I like the idea with sandwiching the plastic. I'm going to try that but also add gutters on each side running to 55 gallon drums. Thanks for the video.
Great job guys! I saw all the videos and were very instructive. Soon I will start to build my own hoop house and when I finish, I will share my experience with you and your viewers. By the way, thanks for the information of the website Steve Robinson. Regards.
Thanks. Remember to add a barrier between the pipes and plastic otherwise the pvc will ruin the cover. We ended up painting the pipes and it has worked out well so far.
I think its awesome that your instilling such a positive d.i.y. attitude and know how to the young man in the video. good vid keep the great videos! subscriber here.
Just want to say thanks for the great video series. We spent a lot of quality time with you via RU-vid over the past few months and it really paid off. We have a fantastic 14x20 hoop house with roll up sides, just in time to get all my seeds started. Thanks again!
+Mary McDermott, do you live in Southern Oregon!? I know there is a Mary McDermott that lives in my town and if so I would love to connect with you, as I am about to build this the same dimensions.
I've watched your videos on geodomes and hoop houses and will be doing both in spring geo's for animal shelters and hoop houses for veggies during season and chicken runs in winter thanks for the videos good tips
Thanks for the video. Did the plastic hold up to the weather for long. I'm just looking for a cover for ours, we've used tarps but they haven't lasted for long, but that may be because we didn't anchor it down enough.
Very informative and easy to understand, cudos for you and your film team! On the Hoop House Plans online, he doesn't talk about the ground cover. What was that ground lining you used to to the base of your floor?
I have been looking at buying the poly from a greenhouse supply house and thet recommend using a adhesive backed felt between the pvc pipe and the poly. They say that the chemical reaction between the two will degrade the poly. Have you seen anything on this?
I have heard this too but have not had any issues with ours. Our cover has been on for nearly 1 year and it seems fine but I think that when we do recover it I will put some type of barrier between the PVC and plastic. I've been giving it some thought and I think their are probably many options for a barrier. You could paint the pipe or use duct tape. I was also thinking foam pipe insulation would work but that may be too pricey. Good luck with yours.
Thanks. Not in it for the money. And I hate ads. You know, I always say I'm gonna keep tract of costs but I never do. Sorry. I would guess it cost under $1000. Pretty basic. Plastic pipes, screws, lumber and plastic cover. Not much to it.
Did you cover the bolt heads that hold the aluminium pipe together? If not did you have any issues without capping them? Were about to do your ideas for fitting a new cover over our green house and my only concern are the bolt heads causing rips and tears.
Krystie Hey, I’m using bike inner tubes cut in strips and wrapping all protrusions. Tape is yucky, and inner tubes have that indescribable “wow” factor... maybe?
thanks for the great vids. Wondering how this structure will handle snow load?.....we will live in area that gets a fair bit of the white stuff in the winter. THX!
Well, I'm no expert but I would guess that snow would just slide off due to the shape/curve of the structure as long as the plastic is tight. It would also be easy to knock the snow down with a broom if it did start to accumulate.
+Amy Bui We bought the PVC pipes at Lowes. Home Depot also carries it as well as most hardware stores but it will most likely be more expensive there. The greenhouse plastic came from greenhouse megastore (online). We couldn't get it locally.
thanks for the vid man how did you seal the role up vurticaly is that just three pease of pipe close that are close anuff to gether that the middle one just snapps in place
+robert douglas It's actually 2 pipes. The back one is cut a little less than half and screwed to the side of the hoop house and then the second pipe is laid over the plastic and pushed in to the channel of the first one.
It came to around $1000.00 I think. Didn't keep good records. We leave the plastic on year round and roll up the sides. The sides are screened. It helps cut down on bugs
Here is the U.S. almost all the hardware including screws, pipes and lumber is available at big box hardware stores like Home Depot or Lowes and the plastic covering and landscape fabric for the ground we got online from greenhouse supply companies like greenhousemegastore.com. Thanks for watching
I don't mean this question to be critical, but want to know why you wouldn't use treated lumber or cedar? I know that in my area, within 1 year, the untreated pine would be really starting to show some rot and after 2 years the pine would lose all of it's strength. It's very humid where I'm at, but am assuming that any green house would stay fairly moist inside, especially next to the ground.
