Roger Marshall

How to Build Your Own Greenhouse (eBook, ePUB)

Designs and Plans to Meet Your Growing Needs

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Unlock new growing opportunities and increase your property value with an outdoor conservatory. In this illustrated guide, Roger Marshall shows you how to build our own greenhouse using simple, easy-to-follow techniques. Covering everything from selecting a site to glazing glass, Marshall includes tips on laying a foundation, construction materials, ventilation, and much more. Whether your goal is to stretch the growing season or create a lush space for a year-round hot tub, you can build the greenhouse of your dreams.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612122601
• Artikelnr.: 43082470

Autorenporträt

In addition to designing boats, Roger Marshall regularly lectures and gives talks on gardening and greenhouse growing. He writes a monthly blog post for Hartley Greenhouse, and is the former editor of Home Greenhouse. He is also a member of the Garden Writers Association, The American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Society of Authors (UK).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1. Questions to Ask before You Begin
How Much Time Does a Greenhouse Require? What Is Your Budget? How Large
Should Your Greenhouse Be? What about Structure and Systems? What Are the
Pros and Cons of Kit Greenhouses? Build It Yourself or Hire a Contractor?
What Aesthetics Are Important to You?
 
2. The First Glasshouses
The Start of Growing under Glass * The First Conservatories * Orangeries
and Pineries * Nineteenth-Century Colossal Greenhouses * The Hobby
Greenhouse
 
3. An Overview of Greenhouse Options
What Type and Structural Style Do You Want? * Five Basic Types * Basic
Structural or Building Styles
 
4. Choosing the Greenhouse Site, Size, and Interior Layout
Site selection * Determining the size of your greenhouse * Making the floor
plan * Designing the entrance * Getting permits
 
5. Controlling the Greenhouse Environment
Water in the Greenhouse * Lighting and Electricity in the Greenhouse *
Heating, Cooling, and Ventilation Systems * Hydroponics * Insecticides in
the Greenhouse
 
6. Greenhouse Building Materials
Wood as a Construction Material * Sheathing * House Wrap * Exterior Siding
* Other Greenhouse Framing Materials * Framing Materials Insulation * Vapor
Barriers * Doors * Alternative Building Materials * Painting the Greenhouse
 
7. Glazing
Understanding Light Transmission * Types of Glazing Materials * Combining
Glazing Materials * Caulking and Weather Stripping
 
Checklist for a New Greenhouse
 
8. The Foundation
Types of Foundations * Types of Floors * Constructing a Concrete Foundation
and Slab * Finishing the Foundation
 
9. Building Techniques
Building a Kit Greenhouse * Building a Conventional or Do-It-Yourself
Greenhouse
 
10. Wiring, Plumbing, and Heating: Systems Design and Installation
Installing Electricity * Installing Plumbing * Installing a Heating System
 
11. Greenhouse Accessories
Benches * Shelving * Growing Beds * Tools and Equipment * A Germination
Chamber or Seed-Starting Box * A Growing Chamber * A Potting Bench *
Storage * Greenhouse Clothing * Accessories to Control Insects
 
12. Greenhouse Maintenance
Regular Chores * Monthly or Quarterly Maintenance * Biannual or Annual
Maintenance
 
13. Greenhouse Plans
Basic Conventional Greenhouse
Slant-Front, Insulated Greenhouse
Slope-Sided Greenhouse
Gothic Arch Greenhouse
Lean-to Greenhouse
Greenhouse Built on Piers or a Deck
Hoop House or High-Tunnel Greenhouse
Window Greenhouse
Garden Shed/Greenhouse
Multiuse Cold Frame
Potting Bench
 
Resources
 
Index