By: Bill Rowe
Thursday, 9:15 pm
These days we are all looking to save a penny or two wherever we can. Many consumers are looking at adding a greenhouse for growing their own produce and to lower the grocery bill. One of the nice features of having a greenhouse to grow your own produce is that as the grower you can choose whether to grow organically or whether to use chemicals and pesticides. If you are like most of us today who are watching expenditures, you need a way to build a greenhouse cheap.
Determine the Size & Shape of your Greenhouse
The first step in building a greenhouse is to decide how large it will be. Sketch a plan and make sure that your planned greenhouse will fit where you intend to put it. Once you have settled on the size and shape, do some comparison shopping to decide how you are going to build your greenhouse for the least amount of money.
Is a Greenhouse Built with Salvaged Materials cheaper than a Greenhouse Kit?
There are a couple of methods to look at for building a greenhouse cheap. If you have little time to spend accumulating materials and building a greenhouse, you should start by looking at greenhouse kits. Greenhouse kits come in a very wide array of sizes, shapes and prices. Go online and look for the greenhouse kit that has all the features you want; make sure it is the right size and shape for the space you have allotted. Note the prices you find and if a price is affordable for you, order it delivered to your door. Sometimes it is cheapest in the long run to just buy at a good price when you haven’t the time to build from scratch.
However, if you have plenty of time to shop around for materials and build your greenhouse, the cheapest way to build a greenhouse is with salvaged materials. Once you have decided the size and shape of the greenhouse make a comprehensive list of all the materials needed to complete the greenhouse.
With your list in hand, head for the nearest salvage yard where you will find all sorts of salvage and scrap materials at a fraction of the original cost. Search the salvage yard for the materials on your list such as aluminum framing, glass windows, doors (you might even get lucky and find a door still hung in its frame!) and lumber.
Salvage yards commonly have various types of concrete blocks that work splendidly for foundation purposes. Salvaged water piping is cheaper than buying the new stuff at the local hardware store if you intend to put a water system in your greenhouse. Use your imagination and substitute cheap salvage materials for every greenhouse part you can. Use glass windows instead of sheet plastic for the body of the structure and plastic and PVC can work for reinforcements if you can’t find the right wood or aluminum.
When you are trying to figure out how to build a greenhouse cheap, your local scrap and salvage yard is your best bet for good materials at extremely reduced prices.
Here is what to do now…
…if you are even thinking that you want to build a small greenhouse, then you need to click the link below and review Bill Keenes’ Building a Greenhouse Plans program. This program will teach you everything you need to know about greenhouses and on top of that, provide you with clear instructions and blueprints so that you can build your own greenhouse.
There is enough information there for you to make an honest evaluation of the product and your goals.
