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Read this thought it was a pretty cool idea if you have a bunch o plastic bottles and want to greenhouse grow.
URL: hMPp://ana-white.com/2011/04/plastic-bottle-green-house-build-guide
plastic bottle green house build guide !
How to construct a Greenhouse using Plastic Water bottles !!
Well I think from the picture you have already seen, I reckon you will
have a good idea as how to make your greenhouse, however take a look here à(hMPp://www.reapscotland.org.uk/reports/greenhouse%20v1.pdf
) there were certain
points on the site that I didn’t like, so I adapted my construction a little
different to theirs, since my 1st green house I have adapted even
more. also I used only 1.5 litre water
bottles that friends on the island collect for me, in 3 months I had collected
over 7000 bottles, fortunately most had easy peeling labels, the rest are awful
to peel, but hey! It’s all for a great cause. Did you know, it takes over 100
years for a single plastic bottle to completely decay?
1)You need a terrific amount of storage space to keep your
collected bottles, the greenhouse I made measures 2mtrs x 2mtrs and 1.9 high and took a
little over 1000 bottles to make !
2) It will benefit you, if you put all the different
types of bottles in separate sections, I do this as it’s easier to find the
same type bottles to make the gaps between each bottle the same !
3) I find, sharp blades are the best for cutting the bottles, so you
will need lots of blades and lots of band aids. ( If you’re anything as clumsy
as me ) I use 2” x 2” timber for my frames ( panels ) and all the wood is
treated ( stained ) before any bottles are fitted ! ( NOTE ) never ever
use nails, screw and glue all wood frame joints, because if you make an error,
you will damage the wood trying to prise it apart ! Also make sure you start at the top of the
panel and work downwards, otherwise later on when the greenhouse is outside,
rain water will get into the cuts and may go mouldy! working from the top ensure all cuts are
downward and rain won’t get in !
4) Clear Silicon ( transparent glue ). I squeeze a little dab of
clear silicon in between each bottle when the full panel is finished, laid on
the floor I run a soft sweeping brush over the finished panel, to make sure all
the bottles are flat, then I squeeze in the silicon ( glue ) this gives greater
strength !
5) When you have measured the diameter of your bottles, you can work out
how wide your wood frame has to be, don't guess or you will either be to short
or too long, and the bottles will have big gaps in between them, “which looks
awful” ( I did this on my 1st attempt, but learned very quick ) the height of
your green house is entirely up to you, as you can cut the length of a bottle
to any size, the width of your frame is important so that the bottles fit
in nice and snug.
6) You must lay your wood frame flat on the floor and put thin pieces of
wood underneath the frame to lift it up, this is so the centre of the bottles
are centred to the middle of wood frame ( otherwise your bottles will be proud on the other side) and won't look nice.
7) When you see my pictures, you will notice I cut a bottle in half, and
I screw the bottom of the bottle onto the inside top of the readymade frame,
this will ensure they won’t move about or blow around when its windy ( which is
quite frustrating ) !
8) I then cut about 1 inch off the bottom of every other bottle and
insert the top of those bottles into the half cut bottles that I screwed to the
wood, this is done all the way along the frame until you get close the bottom
of the wood frame.
9) I then put full ( uncut ) bottles along the bottom of the wood frame,
now you should have a gap from the full
bottle and the last cut bottle, measure this gap and cut a bottle enough so it’s
a tight snug fit, then push it into position, do this the full length of the
wood frame until you have a full panel. Every 4th row of bottles
will have a hole of 16mm ( use a soldering iron to do this ) the top on and the
bottom one has this hole, and directly where that hole sits on the wood frame,
a 16mm hole is drilled through the wood, then a 15mm bamboo or 15 mm steel bar
can be threaded through one end of the frame and inside the bottles until it
comes through the other end of the wood frame, ( I cut the bamboo or steel a few
mm short so I can hammer a nail underneath it to stop it falling out when you
move the frame, without these, the panels will be weak.