I don't have a list for the one in the video but here is a list for building a 30 footer. (The one in the video is 39 feet) String - 100 feet Stakes - 4 Lumber: 10 foot long 2"x 6"s = You need 6 for the baseboards 6 foot long 2"x 6"s = You need 6 for the baseboards 10 foot long 2"x 4"s = You need approximately 10 for the sidewalls. (This will vary depending on how you frame out your doors) 8 foot long 2"x 4"s = You need 3 for the baseboard stakes (Long sides) - cut these into 2 foot sections to make 12 stakes 6 foot long 2"x 4"s = You need 4 for the baseboard stakes (End wall sides) - cut these in half to make 8 stakes 10 foot long 1"x 4"s = You need 6 for hip boards Furring strips (1"x 2"s) = These come in eight foot lengths. You need approximately 50 of these for attaching the greenhouse plastic, screens and roll ups PVC pipes: 10 foot long - 1 1/2" pipes = You need 42 for arches and purlins 8 foot long - 2" pipes = You need 6 for the arch anchors - cut these into 2 foot sections PVC glue Hardware: 5 1/2 inch long - 1/4 inch Carriage bolts - You need 55 of these to secure the arches and purlins 1/4 inch nuts - You need 55 of these 1/4 inch washers - You need 88 of these Deck screws: 1 1/2" - 2 lbs 2 1/2 - 3 lbs 3 1/2 - 3 lbs Greenhouse Poly: one solid sheet at least 30 x 34 feet - You will want to use a 6 mil poly that is UV stable. There are many different kinds to choose from including frosted or clear and different amounts of light emitting from 90% to 40%. There is also light diffusing poly and many other options. Do some research and choose a plastic that is right for your growing needs. There are several web stores that sell covers as well as weed mat, shade cloths and many other supplies you may need.
wood...will they last long? hoping to build a shade house, using shade house black net instead of polythene. I want the shade house for about 10 years.
Wow! That sounds cheap. I just paid about $4/half inch, $5 for 3/4", $7 for 1" and $9 for one and quarter inch - all 20 foot joints of PVC schedule 40... I heard the electrical holds up better though - too bad it only comes in 10' lengths. Maybe on the next one. Thanks for quick reply/info - I enjoyed watching you videos. BTW, I clamped (with clamps made from 3/4") a 1/2" section of pipe to the entire edge on one side of the plastic - it made putting the plastic onto the frame very easy, even for one person.
We are still using the original plastic cover 7 years in although after 1 year we had deterioration from the cover being in contact with the pvc. We ended up painting the pipes with latex paint and that seems to prevent it from getting ruined.
Driscoll's Family Farm Because of the curve of the hoops you will need to order more then just the width of the hoop house. I can't remember exactly how much we ordered but since our arches consist of 3 ten foot pipes, I believe we had to order at least a 30 feet width. I think we went 30 feet by 40 feet.
We screwed thin pieces of wood over the top along the 2x4s. Here's a link to the video showing us attach the plastic to our smaller dome. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAFFo1ryrvs.html
Think of the arches as half a circle. To find the length you need to find the circumference of the circle. You want to go 24 feet wide (which is the diameter) so the circumference is 75.4 feet. Dividing that in half gives you 37.7 feet so you would add 7.7 feet to give you 24 feet. If you can get 12 foot pipes and cut them in half you could add 6 feet which would give you a 23 foot wide hoop house and there wouldn't be any wasted pipe ends.
Or, if you can get 12 ft pipes, you could just use three of them which equals 36 ft, instead of using three ten ft and using half of a 12 ft one to get 36 ft.
Wow, that would be big. 20 feet high. I'm not an expert so I can't really say if it would work or not. You'd probably need 2 more rows of purlins for sure. I'd love to see it if you attempt it.
