Greenhouse Made From Used Shower Doors

A greenhouse can be built from recycled materials including sliding glass doors removed from other buildings.

Greenhouse made from used shower doors.

6 wooden posts provide support for the structure. It s easy to cover clear glass with tinting or frosting if the greenhouse will hold too much sun. A total of 24 windows and 16 pallets were used to build the greenhouse. This greenhouse also uses pallet wood another free or very cheap material that is often thrown away.

I used old shower doors for the glass. May 17 2019 collection of recycled greenhouses constructed from old windows. If you look around you can find lots of free or cheap resources. Mar 17 2014 i got the idea for this greenhouse from another blog i found.

15 greenhouses made from old windows. Mar 17 2014 i got the idea for this greenhouse from another blog i found. Building a greenhouse linda holliday recycled patio doors in the 1960s my father spit out the word plastic as if it were poison. See more ideas about old windows greenhouse diy greenhouse.

Then i put the shower glass in the door then sandwiched the glass with more 1 3. The windows rest on wall panels made of pallet wood which are secured by stakes also made of wood from pallets. Using some scrap material old sliding glass doors and windows and as few purchased supplies as possible cinder blocks wire cloth 2x4s and roof tin we built such a greenhouse last fall for about 400. The pdf mentioned here is a shower door greenhouse and they look like this.

I used old shower doors for the glass and the window came from a friend for free. I used 4 4 cedar posts for the foundation of the greenhouse. First i framed the door then i framed the inside of the door with 1 3. I built the doors and the walls of the greenhouse using 2x4s and used shower doors.

To him anything made of a substance other than. I used caulking to seal the glass after that. Want to see how other people are doing it. These are the shower doors for privacy so they are not totally clear glass looking.

Sliding glass doors cover such large areas that it can be very handy to construct the greenhouse using these materials. Just wondering if this type of material lets the right amount of light through.