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    Build Your Own Greenhouse

    29 October 2014

    The structure of the old pergola was still sturdy, even though the plants had long since given up the ghost. The owner, a horticulturist, had ample space and a comfortable budget, which is why he decided to build a huge greenhouse measuring 11 x 4m.

    Shopping list

    • 7 lengths of timber, unsanded and treated with CCA (chromated copper arsenate), measuring 3 300 x 114 x 38mm – CCA prevents insects or micro-organisms from infesting the wood, causing rot
    • 5 lengths of timber, unsanded and treated with CCA, measuring 2 400 x 114 x 38mm
    • 33 lengths of pine measuring 2 100 x 76 x 25mm and treated with CCA
    • 75mm wire nails
    • toothed clout nails
    • 2 x 5-litre tins of wood stain (the colour we used was mahogany)
    • varnish for the exterior
    • 22m 40% shade netting (3m wide)
    • nylon rope
    • panel nails
    • 14 lengths of capping, 3 600 x 44 x 10mm, treated with TBTO (tributyl stannous oxide, which also prevents rot)
    • 9 pine picket-fence panels (about 1 800 x 900mm)
    • 1 pine picket-fence gate (900 x 900mm)

    Equipment

    • tape measure and pencil
    • spirit level
    • hammer
    • electric sander or sandpaper
    • old guttering, or pieces of rubber or plastic
    • paintbrush
    • thick darning needle

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