I'm considering building a greenhouse and wondered if anybody on here has done the same, or can offer a bit of advice construction-wise. Decent new ones are very expensive (around the £400 mark) and only come in set sizes. I'm confident working with timber, having built the framework for a few sheds as well as a gazebo out of 5x4.
We do grow quite a bit of veg, but have never had the luxury of a greenhouse! The back bedroom was used to grow the seeds. Now my son is here, the seed trays are on all the window sills and it's not very practical.
I have an area at the bottom of the garden and my plan was the below:
- Lay a concrete slab
- Lay three courses of a single skin blocks around the perimeter (and space for the door, of course...)
- Build a wooden frame on top of the blocks
- Clad in some sort of transparent/translucent sheeting, with overhang down the face of the blocks to prevent water ingress.
That's my plan. Does anybody have any recommendations on which material to use?
We do grow quite a bit of veg, but have never had the luxury of a greenhouse! The back bedroom was used to grow the seeds. Now my son is here, the seed trays are on all the window sills and it's not very practical.
I have an area at the bottom of the garden and my plan was the below:
- Lay a concrete slab
- Lay three courses of a single skin blocks around the perimeter (and space for the door, of course...)
- Build a wooden frame on top of the blocks
- Clad in some sort of transparent/translucent sheeting, with overhang down the face of the blocks to prevent water ingress.
That's my plan. Does anybody have any recommendations on which material to use?