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Olafhenny · 03-29-2012, 02:12 AM

As it turns out, I did forget a couple of things:
In “tools” a tape measure would come in handy, although you could cut the first piece by ‘eyeball’ and
then the corresponding ones exactly the same length.

Also these things will blow away, unless anchored in place. The one on the balcony I anchored
with angle irons, and for the other I will pound some bamboo pegs into the ground at the proper
spacing and slip the pipe legs over them. I did that with my first attempt last year and to my
surprise that held my “crystal palace” quite securely in place without any necessity of splinting,
which I had originally planned on.
See: My Banana Experience (or lack of it)

There I had originally not allowed for a gable and had to improvise later, because of water ponding.

Another advantage I did not mention. If you find out later, that your greenhouse should be
higher or larger, just stick longer pieces of pipe into the fittings and voila, you have enlarged the
skeleton. The pipe is quite cheap.

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Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 283,529 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: Low cost easy do-it-yourself greenhouse As it turns out, I did forget a couple of things: In “tools” a tape measure would come in handy, although you could cut the first piece by ‘eyeball’ and then the corresponding ones exactly the same length. Also these things will blow away, unless anchored in place. The one on the balcony I anchored with angle irons, and for the other I will pound some bamboo pegs into the ground at the proper spacing and slip the pipe legs over them. I did that with my first attempt last year and to my surprise that held my “crystal palace” quite securely in place without any necessity of splinting, which I had originally planned on. See: My Banana Experience (or lack of it) There I had originally not allowed for a gable and had to improvise later, because of water ponding. Another advantage I did not mention. If you find out later, that your greenhouse should be higher or larger, just stick longer pieces of pipe into the fittings and voila, you have enlarged the skeleton. The pipe is quite cheap. __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.