After I got done building the deck on the back of our house, which that was the first project I had ever done like that. I decided to build my wife a large greenhouse. Because every year, we have to haul her overly large plants in the house, which is a chore. Those plants just keep getting bigger, heavier and more difficult to move, without breaking them. Her pencil cactus long ago, got too big to get into the house. The last time we moved it in the house, we broke and scratched up a lot of stuff, getting it in the house. So I decided, she needed a large greenhouse, because these plants are only going to get bigger and heavier.
I build all types of stuff out of steel, aluminum and stainless, but wood is not my thing, if I can't weld it I am lost. So this greenhouse deal, has been a learning experience.
I decided to build it similar to our deck, with a floor made of the same deck wood we used to make the deck, then treated 4X4s, 2X4s, 2X6s. I wanted a floor that would allow us to move her huge plants around easily and not drag them through the dirt. That and I figured getting them up off the ground, would help keep them warmer.
So I got started on this deal last spring, I got the 4X4s cemented in the ground, then made the frame for the flooring. Then made the ramp going up into the greenhouse. I knew I wanted something to make the lower part of the walls with, but was not sure. If I would use some exterior wall paneling or if I was going to use brick or what. Since I did not find any good deals on bricks. I see people selling bricks on facebook market place and thought, if I can find someone selling bricks cheaply, and enough, to do the lower part o the greenhouse. I would use brick. But I never found any of those deals when I needed to. So we looked at exterior wall paneling, after looking at multiple options, we decided that Hardie Plank, would be the best option. It will not rot. So I could run it all the way to the ground and the pack dirt or cement around the bottom of the paneling all the way around, to keep cold air from getting under the floor. And to keep critters out from under the greenhouse.
I build all types of stuff out of steel, aluminum and stainless, but wood is not my thing, if I can't weld it I am lost. So this greenhouse deal, has been a learning experience.
I decided to build it similar to our deck, with a floor made of the same deck wood we used to make the deck, then treated 4X4s, 2X4s, 2X6s. I wanted a floor that would allow us to move her huge plants around easily and not drag them through the dirt. That and I figured getting them up off the ground, would help keep them warmer.
So I got started on this deal last spring, I got the 4X4s cemented in the ground, then made the frame for the flooring. Then made the ramp going up into the greenhouse. I knew I wanted something to make the lower part of the walls with, but was not sure. If I would use some exterior wall paneling or if I was going to use brick or what. Since I did not find any good deals on bricks. I see people selling bricks on facebook market place and thought, if I can find someone selling bricks cheaply, and enough, to do the lower part o the greenhouse. I would use brick. But I never found any of those deals when I needed to. So we looked at exterior wall paneling, after looking at multiple options, we decided that Hardie Plank, would be the best option. It will not rot. So I could run it all the way to the ground and the pack dirt or cement around the bottom of the paneling all the way around, to keep cold air from getting under the floor. And to keep critters out from under the greenhouse.
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