PVC greenhouse in a day DIY
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- Step by step construction of a 14 x 42 foot temporary greenhouse structure using PVC piping and recycled materials investment about $300 and 14 Man Hours of work. If you are considering a structure to start your vegetables in late winter, consider a PVC Greenhouse to get a jump on Spring!
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Good video. No BS, no clowning, no stupid jokes, no annoying music, just good information. Good to know there are still some adults on CZcams.
(off topic, sorry 😊)
I made one of these a few years back and I love it. I covered mine with screen to keep the bugs out but allow the wind to blow through. I didn't glue mine down for easy disassemble in case of one of those pesty hurricanes comes through the area. Nice job and video.
Life's Adventures how does it hold up in high winds with plastic vs screen?
I'm freaking jealous. $300 and only 14 hrs labor total. Food security for a very large family. Thanks for some excellent ideas for construction.
good job for a very practical and beautiful green house, I will copy that when I get back to the Philippines.. thanks for this video.. God bless and have an abundant harvesting
Do you need it in the Philippines when it doesn't get cold? Just curious.
@@mahal9394 certain foods benefit from a greenhouse. too much direct sunlight is bad or they need humidity even too much rain is bad.
I just priced those pieces at my local hardware store today. I plan to build one as well. Thanks for your product demonstration.
Good job Mr.Nick Tamble...thank's for you video......Good luck brother...from Indonesia PEACE...SAVE EARTH.
What a generous idea, I had something similar but this is a definite upgrade! Can’t wait to add a smaller version to my garden.
AWESOME video and just what i needed. THANK YOU!
Great job, something to think about, install two layers of poly and use a bathroom fan to inflat between the two sheets. This will prevent the wind flapping and chewing up the plastic. Mine was still in great shape after four years when we sold the farm.
that's a really well built DIY greenhouse, great job!
I love this. We have a wooden greenhouse on a platform because of flooding, but I have been asking my husband for a hoop house over our existing garden, about the same size as yours.
We have it sectioned off with Post Poles and seven foot fencing. This structure would fit right over the top of the existing garden without having to remove anything. Thanks for this.
Great use of materials! Thanks for posting.
This video is so inspiring! It made my day 02/21/21. Great project management report. A++++ work for you & the old man!
A++++? What is this a marijuana rating scale? Everything these days is AAAA+ or AAA+. No more B, C, D, E, and F. Now it's just A++++, A+++, A++, and A+; even a normal A is hard to come by.
Thank you for sharing! It looks great and I'm hoping to build a smaller version for myself 😁
Good job! Love the recycling!!
The best easy way to build a green house I have ever seen!!!
Thank you!!!
We're going to copy this job very professional and low cost, Thank You very much
I had fun messing about here. Learned something, too. Thank you.
wow. Awesome..now if I can find me a handy scrap collector... this was perfect. my wife n I loved it. THANKS.
Thank you my friend, my light just came on, I'm going to build us a 5x8 .we've wanted and needed one for a long time but they cost too much, but with your idea, I'll do it for around $100.00 sweet thanks again. Grow my own.
Great hopeful day I will have the room to build one. Many thanks for this great idear
Great video! can't wait to show hubby this, he has wanted to put up a greenhouse. Before this video watched one on a purchased one for over $1k for 10x10 that is falling apart after 1 year! Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Great looking greenhouse . Thanks for sharing big help .
Thanks Nick, I got some great ideas watching your design and construction process.
Wonderful job! I like how you managed to use as much recycled wood where possible! It's encouraging me to make one for my 12x8' garedning space!
1" PVC OD. Thanks for watching...
breaking 20,000 views tomorrow (or today)
what mill plastic?
Nick Tamble pvc seting
Nick Tamble can I use the for drying Cassava chips?
Nick Tamble That's right representing that SouthSide Sur 13
Decent and good idea. Nothing like saving money and building your own, gives you a sense of accomplishment when it's done. I've always been a DIY for projects, I couldn't imagine not being that.
Thanks for the video....... Frank is one hell of a worker! Good job Frank!
