Many people consider plastic bottles to be ordinary garbage. However, resourceful summer residents can find a use for everything. From empty plastic bottles You can get either a small greenhouse for growing seedlings or a fairly spacious greenhouse.
There are several options for installing a greenhouse made of plastic bottles.
Advantages of a greenhouse made from plastic bottlesA greenhouse made from bottles has several advantages over greenhouses made from other materials. The most significant advantage is savings Money. When building a greenhouse from plastic bottles, you will only have to spend money on timber, the size of which depends on the size of the future building, and nails. And, of course, collect a certain number of bottles. For such a medium-sized greenhouse you will need approximately 400-600 empty plastic bottles.
Also important advantages Greenhouses made from plastic bottles are characterized by their strength and durability. After all, plastic wears out approximately 30 times slower than the usual film that is used to cover a greenhouse.
A greenhouse made from bottles retains heat well and works on the principle of a thermos.
In addition, structures made from plastic bottles are lightweight and very easy to assemble, dismantle and replace deformed areas. In addition, such a greenhouse looks quite interesting.
DIY greenhouse made from plastic bottlesEven a schoolchild can build a greenhouse out of bottles. The main thing is to understand the construction technology and develop correct algorithm actions. If several people will be involved in the construction of the greenhouse, then everyone construction works can be done during the day.
To assemble and install the frame of the future greenhouse and install walls from plastic bottles, you will need: a cutter, a hammer, a hacksaw, an awl, nylon thread, a level, a pencil, nails, and a tape measure. But the main materials for construction are empty plastic bottles, mounting strips and wooden construction beams.
The location of the greenhouse is also important. It is best if it is located on the south side of any other outbuildings. This way the greenhouse will be protected from cold winds and provided with sunlight.
To build a greenhouse from plastic bottles, it is not at all necessary to make a special foundation. The greenhouse can be installed on thick beams, logs or cinder blocks. Thus, the building will be protected from excess moisture.
To build a greenhouse frame, you need to install a base of wooden blocks and load-bearing vertical beams and assemble a frame for the future roof. Then tie the frame in the middle with timber at a height of approximately 1.5 meters. This will make the structure more stable. When the frame is completely ready, you can begin building walls from plastic bottles.
To correctly assemble the entire structure, you need to follow a few simple rules:
In order to make it convenient to put one bottle on another, their bottoms must first be cut using a cutter.
For the first row you will need plastic bottles with the bottom, but the top part cut off. The bottom is necessary to screw or nail the first row of bottles to the wooden frame.
Next, you should collect columns from cut bottles. It is better not to save material and make the columns of bottles denser.
In order for the columns to be more stable, it is necessary to tighten the thread for additional fixation or evenly nail several mounting rails to the frame.
Using the same method, you can build a greenhouse roof. In this case, columns from bottles need to be made in advance, and more frequent lathing should be done. For greater tightness, the roof should be tied with tape or covered with oilcloth on top.
Greenhouse made of plastic bottle plates A greenhouse can also be built not just from individual plastic bottles, but from plates. To make the plates, you need to cut off both the top and bottom parts of the bottles, cut the remaining part lengthwise and straighten it. This way you will get a fairly strong plastic rectangle.
First, design the shape of your greenhouse based on what kind of slats you have. We decided to go with a pitched roof because we only needed one gutter.
After which it was necessary to arrange the posts so as to form a frame. And then stretch the wire around them in three rows, so that you can then place bottles between them, building walls between the slats from them. The top bottle in each column should be whole, uncut, and the bottom one should be slightly recessed into the ground. This way you can achieve some freedom of action, adjusting the dimensions in the process.
Finally, add wire ties to tighten the support wire on our rows of bottles. The very last thing that needed to be done was the roof and the doorway, the door to which was made according to the same principle as the walls.
The result of titanic work has been pleasing its creator for several years now.
This technique does not describe the installation of the roof, entrance group and so on, but we think that there is a patented method for constructing such structures, so if you want to find out everything in more detail and build the same greenhouse, you need to clarify this point. Undoubtedly, the resulting savings compensate for any additional labor costs.
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Plastic bottles are considered trash, but not among summer residents who know how to find practical application everything. And, if earlier we used bottles to create small greenhouses for germinating seedlings, today we decided to use them.
Many will say that this is real nonsense, but we are ready to argue with this now, since own experience We were convinced that it was possible to implement the idea. What’s most interesting is that there are even several methods for installing the structure.
Why do you need a bottle greenhouse?Indeed, why is it necessary if there are prefabricated structures made of profiles and glass, greenhouses made of polycarbonate, pipes, film or, in general, old doors? Why reinvent the wheel if everything was invented a long time ago? But there is always an answer.
