Greenhouse on a wooden frame. What happened to her in 4 seasons? Blueprints
This greenhouse was made by me to replace the old one, which was crushed by snow.
At that time, I came across information about a greenhouse according to Mitlider and decided to make a similar one on a wooden frame.
I made a project on a computer to make it easier to do and started manufacturing.
The drawings for the greenhouse turned out like this.
By this link You can download these drawings along with a project made in SketchUp.
I cut the rail for the greenhouse from a fir board according to the calculated dimensions. The internal parts of the roof were pre-assembled, and the rest was assembled on site. The rail was also pre-painted with white acrylic enamel.
From the old greenhouse, I used profiles that were dug into the ground, I screwed wooden racks to them. It turned out not to bury the tree in the ground.
The greenhouse was sheathed with the cheapest polycarbonate from Leroy Merlin and horizontally. Over the past 4 seasons, polycarbonate has not turned black, bloomed or crumbled. But in the old greenhouse, where the polycarbonate was installed vertically, it began to turn green from below already for 2-3 years.
During manufacture, I checked the greenhouse with its own weight.
The tree springs under loads, bends, and then returns to its original position. This has its advantages. In summer, greenhouse plants were tied to the frame of the greenhouse and the slats of the frame even sagged a little, and after harvesting everything returned to its place.
In winter, the same thing happens: under the snow, the greenhouse sometimes sags noticeably, but as soon as the snow is thrown off, everything returns to normal.
After four years of operation of this greenhouse, certain conclusions can already be drawn.
In summer, the greenhouse is often humid and one would be afraid that the wooden frame would quickly rot. This does not happen because the ventilation is very good. The windows of this greenhouse are located under the roof, and as soon as the night frosts pass, these windows are open almost all the time.
The greenhouse withstands hurricanes and strong winds perfectly. A couple of years ago we had a hurricane that knocked down a lot of trees. The greenhouse withstood this wind well, while it even had windows open.
In winter, the snow lingers on the greenhouse, but on the steep side it often rolls off on its own, and on the flatter side, I take it off once or twice during the winter with a long board. So it turns out to quickly roll the snow down.
Sometimes snow accumulates up to 30 cm. then the greenhouse noticeably bends, and the polycarbonate on the edge can even be torn off the fasteners, but after the snow is dropped, everything returns to its place, and the torn polycarbonate is fixed in the spring on a new one.
For 4 years, the frame rails from the side where the polycarbonate is screwed to them have turned black in places.
If I had a chance to make a greenhouse for myself now, then I would do some things differently. In particular, I would make the roof steeper so that the snow rolls down by itself. In general, I am satisfied with the greenhouse.
I also suggest watching a short video about the manufacture of this greenhouse.
Summer is coming soon and maybe for someone my experience will be useful, and the drawings will help to make your own greenhouse.
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Alexander.
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