This video is very useful for me.. thank you
That's very well done, and an excellent video presentation. I have read that PE sheeting will react with PVC and fall apart, but if you skin the PVC/PE contact area with fabric tape it is not a problem (there is a special tape sold for this).
Using primer on the pvc before you lay the PE will also stop this reaction.
@@tinman2420 regular paint primer?
Great video gentlemen ! Thanks for posting this on CZcams
Thank you Nick and crew for the video! I don't have a lot of space still I'll use your idea to build one, what I do when I find a video that I don't like is stop watching, yours I watched to the end. Thanks again!
Thanks for watching Pablo!
Great work, Pop's was sure moving right along...good man.
I'm sure he knows more than just a trick or 2!
Great To See the Application of Thinking and Common Sense - GREAT JOB!!!
Awesome hoop house Nick. Tight as a drum!
awesome job...thanks for sharing...it helps a lot !
es el mejor que he visto por internet ,muchas gracias por explicar de la mejor manera,saludos de argentina.
muchos gracias Canal! Tiene un buen dia y ano y bueno suerte!
Damn! E usted espanol hablomo! Mucho jealous hoy!
Thank you for the video. A great way to start a greenhouse. For those who feel the video could have been more stable or flipped to accommodate the view, the message was how to build a greenhouse, not the best way to video building a greenhouse. Great job, I have done some similar but learned some great tips on how to improve what I have done and will do in the future. Thanks again.
The planning worked out well. You have a fully equipped and skilled carpenter helping you. Good show.
Nice. Inspiring me and my hubby to do a small scale one in our garden. :)
that's awesome thanksfor the idea dude
Frank is AWESOME!
The man is very resourceful - a good guy to have on your side - I'll tell him, thanks!
Great job guys.. Thank you for posting..
first off ot did answer a few questions i had about a diy greenhouse. but the reason im commenting is the vid itself. thank you for stabilizing the image and letting the bourder so the camera movements. made it much easier to watch. personally hate shaky cam vids. this was an excellent fix.
thank you all viewers for bringing this to 20,000 views in just over 4 months! There are other How-Tos at www.HGVids.com or tell me what you'd like to see a demo of...
Nick Tamble Have you considered instead of popping the pvc over droppers, to rather close it off at the bottom with additional pipe and t-pieces to create one seamless structure. Then drill small holes in strategic places and use the frame as an irrigation system?
+Nick Tamble Great video *Thumbs up*
How about DIY install video of chain link fence around a backyard??
I like thos one better then any I've seen so far. I would love a mattersl list... half inch pvc? Poly here comes in 20x100. Is 20 feet wide enough?? Love your end wall. Best I've seen... I'm in AK this is exactly what I need to extend the browning season...
Nick. What schedule PBC?
Nice job Don,t worry about the landscape thing for filming the info is why we are here
Volks !
You're cool !
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Great video, using this as reference to build up my own greenhouse for aquaponics next week, #southafrica
My experience with PVC-supported plastic structure is you must absolutely remove the sheeting before first snow in winter, or the weight of the snow has no problem snapping off the PVC. But it is a decent setup for the money and pretty easy to build.
great job man, I will hire you some day once I open my nursery
Thanks Heron! Best fortune on the nursery...
Awesome video! Not by choice but by the needs of the USAF, we have had 2 yrs of growing experience here in (the worst place to live in North America) Utah! Your green house would cover my entire garden. Thank you for the vid.
Nick Tamble,
Super nice job bro! I'm going to build one this year! I live in Wisconsin and it is necessary to start a lot of plants b4 our growing season starts. Not enough room in the house. With this design and a couple space heaters I think I'll be able to plant sooner. And with a semi-controlled environment hopefully better yields!
Thanks for the vid!
So, I actually built my greenhouse (60'x12') by this design. I think it is almost a good design and worked pretty well for the first month. One of the problems I came up against was in the pvc joints being weak points in the structure. Wind the other day was between 20-30 mph and that busted three joints, and that's not even very windy for this area(Helena, MT). However, I plan to replace any broken joints with single poles of pvc 20' long and run them through the cross joints. Not a bad design and fairly cheap, just needs some work.
thanks for comment Ian!
