⌚TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:44 What is a cold frame? 1:57 Old windows for lids 2:45 Treated or untreated wood? 3:49 Cold frame building guide 4:38 Front and back boards 5:23 Side boards 6:29 Joining corners 7:22 Angle board cut 8:31 Joining angle boards 8:50 Adding corner posts 9:40 Installing hinges 10:00 Completed cold frame
I am not all that handy and found this to be the best and most helpful video to build a cold frame. I really appreciated that you showed all the details including how to saw the angle with a circular saw. Thanks
A clever & well thought out design. I especially like the way the angled pieces are flipped over to end up on the bottom, leaving the top section where the window is placed to be level👍.
I am having some renovations done and my old Anderson sliding doors and one window needed replacement, had the contractor save the glass to repurpose. Hoping to use window glass to make cold frame. Deck needs replacement also and going to repurpose that wood to make more raised beds and cold frame. Only using treated as I have it and it is copper not arsenic treated. Best video on building cold frame.
Thank you so much! That’s a great way to repurpose the materials. We need to replace our deck soon, too, and I may make a video about that. Thanks for watching!
Nice one, man - I've just uploaded a video on a cold frame I made over Christmas from a couple of double glazed windows. It's such a shame to see windows like this get thrown away when they can be re-used / up-scaled into something very useful.
I live in South Africa it doesn't snow here Im sure one of these could get my crops through the winter because it gets cold but its usually super sunny still since there is no rain. I'm actually more concerned about the hail we get huge hail about once or twice a year.
The “top” does not have a level surface to mount the window, but the “bottom” does. This is because it’s assembled on a flat surface where all 4 sides can be plumb and flush with each other. I’m pretty sure I showed that in the video.
