Polymers - materials that are widely used in many industries.
They replace wood, metal and glass elements. Today, polymers can be found on summer cottages and lands of agro-industrial enterprises.
Plastics lungsit is convenient to work with them. They are not afraid of mold and fumes, they are not damaged by caustic chemicals. Greenhouses from polymeric pipes serve very long.
Since the price of greenhouse structures is high, gardeners can make a greenhouse on their own. You do not have to spend a large amount.
If we talk about size, then having modern materials, you can easily make a greenhouse by the individual sizes.
How to make a greenhouse from plastic pipes with your own hands?
PVC and HDPE pipes for greenhouses
For a greenhouse, the frame of which is made of pipes, no foundation is needed, because the structure is light. Per device base required boards and wooden bars.
Choose high-quality, dry lumber. Treat all elements with antiseptic, this will increase the life of the structure. Instead of antiseptic, you can use linseed oil.
For work, you need a plastic pipe, PVC.The most commonly used pipes are white, but you can choose another one.
How much plastic pipes are needed to build a homemade greenhouse? Buy products with a diameter of 13 mm, for a greenhouse it is enough to purchase 19 six-meter pipes.
In addition to the above items you need to buy steel reinforcement or bars. You put them inside the pipes. It will take at least 10 bars 100 cm long.
Types of greenhouses
Greenhouses can be film coated or polycarbonate. Most often, gardeners choose arched design. She is may be of two kinds:
- with a wooden box and arcs that were strung on steel rods;
- with a frame of plastic, arcs and tees of the same material.
You can easily make a greenhouse with a gable roof. He might be two kinds:
- film coated;
- with polycarbonate finish.
Some gardeners who are serious gardeners will appreciate double-layer greenhouses from PFH.
Such structures have excellent thermal insulation, because the space inside the greenhouse is reliably protected from the external environment by two sheets of cellular polycarbonate. This greenhouse gives off heat three times less than a normal greenhouse.
Mounting film to the frame
In the shops you will find polymer pipes of the desired diameter. Sellers will help to find suitable for them. fittingYou do not have to look for them yourself.
Manufacturers in the kit include pipes swivel joints. Thanks to them, the process of building a greenhouse will significantly accelerate. You will find in the store crosses and tepnikovye splitters.
Of course, the use of connectors will increase the construction budget. That is why you need to self-assess whether you will use fittings or not.
You can choose which greenhouse of plastic pipes to make on your site. It can be of two types: stationary and folding. Stationary is erected by welding or gluing parts of the structure. Folding involves the use of screws.
The advantages of polycarbonate products and plastic pipes
Polycarbonate greenhouses have low cost. The frame is easy to make with your hands. You can transfer the structure to another place at any time, it is very easy to adapt it to your needs.
Plastic greenhouse will be absolutely safe for soil and plants. With proper assembly guaranteed a long service life. Polycarbonate is a material that protects plants from ultraviolet radiation. Light passing through the material is scattered. In this case, the sheets have a high degree of light transmission. Even with long-term operation of the greenhouse, it does not deteriorate.
Sheets are not afraid of changes in temperature, greenhouses tolerate frosts and the hottest rays of the sun. Polycarbonate burns only if there is a direct flame effect. Sheets are flexible, you can easily assemble arched and vaulted greenhouses.
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Greenhouse do it yourself from plastic pipes: photo examples.
Preparatory work
Place the greenhouse in a sunny place. Leave around the free space, around the greenhouse should be a passage. If you are going to put a greenhouse for one year, it is better to stay on a folding or portable structure.
Stationary choose if you plan to grow crops annually.
Determine that place where will the greenhouse be located. Clean the soil from the fertile layer, just remove a couple of centimeters. This needs to be done, because clots and debris will be dropped on the ground during construction.
How to install a greenhouse
How to build a greenhouse from plastic pipes under the film with your own hands? No matter which project you choose, assembly includes a series of steps:
- Preparation of the base. It will replace the foundation, because pouring concrete tape does not make sense. Plastic light enough, the foundation is not required.
- Assemble the frame. Use pre-purchased polymer pipes, they can be rigid or flexible. Secure polycarbonate or reinforced polyethylene film. Glass can not be used.
- Proceed to installation of the end sides. Make windows in the greenhouse, install the doors. Hang the locks.
This is a brief description of the steps.In fact, the construction of the greenhouse has its own characteristics. It all depends on the type of greenhouse that you decide to build on the plot.
At first decide on the basis. This is the frame that will hold the frame on the ground. It is necessary for the greenhouse to retain its shape. The basis does not depend on which project you select. The choice is limited by your financial capabilities and wishes.
Rama can be made of rigid plastic pipe, eight-millimeter boards, bars of small width. Most often for the device of the lower strapping using a thick board. Buy it either or bars. The material is connected by cutting in the half-wood. No metal parts are used to connect the base.
The base is either immersed in the ground, but for this, first a shallow trench is dug. Along the perimeter you need to lay in it only roofing, it should cover the walls of the groove and its bottom. After that, the greenhouse frame is installed in the trench.
You should not assume that the frame of the polymer pipe can be self-strapping. It is necessary only if there is a brick or concrete foundation. It is installed during the construction of the foundation of wood.
The base is fixed with staples to the timber, anchor bolts can be used in the work. They are fixed in the concrete at the moment when it begins to harden. Either bolts are fixed in the brickwork.
All options you can use with any project. But when building such a foundation, you will have to forget about changing the location of the greenhouse.
If you plan to move the greenhouse from place to place, it is better to knock down a simple wooden frame. Prepare the site, remove the sod, freeing the territory.
Take the u need to make from dried wood. Treat the structure before assembly with hot bitumen. Additionally, soak the wood with antiseptic.
Use PVC pipe with 3 mm thick walls. Determine the number of six-meter segments. Do not forget that one piece should be left on the screed.
For fastening arches buy plastic clamps. They will be required as much as PVC pipe lengths will be.To securely fix the arches, attach them to a wooden base, buy mounting brackets or fasteners for plasterboard made of aluminum. For each segment of the pipe you need two pieces.
Take a sledgehammer and drive in reinforcement pieces on both sides of the base, leaving 40 cm above the surface. Put on the PVC pipe sections. Secure the arches, fixing them to the frame with metal clips.
Arrange the ends, making the doorway. For this purpose, use wooden blocks. Such an opening will perform the role of a box. To increase the rigidity of the structure, reinforce the ends with wood parts. At the highest points of the arches, make the top tie. Attach it with polymer clips.
Greenhouse made of plastic pipes with their own hands: drawings for making on the frame of polyethylene water pipes.