I love it when folks watch a video but dont listen to a damn thing the creator says!!! Why bother waisting your time in the first fricken place even watching them if your not gonna fricken listen?!?!?!? He very clearly said somewhere in the first 4 minutes that he was setting them at 3 feet apart!!! Please listen to the videos and I promise you that he answers ALL of your questions!!!!
Great vid! I'm going to give that 3/4 inch PVC and 1/2 PVC a go. Also same for anchoring the plastic sheeting to hoop sides instead of the wood. I think it would be easier to replace plastic down the road.
How does this hold up in high winds? We get 30 to 50 mile per hour winds at times and I'd hate to invest the time and money in this and watch it take off!
So far we have not had a problem and have been through a couple bad storms. Probably 50 plus mph winds (nearly tore the door off, but that was a separate issue) and the hoops as well as the cover have held up without incident.
ghog63 Thank You that is what I went with today. I grabbed some external paint and had them make it green for a dash of color. Its turning out great. You video helped alot. It was our go to when we needed help. We are going to make a perlin out of 2x6 that runs inside from front to back supported by 4x4's for extra support because I live in the Rocky's. Thanks again.
Rog Marcot We had 2 ice storms recently and it held up just fine. Check out my last 2 videos where I show the ice and us knocking it off. (Greenhouse plastic strength test and ice storm)
Did you use the same plastic as you did for the dome? And I like how you just slapped up those framed ends... ha ha... I couldn't do that to save my life... Wish I could - work with wood!
We did glue the bells. We also took it down, moved it to a new property and put it back up but we painted the pipe with white latex paint to create a barrier between the cover and the pipe before we re-assembled it.
I'm curious, if you don't mind me asking....do you know where you purchased the plastic and approximately how much you spent on it? If you don't know, that's find! :-) Nice to see this development!
thank you Man , one more question what will be the length of the pvc pipe if i want to have 13 feet hight? what about the thikness of the plastic? thank you
+Chadli Réda I'm no math wizard but I believe you would need 40 foot lengths of pipe to get the 13 foot height since the circumference of a circle with a radius of 13 feet would be 81.68 feet. The plastic is 6mm greenhouse plastic.
I know it's probably listed somewhere but do you have a list of supplies? I'm a total girl and it is all foreign to me at Home Depot! 😄 I really want to build this greenhouse!
Apparently, the plans have been taken down off the site where I got them. Unfortunately, I didn't keep a list but it's really just 2x4's, 2x8's 1x4's and pvc pipes. It's all pretty simple.
It is called weed mat or weed barrier also known as landscape fabric. Most big box stores carry it as well as landscape supply companies online. We got ours from greenhousemegastore.com
+ghog63 ohh damn ok so that reached the height of? and the width across was how much? have similar plot was wondering if you could grow corn under it??
+ghog63 Oh duh of course haha makes alot more sense. what size was the plastic was it one sheat you used to cover. that's awesome though you and your son must grow so much ! just had one cant wait till he is up and digging haha!
+Justin Stachowicz We used a 40X40 foot sheet of plastic which was more than enough for the width. And, yeah, we are having the time of our lives. Anthony is a great kid!
We got some holes where the plastic was in contact with the pvc before we added a barrier but other than that the plastic is still up. 9 years now although it is time to replace it.
Thank you for your presentation and unique style. It is refreshing. I also like your camera work as it relies on accuracy in real-time rather than post-capture editing. A smart and original approach to digital capture in my view. In addition, you managed to keep things real-tangible-in an unpretentious and communicative way. In doing so you increase the potential of others, like myself, to actually apply your suggestions. This video also makes educational sense because you model and share your information sources. Responsible sharing really is caring. I intend to use your video as a basis for installing my own pic pipe grow tunnels. I will keep you posted. I look forward with some anticipation to your next project. (How will you use your growing space?) If you get time please check-out 'Vino Farm' Bees on YT videos: it's not about the content so much as Vino Farm also has a refreshing down-to-earth presentation style worthy of note, just like your good self. Thank you again.
