5 x 4 m greenhouse

Step 2 Working the wood.

Near our garden complex was a road construction. Their break room had a crude pergola of large beams, to provide some shade during hot and sunny days. When the viaduct was finally finished, all the stuff was thrown in the dumpster! A broken road sign, and many office and store re-modelings in town, provided additional material.

The large beams were cut (sawed) in 2, over length.

Everything was painted: first with 50- 20 % turpentine/ paint, then with regular paint. In our allotment, any color is OK, as long as it's green.....

Old and questionable quality wood benefits from a first layer of very diluted paint. It kills the bugs, and actually strengthens it...

The acrylic sheets were carefully measured. The top and corner boards were routed to receive the sheets, the rest of the vertical boards receive the sheets on top.

Comments

[Gaddian]

Hehe, "Any color is OK, as long as it's green..." :D Very useful stuff here. I am impressed and think I will follow your steps once I get property to do it on. Living in the city without cash to rent something makes it difficult.