Building a Greenhouse out of Recycled Vintage Windows- Chapter 2- Framing
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- The process of framing a greenhouse that will hold various sizes of recycled windows is a challenge. This video illustrates how our greenhouse was built customizing each frame to fit the many sizes of old windows we collected. Custom brackets and finials are illustrated.
I've been looking for this EXACT series of videos!! We've been collecting old windows for a while now, and we're about ready to get started. These videos are going to be a life-saver. Thank you!
I'm almost ready to post the 3rd video which will describe the steps of prepping the windows, repointing and glazing them. Then the actual installation of the windows will be shown. Thanks for watching. It's really been exciting to see it all come together.
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We got our windows off of offer up, and FB Marketplace. All beautiful! Thanks for the videos
Thanks for sharing this series! I found episode 3 first, then just watched 1, 2 & 4 haha but I’ve been planning my own greenhouse and have a handful of old windows behind my garage for construction in the spring! I’m excited as I can tell you where by your voice in this series! Thanks for sharing your tips and experience!
Looks great. Thanks for sharing.
I would live in that all the time so cool.👌
We built our greenhouse using old windows and doors. We build a deck to start with for the floor. I think having yours on the ground will keep it warmer. Idk
I like the idea of building with recycled windows, But when the big one comes try and get out of there fast! Your walls are just rectangles, and don't in themselves resist much racking in the event of a strong earthquake. The shear strength of your walls seems to depend almost entirely on the in plane shear strength of the glass and window frames. I didn't see anywhere where the framing included diagonal or other shear resisting elements. I think the roof will be OK as later you incorporated polycarbonate panels that provide shear strength to prevent the roof from folding over in the event that a strong translation happens parallel to the long axis of the roof. But on the lower walls, resistance to a strong translation will depend on the window glass, and open mortises of the window frames. Just a thought.
Perhaps adding some diagonal elements just inside the windows would help.
Very nice! What’s the pitch of the roof? Thanks.
LOVE THIS!! What are the dimensions of your greenhouse? 12 x 12 x ??
12 x 12 width and length and 8' high up to he plate line above the door... then a gable rise of 6'. I had a family stained glass window 52" high which I wanted to work into the area above the door. So the roof pitch needed to be high to accommodate that window.
Tim, looks like you're using untreated wood for the frame. If that is true, how is it holding up?
I used pressure treated 2x4s for the base plate all around but then built up with untreated 2x4 studs. The base plate was bolted onto the concrete block foundation which thus, elevated all wood products off the ground. Everything looks great and is holding up just fine. I pre-painted all studs before installing the windows or roof panels.
@@timblair3004 awesome! We're taking the same approach and following your general layout. Thanks for the vids 👌
any worries about ground frost depth?
We don't have hard winters here so the depth of the foundation didn't concern me. I was only concerned with building a solid and level foundation with the cinder block.
Oh I see. It's ok. There's alot stuff you should not do. The connections (or joints) should be better.
chapter 3 Coming?
a little bit of editing and chapter 3 (window preparation and installation) will be posted soon! Working on chapter 4 now also. roof installation.
Ok u dont have repete so much ok it's understandable ok dont mean to be mean or smart a ok just watch the repetition
Tim, what size wood did you use for the ridge beam?