided by diagonal slats or pipes. Doors and air vents put on loops.
Pitched in the form of a house
According to reviews of experienced growers, the greatest strength has gable frame PVC greenhouses. This frame is most suitable for non-separable greenhouse, covered with polycarbonate. The gable roof is not terrible snow loads, so this greenhouse does not need to be cleared of snow in winter.
The process begins with the manufacture of wooden frame of the required size. On the long sides are set pins as described earlier.
They put on straight pieces of pipes of the required height.
As option installation is allowed vertical pipes on pins driven into the ground. The length of the pins is 80 centimeters.
At 40 centimeters, they are driven into the soil on the long sides. Put on pins pipes.
At the top of the pipe wear special teesattached to the corner pipes crosses. Next, the roof of the house is assembled using pipe sections of the desired length.
This construction is best covered polycarbonate. It is fastened with the help of roofing screws with thermal washers. Polycarbonate is cut into pieces for the side walls and the roof separately. Joints are sealed with a special tape for polycarbonate greenhouses or building tape.
Rectangular with arched roof
For the manufacture of frame Such greenhouses are installed pipes in the same way as that of a pitched greenhouse in the form of a house. With the help of tees at the top, bent arc pipes are attached. Such a construction is easier to assemble than a pitched one. In the center of the arched roof is laid stiffener.
A rectangular greenhouse with an arched roof is recommended to cover the film. If polycarbonate is chosen as a coating, the side walls are closed in separate pieces. The roof is covered with a solid piece of polycarbonate.
As ribs in the side and top parts of any greenhouses you can use wooden slatstreated with antiseptic.
Greenhouse from PVC pipes has a much lower cost compared to stationary polycarbonate structures. To build it, having put some efforts, it is quite possible independently.
