Glass greenhouse in the suburban area

Every second summer resident always has an idea about building a greenhouse with their own hands. This is, of course, on the one hand the simplest, but if you look at the other, it raises a lot of questions. Especially when I got to work already.

The purpose of the greenhouse

A greenhouse is an opportunity for a summer farmer to grow early vegetables or flowering plants, which are applicable either to decorate the house, or terraces, or lawns. Often the emphasis is still on growing food products.

Structural solutions for greenhouses are different. This is a wooden model, and plastic, round or square, in the form of a house or a small hangar. It all depends on the scope of future homestead greenhouse works. Someone simply sows cucumbers for themselves to enjoy them early, and someone is engaged in growing early vegetables for profit, then the greenhouse, naturally, has more impressive overall dimensions.

Advantages of glasshouses

Professional summer residents, working more than one year with greenhouses, have noticed such a feature that vegetables and flower plants grown in a glasshouse are more abundantly rewarded with crops than other planting options. Why is this happening? And the whole point is that glass very well passes sunlight, and it is just the most necessary growth factor for plants, and, of course, constant watering and heat.

In any angle glass does not refract sun rays, thus, the plant receives a sufficient level of illumination and develops according to all norms of the biological clock.

Disadvantages of a glass greenhouse

Virtually the only drawback of the glasshouse is its uneasy design and the weight of the glass material. But if the project is planned efficiently, the weight goes to the background. After all, glass can serve for a very long time.

How to build a greenhouse yourself?

A greenhouse made of glass, made by own hands, can look like this. This design is more like a kid and is suitable for growing vegetable seedlings.

There is a more durable option, but it also serves as a hotbed.

But this option is a real greenhouse, in which you can grow early vegetables until their ripening. Such a glasshouse can also be used to grow beautiful plants and flowers.

A lot of summer residents chose option two in one - and a greenhouse and a greenhouse - that's the kind of plan. This is a glasshouse "Victory". The glass of the "Victory" glass is a hardened and durable material that is not afraid of overheating or sudden temperature changes.

The "Victory" glasshouse of glass can have both an arc-shaped structure and the one shown in the photo above. The main emphasis here is on the brand of glass used in the erection.

For independent work, you will need a shovel, building materials for the construction of a frame (wooden beams or metal arches or profile). Experienced summer residents prefer to give a wooden bearing. The glasshouse is a massive structure, so you need to take care of strong fasteners (screws, bracket holders). And, of course, do not forget about the most important - the purchase of glass, which will be needed at the last stage of construction.

Creation of the project and selection of the location of the future design for growing seedlings

Before the construction is always taken into account, for which the glasshouse will be used. Decide, it will be a greenhouse for flowers, or it is a greenhouse for vegetables, or for decorative high-growth seedlings. Depending on the destination, they are determined with the dimensional characteristics of the future structure and its location.

A glasshouse does not have to be within a large garden. It can be placed both in the garden and on a sunny lawn. After all, the soil that will be used in it is specially prepared in advance. A glasshouse of glass is built by hand for several days, if the work is done with someone in a pair.

Important moment of application of insulating glass units

Very many summer residents at the beginning of their mastering of work in greenhouses make the mistake of preferring polycarbonate. So, what should be a greenhouse - glass or polycarbonate? If everything is clear with glass, polycarbonate is considered by many as glass material. But this is just a durable and flexible plastic, which due to low-quality production in many cases is unprofitable in the conditions of country housekeeping, especially in the winter when the greenhouse has to be heated.

Double-glazed windows with proper operation have proved to be the most reliable option from all existing coatings and greenhouse structures.

Stages of erecting a greenhouse of the desired dimensions

A tempered glass hothouse requires the erection of a foundation, and concrete screeds or masonry can serve as such. So the first stage of erection is the creation of a solid foundation for the supporting elements.

If the load-bearing elements are wooden, then even old window glazed frames can be used as insulating glass. If you choose a variant of the modern, many prefer the metal-plastic constructions.

The glasshouse is installed on the foundation and fastened to metal rods, which are specially concreted in it for this purpose.

The second stage is the erection of a frame, on which glass elements will be fastened.

The third stage is glazing. As you can see, a glasshouse made of glass is not such a difficult task. The main thing in this business is to clearly determine its shape, appearance and comfortable location.

All the skills and understanding of what you want to eventually get, come with experience. But do not forget the consistency of the three stages of building a greenhouse. Clearly observing them, you can build a neat and comfortable in all senses construction to obtain the desired results.

A novice summer resident can face the problem of properly drawing a greenhouse drawing. For help, you can refer to someone who is good at drawing or profesional volumetric design. You can also use free programs to compose drawing volumetric compositions.

The greenhouse can easily be built and following the example. We saw from someone - you can completely duplicate the idea. The most important thing in this business is the desire and dexterity of the mind and hands. A glasshouse made of glass can be built even with planks, nails and a shovel in its arsenal.

If you really want to have the very first option from the first, then the foundation can be prepared independently, but you can purchase the completed construction in a specialized store and continue its assembly on the selected site.