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<blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 2716513" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>She started with one of those green house kits that use short pieces of tubing with plastic couplings and a green flexible cover that ziped up in front. I think it cost her bout $60.00 and when I put it together it lasted 45 minutes before the Oklahoma wind destroyed it. The only thing I kept from it were the wire shelves and that dictated how wide I made the shelf spacing. I designed and built the entire thing, Each frame slice from front to back will detach from the longitudinal tubes and allow the unit to be taken apart and stacked. I anchored it with 3/8" rebar spikes about 18" long that I made a hook on the end in my forge. That allows the anchor to be driven in with the hook holding the bottom tube to the ground. The pictures don't show it very well, but I used a piano hinge on each top side so I can raise the roof in the hotter part of the summer to allow it to stay cooler. I also have a drip irrigation system feeding the shelves. I bent the frame sections using a couduit bender, Mig welded the tubing where it needed to be welded and connected each section with 1/4" bolts from Tractor Supply in their bulk cheap hardware. I cut the poly carbonate with an air shear, you can use a jig saw, skill saw or reciprocating saw to cut it, it works pretty easy. I got it at lowes where they keep the roofing materials. Two 150 watt flood lights provide both light and heat in the colder temps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blitzfike, post: 2716513, member: 807"] She started with one of those green house kits that use short pieces of tubing with plastic couplings and a green flexible cover that ziped up in front. I think it cost her bout $60.00 and when I put it together it lasted 45 minutes before the Oklahoma wind destroyed it. The only thing I kept from it were the wire shelves and that dictated how wide I made the shelf spacing. I designed and built the entire thing, Each frame slice from front to back will detach from the longitudinal tubes and allow the unit to be taken apart and stacked. I anchored it with 3/8" rebar spikes about 18" long that I made a hook on the end in my forge. That allows the anchor to be driven in with the hook holding the bottom tube to the ground. The pictures don't show it very well, but I used a piano hinge on each top side so I can raise the roof in the hotter part of the summer to allow it to stay cooler. I also have a drip irrigation system feeding the shelves. I bent the frame sections using a couduit bender, Mig welded the tubing where it needed to be welded and connected each section with 1/4" bolts from Tractor Supply in their bulk cheap hardware. I cut the poly carbonate with an air shear, you can use a jig saw, skill saw or reciprocating saw to cut it, it works pretty easy. I got it at lowes where they keep the roofing materials. Two 150 watt flood lights provide both light and heat in the colder temps. [/QUOTE]
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