plant house plans

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  1. devongardener

    devongardener Gardener

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    I want to build a plant house around 8ft long, 5 foot high and 18"deep to grow tomatoes in.

    Looking for construction plans, anyone got anything?

    Perhaps erection plans not now needed?

    Or any woodworking plans web link would do also.
     
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    Sounds like an interesting project. How about having a really close look at some on display in garden centres and the like, with sneaky use of a tape measure and digital camera to see their constructional details.
     
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    Sounds very much like a lean to against the house? Is 5' going to be tall enough?
     
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    It is to go against a garden fence, back to face east, five feet should be high enough for tomato plants?
     
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    Many thanks for that post and also link.
     
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    Looks good goodlife1. As long as you get thick polythene I would have thought that would be OK - thats what the polytunnels use.

    I suspect that you need to keep it light, simple and cheap. Once you start making parts stronger, you are making a different product that could become a lot more expensive.
     
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