The need to use greenhouses and greenhouses is obvious both for large farmers and for owners of small personal plots.
But buying an expensive greenhouse is not always worth it. Most often it is possible to do a homemade greenhouse based on plastic pipes.
Characteristics and features
Since the basis of the frame of greenhouses of this type are plastic pipes, the properties of the whole structure will largely depend on the characteristics of these pipes. On the positive side, the following are noted:
- costs on the arrangement of the greenhouse are minimalbecause the cheapest pipes are suitable for these purposes;
- simplicity of design and low weight allows you to quickly and effortlessly mount a greenhouse and disassemble it for storage;
- To manage the microclimate in a homemade greenhouse is as easy as in the factory version;
- there is a possibility create greenhouses of any size and optimal configuration;
- the service life of such structures is very long, since the plastic does not corrode, does not rot and is not destroyed by insects.
However, the low weight of the structure also creates some difficulties during operation:
- there is a risk of destruction by the wind;
- Do not use ordinary glass.
For what?
The functionality largely depends on the availability of a heating system. If it is available, the greenhouse is classified as warm, used for the following purposes:
- storage and protection of thermophilic plants. Before the onset of frost they are dug out of open ground, transplanted into boxes and placed in a greenhouse;
- spring seedling preparation almost any plant species grown on open soil. Restrictions can occur only due to mutual intolerance of certain species;
- sprouting cuttings;
- growing early seed plants.
IMPORTANT! Selecting a set of plants for planting, one should take into account not only the possibility of their joint cultivation, but also the transmission of characteristic diseases from plants from the past season through the ground.
A cold greenhouse allows gardeners to perform the following procedures:
- winter storage of plants susceptible to severe frosts;
- bulb forcing;
- hardening before landing in open ground.
In winter, an unheated greenhouse should still checked for soil moisture and temperature levels. In addition, with insufficient ventilation on the soil and plants can develop putrefactive processes.
Manufacturing technology
The answer to the question: How to make a greenhouse from plastic pipes with your own hands? - not so complicated.
Before you start assembling an improvised greenhouse on the basis of polypropylene pipes, you should decide on the type of covering material. From this point will depend on the choice of the optimal diameter of pipes.
In gardening for closed beds most often used such types of covering material, such as:
- agrofibre, well protecting from UV radiation and creating an optimal balance of temperature and humidity;
- cellular polycarbonate, very warm and durable material, the only disadvantage of which is the high price;
- PVC film, resilient and durable, but collapsing in bitter cold;
- polyethylene film, convenient to install, cheap and common material. It is the plastic film that is most often used as a covering material for greenhouses. Its only drawback is low physical strength;
- reinforced film- It can serve for several years, but also costs accordingly.
Actually the technology of arranging a greenhouse made of plastic pipes with its own hands includes several stages and this can be seen in the photo accompanying the text.
1. Material preparation
The amount of materials should correspond to the estimated size of the building. At the same time, it is not necessary to purchase everything new; for the framework, the sections of pipes and boards that remain after the repair will be completely appropriate. In most cases, such a set will be needed:
- boards with a section of approximately 20 × 120 mm, as well as their trimming to strengthen the corners;
- sections of metal reinforcement with a length of 500-800 mm;
- self-tapping screws;
- fasteners for plastic pipes (clamps);
- Scotch;
- film;
- plastic pipes.
The diameter of the pipe can be any. However, for structures with a height of more than one and a half meters, it is desirable to take stronger pipes with a diameter of 20 mm.
2. Arrangement of the base of the greenhouse
The base will be the general fencing of the beds. It is made of boards, fastened with screws to a rectangle.
Since the screws will be screwed at the corners, get rid of their sticking hats it will be possible if in advance drill holes for them on the outside of the boards.
IMPORTANT! There are moles and other pests in the soil at the site, it makes sense to place a frequent metal mesh under the frame of the greenhouse.
3. Along the long sides outside the base of the greenhouse closest to the boards at a distance of 40-60 cm from each other, pieces of reinforcement are stuck into the ground. 300-350 mm of rod should remain above the ground. If there are fasteners for labor (clamps), then at this moment they should be fixed on the outer sides of the frame boards at the level of the pins stuck into the ground.
4. A plastic pipe is put on the pin with one single-tube pin, bends and is put on the pin on the opposite side with the other end.
5. The pipes are fixed in pre-installed clamps. There is also a cheaper option for mounting pipes on the base of the greenhouse. To do this, after installing the frame of the pipe, it is attracted to the boards with pieces of metal mounting profile.
6. The resulting frame is covered with covering material. The simplest fixer for the film can be pieces of boards laid out on top of the film overlaps on the ground along the perimeter of the structure. With all the simplicity of this solution, it is quite practical, because makes it easy to open the right side of the greenhouse for ventilation.
If desired, you can arrange and a doorway at the end of the greenhouse. The basis for it can be wooden bars of a small section, installed vertically.
You can see another, but no more complicated, way of making a greenhouse with your own hands from plastic pipes in this video:
How to strengthen the greenhouse?
The need to strengthen the structure of the greenhouse occurs before the onset of winter. Snow falling on the surface of the film will melt and freeze with a very heavy crust. In addition to the timely removal of this snow, you can hold the following activities:
- - installation of wooden log supports inside the greenhouse. The props can be placed both in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction;
- - replace the covering material with a more dense and durable;
- - add additional arcs from plastic pipes to the frame.
In general, a greenhouse made of plastic pipes is a very easy way to expand its agrotechnical opportunities. At the same time, the simplicity of the design allows you to install and remove such a structure at the first need, without serious physical and material costs.
