5 x 4 m greenhouse

Step 5 The glass...

A greenhouse needs transparent covering. Traditionally: glass.

3 ways:

1) Use available, standard sizes of agricultural windows of your area. Cleaning might be needed. If a window breaks, replacement will be easy...

2) Obtain windows, sheets or other materials. If quality is sufficient, find a way to use them in the overall design.

3) Use the enforced UV resistant plastic: In my area: 2m wide: 6 E/ m. I used it for the roof. It lasts over 10 years.

Cheap plastic: Not even for one summer! Bad idea!

Comments

[Biglion]

I still don't understand how you attach the glasses to the wood structure.

I'm building some greenhouse on top of my house (lucky for me in Argentina the building policies are way too relaxed in suburban areas). My house has a straight roof, like a building one, and it has two dormer-windows on top of it. I think heat and CO2 escape throught those windows so I'm thinking of building some greenhouse in the space between the two dormer-windows, using the heat from below and the CO2 from my house.

Your greenhouse was the inspiration.

[SXM Teacher]

Got my answer, Thanks!

[GreenD]

 Hey, for further consideration - adhesives like the sticky thing you found can be removed with the following: Car wax, acetone, and turpentine.

Watch out with acetone! This can disolve some plastics!!

I love this instructable thank you!!

[H2OIT]

Great work... I hope you have enjoyed your green house. Take care..

[BobS]

Enjoying the greenhouse is a process. Just finished the double entrance doors, planted lettuce, and put a lazy garden chair in it. Just salvaged a petroleum heater from waste disposal!