A plastic bottle greenhouse is a real cost-saver, because to build it you only need to order timber according to size, buy nails and collect bottles. For an average building, 400-600 containers may be enough, and believe me, this is not so much, because according to statistics, the average family throws away up to 30 of these plastic containers per month.
This design very strong and, oddly enough, durable. It has been experimentally established that plastic bottles wear out almost 30 times longer than ordinary bottles.
In addition to all that has been said, the bottle greenhouse retains heat perfectly due to the thermos effect (the cavity inside the bottles). Experienced summer residents claim that for early spring sowing it is not even necessary to warm up the structure, of course, depending on the region.
There are a lot of similar arguments - the light weight of the greenhouse, simple assembly and replacement of broken walls, incredible strength of the material, durability, cost, excellent appearance and others, but is there any point in discussing anything else when it is necessary to take and build...
Do you think it's difficult? You are mistaken, because simply by learning the technology and the correct algorithm, even a schoolchild will be able to build this structure in a few days. If you get ready small company Like-minded people, at least 2-3 people, can complete the project within a day.
To work with the installation and assembly of the frame, as well as the installation of walls made of bottles, we will need an awl, cutter, hacksaw, hammer, nails, nylon thread, tape measure, level, pencil and paper.
To implement the project, you will need plastic bottles (the quantity depends on the size of the greenhouse), wooden beam and mounting rail.
There is no need to spend much time on the project here; it is advisable to only indicate on the drawing the height, width and length of the greenhouse, the frequency of installation of carriers, the shape of the roof and other little things. This is why you will need to know the exact dimensions that can be transferred to paper.
You and I know very well where the greenhouse should be located - on the south, south-east or south-west side of the buildings in order to ensure normal lighting and high-quality protection from cold winds. If the greenhouse is installed in an open area, then you will only have to think about the location of the beds inside, but this already depends on the type of crops to be grown.
Preparing the area for placing the structure is very simple - cleaning the soil surface from various growths and debris. In addition, you will need to properly mark the territory.
We do not need a foundation for the greenhouse, since our structure is very light. The only thing that is required is to raise the base slightly above the ground surface to protect it from moisture. For example, you can install the structure on cinder blocks, logs or thick beams.
If there is a ready-made foundation from old greenhouse, you can use it, but here it is important not to forget about replacing the soil and disinfection old building from past plant diseases and infections.
Now we build the frame. To do this, we need to lay a rectangular base of thick bars, say 10x7 cm. Next, we need to install vertical load-bearing beams from the same timber, in increments of 1-1.2 m, assemble a frame under the roof, tie everything in the middle with timber, for example, at a height of 1.5 m from the ground. This is necessary to strengthen the structure and give it stability.
To assemble the greenhouse, we use a hacksaw to cut wood, a hammer and nails, or a screwdriver and self-tapping screws for the assembly itself.
When the frame is ready, you can move on to the most important thing - building walls from bottles.
DIY bottle greenhouse (video) Building the walls of a bottle greenhouseTo assemble the structure correctly, you only need to follow a few basic rules:
- You should immediately cut the bottom of the bottles with a cutter so that you can put them on top of one another, but the cut should be made at the bottom of the bottle, where there is a transition from the bottom to the wide part, so that the fastening is more complex and high-quality;
- Now you should install the first row of bottles on the warp. They should have a bottom, but with a cut off top, so that through the emptiness of the bottle, it can be nailed or screwed with a self-tapping screw to a wooden frame;
- Next, we assemble the columns from the containers, stringing them on top of each other with a cut of the lower part. Try not to skimp and assemble the columns tightly by pressing;
You can build the structure in a slightly different way, starting not from the bottom row, but from the side, and installing ready-made columns assembled from bottles into the walls.
Roof of the buildingThe roof can also be built from bottles, in exactly the same way as the walls, only you will need to work with ready-made columns. It will be necessary to install more frequent sheathing to construction material did not fall inside the greenhouse due to its own, albeit not great, weight.
For tightness, the roof is tied with tape or can be covered on top with polyethylene oilcloth. It will take a little, just to prevent moisture from penetrating inside and to ensure that water and snow drain from the roof.
We build a greenhouse from plastic bottle platesLet's change the technology a little, but only in relation to plastic material. Now we will build not from whole containers, but from plates made on their basis.
- To do this, you will need to cut off the top and bottom of the bottle, and cut the resulting so-called pipe. As a result, we get a fairly durable plastic rectangle.
- We sew all the resulting rectangles together with thin wire or a special cord thread, after making holes with an awl. The main requirement is that the stitching is not end-to-end, but overlapped, so that one plate overlaps the other.
- Fastening finished material, that is, canvas made of bottle plastic, is applied to the frame very simply - on one side, the canvas is pressed against the frame with a lath and seated on nails or screws. Next, it will need to be tensioned and secured in the same way on the other three sides.
