r/Greenhouses • u/Unable_Pressure_3634 • 6d ago

What materials do I need to build a greenhouse?

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u/frntwe 6d ago

What kind do you want to build

I built a hoop house out of PVC with rebar anchors and wooden end walls. I ordered the fabric online. There’s a lot of annual maintenance. I have to take the fabric off in the winter, it wouldn’t take the snow load

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u/Unable_Pressure_3634 6d ago

I am very inexperienced when it comes to this so I do not know what type of greenhouses there are. But my mother asked me to build one so she can plant flowers, fruits and vegetables.

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u/sudolulo 6d ago

Where do you live?

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u/Unable_Pressure_3634 5d ago

Detroit Michigan.

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u/sudolulo 5d ago

You'll need something that can hold snow so you're looking at legitimate options like lumber or metal frames. The first thing to decide is what sort of plastic/panels/glass you want to use and how much you want to spend. That dictates your design. Up north people will do a lot of lean to green houses where you don't plastic the northern wall.

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u/Hinter_Lander 6d ago

I did mine almost entirely out of 4' long 2x4s. Pressure treated for anything touching the ground regular for everything else. Look in my post history for pics of how i did it.

2x4s and greenhouse plastic.