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.

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. To him anything made of a substance other than. May 17 2019 collection of recycled greenhouses constructed from old windows. Want to see how other people are doing it.

When you consider how many glass windows and doors are disposed of every time a building is torn down or remodeled it makes perfect sense to seek some out and reuse them in your greenhouse. Just wondering if this type of material lets the right amount of light through. Sliding glass doors cover such large areas that it can be very handy to construct the greenhouse using these materials. 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. I built the doors and the walls of the greenhouse using 2x4s and used shower doors. It s easy to cover clear glass with tinting or frosting if the greenhouse will hold too much sun. The windows rest on wall panels made of pallet wood which are secured by stakes also made of wood from pallets.

The pdf mentioned here is a shower door greenhouse and they look like this. 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. Here are 15 fabulous diy greenhouses made using old windows.

6 wooden posts provide support for the structure. Has anyone used shower doors to build a greenhouse i am having my doors replaced on 2 showers and my plumber says he can give me more doors as he gets them. Mar 17 2014 i got the idea for this greenhouse from another blog i found. First i framed the door then i framed the inside of the door with 1 3.

Then i put the shower glass in the door then sandwiched the glass with more 1 3. A total of 24 windows and 16 pallets were used to build the greenhouse. See more ideas about old windows greenhouse diy greenhouse. I used caulking to seal the glass after that.

These are the shower doors for privacy so they are not totally clear glass looking. 15 greenhouses made from old windows.