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So I thought I would start a thread to cover my system progress.

This weekend was the start of the greenhouse. I got most of the frame assembled, have some details to finish up on it, and the end walls to go, Them Cover it with plastic. Green house measures about 20 ft long and 11 ft wide8 ft high in the middle. When I get the frame completed I am going to move it up the hill a bit and stake it down.

To be continued...

looks like a greenhouse frame

You using galvanised pipe or PVC Clovis?

PVC

So how are you fixing the top rail?? some kind of joiners as the side rails??

How did you bend to shape?

I laid it out flat as a grid pattern with cross fittings at all the intersections, and T fittings around the outside. At the bottom I let the T with an open side out and put short pieces in there with elbows to hold the bar across th end at the bottom. I didn't glue any of the fittings, instead I opted to drill and screw the whole thing together in case I need to change anything I can get it apart this way.

When I got ready to stand it up I got a few people to help me stand it up since when I tried to do it myself it flew apart because I didn't screw it till it was up and hooked the bar across to end to hold it along with some stake just so it doesn't flop.

I'll get some closer pics of the fittings and stuff tomorrow and post them.

Thank you Clovis, that would be appreciated by meny I think....

Took me a few views, but now I see your wire hoops holding it down. What size Pvc did you use? Five foot lengths?

More pics.

The first pic is of the bottom ends were the pipe run across the end to help hold it's shape.

Second pic is around the edges were there are only three pipes coming together.

Last pic shows the connectors used at any spot with 4 pipes coming together.
I hope when I get it all put together it will be sterdy enough to hold its shape if I pick it up to move it or whatever.

Will be working on the ends with doors this week some so I'll keep you posted.

The wire is 3/8" rebar, and right now it isn't holding it down, just holding inward pressure on the bottom so it doesn't spring out till I move it to it's final location. the pipe is 3/4" PVC, and the lengths are roughly 5' (I cut them so I could get 4 pieces out of a 20'stick minus the belled ends and such.) The first set of pipes that go up off the ground on the close side in the pic are actually a few inches short sot the top bar is actually not exactly in the center but it is real close cause I used short sticks on the other side too. Not sure how that happened, but it did so I just dealt with it as best I could.

Anyone ever try to heat a greenhouse with a pellet stove?

I really like it.

Is the PVC schedule 40?

And how are you going to attach the plastic to the PVC?

PVC is sch 40. Plastic actually won't be attached to the frame, just on top of it. I think when I get tit where it is going I will lay some garden timbers along the sides spike them to the ground them roll the excess plastic around a small board and nail it to the timbers. Atleast that is what I am thinking right now. Sometime this week I hope to finis the frame atleast if not the doors also and get it moved to its finally home hten maybe this weekend get the plastic on it.

I am still trying to figure out how to cover the ends of the thing without have all kinds of wrinkles and doubled over spots, and the doorswill be in there too.

Any ideas?

I want the answer to that one too!

Have a rectangular piece covering the ends and cut out triangular pieces. Or don't cut out the triangles and don't be so finnicky

Looking at it from a sewer's perspective, I would cover the 'roof' with a large rectangle, and then cover the ends with half-circles. Over lap at the seam, tape and secure with clips. To get the half-circle shaped exactly right, you may have to use masking tape to hold things in place while you cut off whatever is excess.