A nice transparent greenhouse is pretty, but what most people don't understand is that you can keep it warmer in winter by covering the non-sun sides with aluminized poly or reflective insulation blankets. You can't get sun heat in from the north and most of the east and west sides anyway in winter. Just the south side and half of the top on the south side will contribute solar heat. The reflective insulation will greatly increase your warming inside, and prevent loss at night.Similarly covering the sun side also just at night is even better, with a roll-up aluminized insulative blanket or tarp.
thanks for the comment - interesting insight
I dig the idear...for clarity, are you perhaps referring to one of those metallic fold-up "blankets" that emergency-minded people keep in their cars? They come packaged all folded neatly in a probably 4"x6" packet?
If not, could you give me a description that my rookie self would be able to take to one of the Home stores and find?
Many thanks in advance.
They have numerous aluminized material, rigid as well as sheet-like. If you were desperate you could use aluminum foil and white glue. But most of the insulation sheets they sell also come aluminized.
would it keep it much warmer in 20 degree weather? how much warmer?
yes do this
I built one of these several years ago. The UV from the sun degraded the pvc it and made it brittle. The first spring storm that blew through destroyed it breaking most of the pipes. My wife still chuckles about it.
Did you do anything to remedy the brittle pvc? Im just brainstorming for my own greenhouse
U must of bought that cheap thin cw pvc...bc hw pvc aint gonna get brittle or brake in the sun for years and years
@@driveronehundrednine3225You could try using gorilla tape or paint the pvc to keep it from degrading.
The lady at the end looks like she just wants you out so she can start, she might move in, hahaha.
Very nice, if I where more into green house building I would build one like that.
love this hoop house !!!does there happen to be a set of plans or a cutting list anywhere on the web or did you just make it up as you went along.I am needing a 12 x 20 to fit my yard.
If you're in a snow area, in that season, put posts from ground to top or heavy snow will crunch it. We learned the hard way.
good point. also, heating in the winter can be VERY costly!
Yes! Thank you!
beautiful construction.. well done.. inspiring..
nice job, thanks for posting
Instead of 6-8 mil poly that lasts barely a season, buy 'Rhino Hide' reinforced poly that's good for many years. Costs more upfront but WELL worth it!
Everyone knows how much can pay .. people r not idiots .. all know there is a better things to buy with a little more money of course
Thanks I have never heard of Rhino hide and will probably use that when we get to making our greenhouse.
6 mil can last at least 5 years. No need to waste your money on the rhino hide for a temporary greenhouse. Most people that leave comments like that are associated with the product that they are recommending....
@@lunkerpond9765 Mine will not be a temporary GH though so am glad of this advice.
@@linr2870 congrats
So VERY impressive!! I just happened upon this video and I am so very glad I did, what a great project. Do you have any follow up on this, like how its holding up? Any problems encountered?
+My Old Kentucky Homestead Oops...I just read the other comments and learned of the wind damage, so sorry to hear that.
+My Old Kentucky Homestead
"WE" will just build another or repair the damaged greenhouse.
i like how he says WE and all he does is walk around with a camera (held 90 degrees off) and Frank does all the work.
Phenomenal greenhouse, professionally built
Very nice size green house, thank you for sharing.
I know you did this years ago. Looks good. I have a few questions. What size pvc pipe did you use and did you have to put further bracing in to handle the snow and wind?
If you drill tiny pinholes in the underside of the arches you could connect a hose to the main center piece of PVC & you could then water all the plants inside whenever needed.
You shouldn’t water veggie plants from above.. causes disease form water on their leaves especially in a green house where it’s more humid and gets no wind..
@@julisagonzalez657 That's good to know, thanks, I didn't realize that. Then instead of pinholes like a sprinkler system you could still use the frame to deliver the water but tap into it with small drip tubes from the frame down to each of the plants base.
@@dans381 ok so you're saying water tubes inside his pvc will not freeze? Is that it?