URL: hMPp://ana-white.com/2011/04/plastic-bottle-green-house-build-guide
plastic bottle green house build guide !
How to construct a Greenhouse using Plastic Water bottles !!
Well I think from the picture you have already seen, I reckon you will
have a good idea as how to make your greenhouse, however take a look here à(hMPp://www.reapscotland.org.uk/reports/greenhouse%20v1.pdf
) there were certain
points on the site that I didn’t like, so I adapted my construction a little
different to theirs, since my 1st green house I have adapted even
more. also I used only 1.5 litre water
bottles that friends on the island collect for me, in 3 months I had collected
over 7000 bottles, fortunately most had easy peeling labels, the rest are awful
to peel, but hey! It’s all for a great cause. Did you know, it takes over 100
years for a single plastic bottle to completely decay?
1)You need a terrific amount of storage space to keep your
collected bottles, the greenhouse I made measures 2mtrs x 2mtrs and 1.9 high and took a
little over 1000 bottles to make !
2) It will benefit you, if you put all the different
types of bottles in separate sections, I do this as it’s easier to find the
same type bottles to make the gaps between each bottle the same !
3) I find, sharp blades are the best for cutting the bottles, so you
will need lots of blades and lots of band aids. ( If you’re anything as clumsy
as me ) I use 2” x 2” timber for my frames ( panels ) and all the wood is
treated ( stained ) before any bottles are fitted ! ( NOTE ) never ever
use nails, screw and glue all wood frame joints, because if you make an error,
you will damage the wood trying to prise it apart ! Also make sure you start at the top of the
panel and work downwards, otherwise later on when the greenhouse is outside,
rain water will get into the cuts and may go mouldy! working from the top ensure all cuts are
downward and rain won’t get in !
4) Clear Silicon ( transparent glue ). I squeeze a little dab of
clear silicon in between each bottle when the full panel is finished, laid on
the floor I run a soft sweeping brush over the finished panel, to make sure all
the bottles are flat, then I squeeze in the silicon ( glue ) this gives greater
strength !
5) When you have measured the diameter of your bottles, you can work out
how wide your wood frame has to be, don't guess or you will either be to short
or too long, and the bottles will have big gaps in between them, “which looks
awful” ( I did this on my 1st attempt, but learned very quick ) the height of
your green house is entirely up to you, as you can cut the length of a bottle
to any size, the width of your frame is important so that the bottles fit
in nice and snug.
6) You must lay your wood frame flat on the floor and put thin pieces of
wood underneath the frame to lift it up, this is so the centre of the bottles
are centred to the middle of wood frame ( otherwise your bottles will be proud on the other side) and won't look nice.
7) When you see my pictures, you will notice I cut a bottle in half, and
I screw the bottom of the bottle onto the inside top of the readymade frame,
this will ensure they won’t move about or blow around when its windy ( which is
quite frustrating ) !
8) I then cut about 1 inch off the bottom of every other bottle and
insert the top of those bottles into the half cut bottles that I screwed to the
wood, this is done all the way along the frame until you get close the bottom
of the wood frame.
9) I then put full ( uncut ) bottles along the bottom of the wood frame,
now you should have a gap from the full
bottle and the last cut bottle, measure this gap and cut a bottle enough so it’s
a tight snug fit, then push it into position, do this the full length of the
wood frame until you have a full panel. Every 4th row of bottles
will have a hole of 16mm ( use a soldering iron to do this ) the top on and the
bottom one has this hole, and directly where that hole sits on the wood frame,
a 16mm hole is drilled through the wood, then a 15mm bamboo or 15 mm steel bar
can be threaded through one end of the frame and inside the bottles until it
comes through the other end of the wood frame, ( I cut the bamboo or steel a few
mm short so I can hammer a nail underneath it to stop it falling out when you
move the frame, without these, the panels will be weak.