for people in the uk
those plastic greenhouses that cost about £20 i had one and the other day it was really windy and broke my greenhouse sending all my seedlings and my lillies i was growing all over my garden

We are doing to be building a greenhouse and my husband wants our
contractor friend to build one instead of buying a kit. Can anyone
recommend a book with some good plans for a greenhouse in the 12'X16'
size.
I thought it would be cheaper to buy a kit, but our friend says that
he could do it cheaper with local materials. I'd appreciate any input
from any members who have greenhouses. What kind do you have and are
you happy with it, etc.

Regards,
June

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June wrote:

We are doing to be building a greenhouse and my husband wants our
contractor friend to build one instead of buying a kit. Can anyone
recommend a book with some good plans for a greenhouse in the 12'X16'
size.
I thought it would be cheaper to buy a kit, but our friend says that
he could do it cheaper with local materials. I'd appreciate any input
from any members who have greenhouses. What kind do you have and are
you happy with it, etc.

Regards,
June

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Thank you all for your responses. My husband wants us to build a
quality glass and cedar greenhouse, not a plastic one where the
plastic has to be removed every year or two.
We live in zone 6B in North Carolina mountains and we can get some
heavy winds when hurricane season comes around, so it's important that
we had a sturdy structure. I need an all year round greenhouse since I
have tropical fruit trees and bushes that will be going into the
greenhouses as well as using it to start all my flowers and vegetables
in late winter.
I'll check the sites you all posted and do more research; but mainly
at this point I need to find a book with some plans. I got one soft
covered book which was helpful for some points, but there are only a
couple of plans of smaller greenhouse plans in that one and I want to
build one larger than those (12'X16')

Thanks again for your good feedback!

Regards,
June.

"June" wrote in message
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Thank you all for your responses. My husband wants us to build a
quality glass and cedar greenhouse, not a plastic one where the
plastic has to be removed every year or two.
We live in zone 6B in North Carolina mountains and we can get some
heavy winds when hurricane season comes around, so it's important that
we had a sturdy structure. I need an all year round greenhouse since I
have tropical fruit trees and bushes that will be going into the
greenhouses as well as using it to start all my flowers and vegetables
in late winter.
I'll check the sites you all posted and do more research; but mainly
at this point I need to find a book with some plans. I got one soft
covered book which was helpful for some points, but there are only a
couple of plans of smaller greenhouse plans in that one and I want to
build one larger than those (12'X16')

Thanks again for your good feedback!

Regards,
June.

June I did read where you are, but does the following website help you at
all?

http://www.woodpecker-joinery.co.uk/bromley.asp (Shipping out would make it
a bit expensive, UNLESS they have agents on your side of the pond????;-)

"Copy" ;-)) I believe you said in an earlier posting that you had someone
who would build one for you?

Mike

The mention of plastic greenhouse was from any persons original
message. When I tried to post a new message it wouldn't work, so I
just responded to the other one.

Thanks for the hint about adding a hurricane rider for the house. Our
house and my studio are insured against hurricanes, so it won't be a
problem to add a greenhouse if they'll cover it.

We're planning on securing whatever one we buy or build to a 1-1/2
foot stone wall.

Thanks!
June

Oh, your subject header said plastic greenhouse.

Best of luck. There is no greenhouse which could be considered a
sturdy structure when you get hurricane winds. Insure it in the house
insurance rider.

Thanks Mike. I'll check that one out, although, unless they have
agents here, with the Euro being strong the and dollar being so weak,
I doubt if it would be cost effective.
We do have a friend who is a contractor and he seems to think he can
build me one cheaper than a kit; but I want to check the costs on
these kits because I know that those companies must be buying glass,
metal, etc. in greater bulk than my contractor and since they are
factory assembled, it just might be cheaper.

Regards,
June

June wrote:
Thank you all for your responses. My husband wants us to build a
quality glass and cedar greenhouse, not a plastic one where the
plastic has to be removed every year or two.
We live in zone 6B in North Carolina mountains and we can get some
heavy winds when hurricane season comes around, so it's important
that
we had a sturdy structure.

If you get hurricanes and want it to have a fair chance of surviving
them then you need to build it to code for residences or for
commercial greenhouses. This isn't going to be cheap.

I need an all year round greenhouse since I
have tropical fruit trees and bushes that will be going into the
greenhouses as well as using it to start all my flowers and
vegetables
in late winter.
I'll check the sites you all posted and do more research; but mainly
at this point I need to find a book with some plans. I got one soft
covered book which was helpful for some points, but there are only a
couple of plans of smaller greenhouse plans in that one and I want
to
build one larger than those (12'X16')

Thanks again for your good feedback!

Regards,
June.

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We don't hit too hard with hurricanes. By the time they these
mountains, the wind levels are usually at a much lower level - much
like a strong, tropical storm. But if we build it, our contractor will
know what to do; and we assume that we will have to get a permit, so
all of that will be clarified.

Thanks!
June
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On May 26, 7:24 pm, June wrote:
We don't hit too hard with hurricanes. By the time they these
mountains, the wind levels are usually at a much lower level - much
like a strong, tropical storm. But if we build it, our contractor will
know what to do; and we assume that we will have to get a permit, so
all of that will be clarified.

Thanks!
June

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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

I am in the Ozarks, where we get a thirty to forty nights a year below
freezing and one or two below zero. My plans are to do a 12 X 24
greenhouse on a slab. It will be a simple sloped shed, 8ft to 6ft
over the 12ft width. 8x24 side all salvaged glass from used patio
doors, etc (about half collected).

Building to be either a contracted, metal sided horse shed or a simple
frame building. Glass wall will be lined, on the inside with 55
gallon metal drums filled with water and painted flat black -- work
bench on top. My existing well will be in one corner, so 110 and 220
is already there.

Thinking of putting in a 600 or so gallon black rubber stock tank,
with a few bluegills in it to experiment with hydroponic lettuce on
foam blocks. Also thinking of a two ft. "awning" (2 x 24) consisting
of solar cells.

I plan to have the usual ventilation and aux heating (probably LP gas,
so loss of electric won't be catastrophic). Maybe an attached shed
for "stuff" and mowers, etc.

Anyone who has tried any of this that has any suggestions or traps to
avoid would be listened to attentively.

cheers

oz, adventuring