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Hi Guys,

We'll I've all but finished my AP setup, but now as it's coming into winter, I would like to whack a greenhouse over it!

I'm looking for something approx 8mx4m, straight walls preferable, the dome type wouldn't work in the space I have.

Does anyone know of any where that sells kits? I've found a few, but they're all just a bit too fancy and expensive. I don't want eye candy or *sigh* factor I just want something simple and functional

Cheers.

How much is to expensive

They were about $3k, and they weren't big enough. My whole AP system has only cost me about $1k... so

I'm essentially looking for something that resembles a... well... a tent

My GH cost 1K for timber, bolts nails & plastis

Yeah that's more the price range I'm going for! I'm not bad at whacking things together, the reason I'm looking for a kit is laziness pure and simple I'm over the hard work, I just want something I can buy in a box, put together by inserting tab A into slot B and be done with it!

Each frame took 30 min to construct once the gig was made so they are all the same. My frames are 1.5M apart so for a 8M GH you should need 6 ish frames. 3 hours work

Well... suppose that's not that bad!

Did you check the download part on top of the pages, under the banner, there is a complete doc for PVC greenhouses and they seem faily cheap or adaptable.

i've seen your new mates, nice little fishies gonna give you lots of veggies.

Since your building it your self it is going to depend on your materials. Your materials are going to depend on whether you scrounge, buy new or a combination of both.

Greenhouse plastic film is the cheapest covering for a GH if your buying new but it only last a few years (the quality stuff is gauranteed for 5). If your scrounging then you would need to match your design to your scrounged material.

A small GH I've been thinking about is made from cool room panels on the S, E , W and lower north side with two or three layers of GH film for the roof. Cross section looking E looks like this (but the roof would be flatter):

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edit: my asciis art didn't work looks right in the post editor but not in the post. IF you don't get my idea I'll draw something up.

What about like jims smaller one you could build that with scrounged stuff

You can buy a kit or design your own for much less. I know a guy who uses rebar to build greenhouses. I like to use 1 3/8" top fence rail that I can get from the hardware store or fence supply. EMT conduit works fine for bracing and smaller arches.

Here is a partial frame of the greenhouse I'm building. Would something like this work for you? It is 6.5M X 8M and the total cost including doors, windows and fan will be about $800.

How'd you bend the tubing.... and what did you use

Sorry I should have posted a photo of the bender. I bought it off Ebay. I think it was around $50. I buy chain link top link at the local building supply house for $9. they are 3.5M and it takes three to make one hoop. I use self tapping screws to fasten them together. They are anchored by drive a slightly larger pipe about 1M into the ground, sliding the hoops inside about .5M and fastening them with self tapping screws. Here is a photo of the bender setup.

That's nice as Unfortunately I would waste too much area if I used a dome, that's why I'm looking for the straight wall option I think I will be doing something similar to what my mates done HERE. Looks like it is the cheapest option, and then at least you get what you want!

I got a company to send out some price lists on their green houses... no wonder they don't publish them online... I thought there would be a nice cheap kit out there somewhere, but alas!