@@ronmiller7248 I was not saying anything about water freezing, water would freeze if it gets cold enough.... I was just pointing out a simple way to pipe water throughout the greenhouse. You wouldn't need to put water tubes inside the frame, the frame would become the tubes.The entire frame is all connected (& hollow) so by attaching a water supply to one point of the frame, then the frame itself can be the water tubes & carry the water to any point you need.
@ Dan S what about the arches base the water would leak at the bottom where it’s inserted onto the rebar posts 😂
Beautiful barn in the background
Cool. With all space you have, widen and more head room. Great work. Love to see future vids with growth.
I used to work in the market garden industry, and when we put these type of tunnel up we used to burry the plastic sheeting around the edge it helped give more stability in high wind, at least lesson the chance of the wind taking it anyway.
Great work guys! Definitely inspiring me to make one! How does it hold up to a snow load? Did you get much sagging in the poly over the years? How long did the poly last before needing replacement?
Great video...Thank you
Thanks for this video. It has given me a solution to cover my car with a temporary shelter.
and thank you for posting...would like to see a pic of the "car-port"
I really liked the 2 x8 boards at the foot with the clamps. I was going to build a very similar structure only with end caps at the bottom sides. I had also planned on using strips of plywood attached to the outside of the PVC with bailing wire as I was told PVC and poly didn't work well together. Did yours work out well in that regard and did you use schedule 10 or 40 pvc. The reason I wanted end caps was for so I could attach a hose, timer and misting heads for times when I need water. Great video Nick. Thank you.
Schedule 40. - more rigid the better. I've been seeing comments about PVC and poly not jiving together. We took down poly so I don't have info on how the combination is impacted over time
you're a wizard
what a thing of beauty, nice video, thanks
Thanks for posting.
end windows and doors for ventilation...could roll up sides at the bottom also - only in protected sites as wind would be a problem...
shaika tecne sounds like a scam of some sort. Be careful clicking on links to websites
+Nick Tamble Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else trying to find out build your own small greenhouse plans try Lomonting Easy Greenhouse Mentor (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my brother in law got great success with it.
+Nick Tamble couldn't you of just drilled some 1/2" or 3/8" or howeverthick the PVS is and made holes into the wood and slipped them instead of rebar?
+Nick Tamble Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else needs to find out about diy greenhouse building try Lomonting Easy Greenhouse Mentor ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my friend got excellent success with it.
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one of the best greenhouse video on the net.
how long do you think that greenhouse will last? UV and all, ty
why thanks! This greenhouse sustained some wind damage 2 months in and we decided to take it down due to it being after last-frost and the covered protection was no longer needed. I highly recommend a protected site with wind coverage - but one that affords adequate sunlight too. Inspect it each time you go out to it - to look for tears or otherwise blemishes to the poly.
hoo, that is something to consider...
i want my green house to last so i should get steel pipes instead of plastic. and a thick poly 6-8 mils. I would like to build a 15' x 15' but i think i will need help to bend the pipes, any recommendation? ty
+Nick Tamble Too bad the wind damaged it. How would you improve the design to prevent that? Sometime you've got to work with the site at hand.
Sadly in most parts of tbe usa where this greenhouse should be put up, it would only last till the town zoning gestapho make you tear it down. So always vote for townspeople that like gardening and will not zone it to illegal.
***** What is simple - county made me tear mine down, until after I met many criteria - hence me saying vote them out of office.
GREAT VIDEO ! THANKS FOR THIS GREAT TIP !
your better than Newton whom only left us with words.I appreciate than.from tanzania
the poly was wrapped around a modified 2x2 (elongated) and then "pulled tight" and screwed into the 2x12 base.
do you have a materials list? that way i can know what to get from the hardware store.
great looking project
--Rick
I've been asked this a lot. I did not formally create a materials list - but am thinking to do so!
follow up on this question?
For the PVC fittings, check out greenhousemegastore.com the rest can be had from any hardware store.
Amazing, great idea, and pvc's affordable.
great tutorial, thank you!
