Do-it-yourself greenhouse from plastic pipes: drawings

Design advantages

A greenhouse made of plastic pipes is becoming more and more popular, because it has a number of undeniable advantages. It is easy to make, the assembly itself will take only a few hours, you do not need to be a professional for this, it is enough to determine the dimensions, make a drawing, buy and bring the necessary materials. Since plastic pipes are light in weight, they do not need much physical strength to transport, load and unload, assemble a greenhouse or greenhouse. Therefore, you do not need to attract many people to work.

Any structures made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) or HDPE (low pressure polyethylene) pipes are easy to assemble and dismantle, which is very convenient in the country. Often they make greenhouses for seasonal use, covered with plastic wrap: the owners use them all year round, after operation they remove the film, disassemble the frame, clean it for the winter, and collect it again in the spring. Assembling the structure with his own hands, the summer resident wants not only to save money, but also to realize his own desires, plastic elements are best suited for this.

Perhaps the most important advantage of plastic pipes compared to other materials used is the absence of their interaction with water, earth, air – PVC and HDPE do not rust, do not mold, do not rot, do not emit any harmful substances either into the air or into earth. This explains the durability of the material – an important quality in itself. And environmental friendliness in agriculture, of course, is welcomed.

What are greenhouses made of PVC pipes

Greenhouses most often do:

• arched;
• gable;
• lean-to.

For do-it-yourself arched greenhouses made of PVC pipes, they knock down a box of boards or wooden beams. Pipes are put on metal, less often wooden pins (pegs), which are securely fixed in the ground, 30-40 cm of the pin should remain on top, which freely enters the pipe. If such a greenhouse (greenhouse) is covered with plastic wrap, then the ends are usually covered with plywood, wood board or plastic, in which doors and vents are made for ventilation. If the arched structure is covered with polycarbonate, then the end sides are also made from it.

Single-pitched and double-pitched greenhouses are covered with both film and polycarbonate. Such a heavy, fragile and expensive material as glass is less and less used for greenhouses and greenhouses in our summer cottages, which is not surprising.

Pipe structures are usually installed on a foundation or rigid base to add rigidity and stability to them due to the lightness of the material.

Video “Installing a greenhouse from plastic pipes”

Do-it-yourself step-by-step process of assembling a greenhouse from plastic pipes at a summer cottage

How to build a flexible pipe greenhouse

Arched greenhouses and greenhouses are usually made by hand from flexible pipes with a diameter of at least 20 mm. In order to build such a greenhouse, you need to take:

• metal pins with a diameter of 10-12 mm and a length of 50-75 cm;
• plastic pipe with walls 3 mm thick;
• plastic clamps for connection;
•  aluminum fasteners to attach the arches to the wooden frame;
• polyethylene film for coating;
• planks to help secure the film.

The amount of materials must be accurately calculated according to the drawing, which will inevitably have to be done if we want to assemble the structure with our own hands. You will also have to purchase a wooden bar for door frames, vents, hinges for hanging opening doors, nails, locks, screws. At the most convenient place for the greenhouse, you need to mark its position, drive metal rods into the ground with a sledgehammer along the line of long walls, leaving 30-40 cm outside.

Now you need to put the pipe on the opposite pins and attach it to the wooden frame with metal brackets. This is how all arches are performed, and the more often they are located, the more stable the whole structure will be. If the frame is made under polycarbonate, then the step is commensurate with the size of the sheet, polycarbonate will make the greenhouse (greenhouse) heavier, more stable and simply tougher. And if the coating is supposed to be from a film, then the more often the step, the more stable the greenhouse, the less polyethylene will walk, and, therefore, it will be used longer.

Now you need to assemble the end walls, insert doorways, vents, additional fragments of wood for frame rigidity. After that, the upper screed of the arched structure is installed. It runs along the highest points of all arches, is attached to them with polymer clamps.

The finished frame is covered with a film, placing it in such a way that pieces of the same length remain from the ends. They fix it with planks, press the film with them and nail them to a wooden frame on one long side. Moreover, you need to start from the middle, and not from the corners. After the film is fixed on one side, it is evenly straightened and the same is done on the other long side: the planks are nailed, starting from the middle and moving towards the corners.

At the ends, the film is collected in folds and nailed. Doors and vents pre-covered with film are hung. If the ends are also film, then the film under the doors and vents is cut out so that there is enough left to fix it on the beam. This is a simple scheme for building an inexpensive greenhouse (or greenhouse) with your own hands, using plastic pipes. Based on it, you can create something of your own, more aesthetic, artsy, or suitable specifically for a particular area.

Some do not use boards to fix polyethylene, instead they take a furniture stapler. Some people add ribs at the ends for rigidity, and many make the ends of an opaque but rigid material. That is the beauty of building something with your own hands – you can give free rein to your imagination and choose the most acceptable from the many options. Flexible plastic pipes in this case are the most suitable material.

Use of rigid pipes

Rigid plastic pipes are usually used for the construction of shed, wall and gable greenhouses. Using fittings, you can assemble the frame without gluing, which is convenient for greenhouses used temporarily. Rigid pipes are connected with polymer tees or couplings, covered with plastic wrap or polycarbonate – all options are good. The only thing that cannot be done when using plastic pipes is glazing. It is not advisable to use glass in a frame made of PVC or HDPE pipes.

Video “Description of the assembly of greenhouses and PVC pipes”

Recommendations for assembling the greenhouse structure using plastic pipes and films