Was that regular 6mil visqueen? If the entire project was under 300 dollars and it was greenhouse film I need to know where you got it? :)
Before I purchased the commercial greenhouse that I now have (it's 30'X100') I built something similar to this one (it was12'X24'). The 12X24 was covered with regular 6mil visqueen and that plastic became brittle in about 6 months and basically shattered. You need greenhouse film if you want it to last more than a year. It's not cheap but well worth the investment if you want to do this long term. I subbed your channel and hope to see more from you greenhouse in the future as I tend to mine.
Chuck
It was 4 mil poly I believe - not "greenhouse" grade...we were doing this as cheaply as possible and did not count the cost of the wood framing or ends - as we had this as recycled materials. I agree on the higher-grade greenhouse film, especially for zone 4 gardening...thanks for the input
Are you still growing in it?
Chuck
Fensterfarm Greenhouse no, it is not up during the winter. as soon as weather permits (after last frost) - the poly was taken down and it is used as a more traditional garden...
not greenhouse grade means that it is not food grade. you are putting toxings in your other wise healthy food.
@fensterfarm greenhouse look for ldpe plastic or "growplastics" yes its more expensive then pet , but it last longer and has no "known" release of harmfull toxins, you stil have a 6 f by 30f for 15 bucks
PVC piping off gases and will cause the poly sheeting to deteriorate prematurely. The piping can have a layer of tape or even better, the fuzzy part of velcro adhered to it to prevent this from happening.
Jan Halcion Did not know that,but it makes perfect sense thankyou😀
Cap tape for truck caps maybe an easy cheap go to for that idea, I’ll try it. Thanks for the information I’ll tell the local farmers I see that as some of their poly hose problems
I learned it the hard way, had to replace the cover after 2 years..
Incredible video!
This video is awsome, thank you so much for sharing your experience.
Pablo Michelis I appreciate hearing that - thanks for taking a moment to make a comment! Happy Gardening...
Pro tip, film videos in landscape [horizontally], not in portrait [vertically]. All TV's and computers are designed to view videos in that format, thanks
Great video though, right? Lol
Lol i flipped my phone after reading and omg
I cant even finish watching now
So many people don't realize that their camera phone works 150% better in horizontal position. Vertical really puts limits on picture size.
do you have a materials list for this project?
--Rick
Apparently he doesn’t care
Too much harvest. No time to stop for a list.
@@SextonRocks thanks for the reply! it's a great project a materials list would be helpful to replicate it.
Bountiful Harvests my Friend!
That would be just what I need to work on my camper in the winter
Nicely done. Simple functional, and 588 Sq feet too.
dont record video in vertical camer mode, its hard to watch and the field of view is way smaller.always shoot video in wide angle horizontal. vertical is only for photos.
thanks for the info in this video.
Tasty Worker oh boo hoo tinker bell!
fireball and mudflap He was just giving some kindly good advice. Sheesh!
Yes, good advise! it is always annoying trying to watch a video like that. Causes many viewers to just leave also so lose the hit on the video. I am a person Who normally would just leave soon as I see that dumb camera mode! Only reason I did watch this video is because I plan to build a similar greenhouse very soon and never hurts to look for tips and tricks to do a better job. Good video other than camera mode, though nothing new to me I did not already know.
I would also guess reason for so many thumbs down was for the camera mode as I thought the video was pretty good otherwise.
Sorry this wasnt really an issue
Yes, great video and thank you so much for doing it. I agree that it would have been much easier to watch if you had held the camera the right way though! Many people will be put off because of this and not bother watching it which is a shame after all your hard work.
This is really nice but you only mentioned the 5 foot sections of pvc but not the size of the pvc pieces that you attach them to Do you have specs?
Thank you
Nice work....very inspiring....thx
Great video, I'm going to try build 1 for myself
Decent info on the video, though I had 5 seizures and a migraine trying to watch the shaky video and listening to the wind noise. #ouch
decent video , but - mate -. please use a better camera .
cannot turn back time,- but yea... it was me and the father-in-law on a weekend - next time :)
Great Job guys. Gonna build one myself. Only like a 12'×12' .
This is the best design with pvc ive ever seen