There are several more ways to construct such structures - from large plastic bottles, from glued bottles and so on, but we believe that the most reliable and high-quality greenhouses will be those built using the technologies described above.
Secrets of building a structure- It is worth collecting material for the greenhouse in advance, perhaps from the very end of summer, in order to collect required quantity for next spring.
- You can always buy additional bottles or ask neighboring summer residents who don’t need them.
- The material can be fastened together with thread, fishing line, wire, or it can be glued, slightly melting the edges over the fire.
- For construction and convenient operation the right decision will collect identical bottles. 1.5 liter containers are most suitable for comfortable construction.
- If you are worried about the strength of the walls and their stability, there are many ways to ensure these qualities - stretch nylon threads on both sides of the greenhouse more often, install thin sheathing, but every two or three bottles, install on both sides metal mesh, the thinnest, just tight.
- If it’s inconvenient for you to build a roof this way, you can always just stretch an inexpensive film. The main thing is that it lasts for one year, and the next year you can always buy a new one, because it will cost a penny.
- The doors to the greenhouse can also be made from a bottle, but in order not to torture yourself, it will be enough frame door made of wood covered with film.
Choose a plastic bottle greenhouse and you will never regret it. Durability, strength, simplest assembly and minimal maintenance, quick replacement of spoiled elements, and most importantly - the ridiculous cost of the greenhouse. Agree, great idea!!!
Greenhouse structures made from plastic bottles (20 photos)
Oksana Dmitrievna 10/23/2014
Hello! I share mine interesting experience obtaining a rich harvest. I got it interview with Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Mikhail Chursin and inspired by the article, I decided to use his recommendations, and you know, I was right... All summer we ate cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden, and also prepared some for ourselves and our family for the winter. For those interested, here it is Gleb 07/02/2014
Thanks for the detailed article! I also suffered with the film and have already started collecting windows from those who replaced wooden ones with plastic ones, I want to build a greenhouse out of them. I never even thought about building something out of plastic bottles. Although there is a lot of this “good” lying around. Now, after reading the article, I decided to try building one out of bottles. And I’ll get rid of the trash and the greenhouse will be built!
Oksana Vladimirovna 01/14/2016
This a budget option greenhouses. But it’s still better to take it from polycarbonate. Plastic bottles somehow don’t look very aesthetically pleasing. It will be even more difficult to fit such a greenhouse into general form dachas, especially to suit the style.
Vera Vladimirovna 03/14/2017This is some kind of nonsense! Where can I get so many bottles? If you buy so many yourself, then a polycarbonate greenhouse will cost less. Moreover, without a foundation, it will fly away in gusts of wind.
Lera 11/29/2017
This is the first time I’ve seen a greenhouse made from just such a material, it looks very strange. I think it's pretty good economical option, but for construction large greenhouse he doesn't fit.
Add a commentDo-it-yourself greenhouses made from plastic bottles are a real opportunity to get triple benefits. Firstly, you will find a use for waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the disposal of which is now an urgent problem on a global scale. Secondly, get universal greenhouse or a greenhouse for any plants. And, thirdly, spend a minimum of money, because for construction you will only need available materials. In addition, such a building looks decorative and colorful on the site, especially if you take bottles of different colors.
Advantages of a greenhouse made from plastic bottlesA greenhouse made of plastic bottles may at first seem unreliable and not very useful construction, but practice shows the fallacy of this opinion:
- Plastic, being both a light and durable material, serves for several seasons without fear of winds and precipitation.
- The thermal insulation qualities of bottles are quite high due to internal voids. The properties of this design are similar to cellular polycarbonate.
- PET containers transmit light perfectly. The amount of incoming light can be easily adjusted by combining clear and darkened containers.
- Assembling a greenhouse or hotbed from plastic bottles with your own hands is a fascinating activity that does not require special skills and requires only ordinary tools.
In addition, recycling plastic is a challenge for the future to save environmental situation on our planet stable and finally clear all streets, parks and reservoirs of the ubiquitous garbage.
For novice builders, there are a couple of simple but effective tips on how to make a greenhouse from plastic bottles with your own hands as quickly and successfully as possible:
- Start collecting bottles early, taking into account that the average family uses about 30 bottles per month.
- Before construction, the bottles must be thoroughly washed and dried.
- To cut plastic, you can use different tools - scissors, a wood cutter or a suitable knife.
- You cannot fasten plastic with a stapler, fishing line or regular thread. Such seams will quickly disintegrate under the influence of weather conditions.
- Bottles of the same size and shape are used as the starting material; a 1.5-liter container is most convenient.
- To strengthen plastic walls stretch the threads, use a thin metal mesh or secure them with flat slats.
- You can combine PET bottles with other materials. For example, for small greenhouses it is more convenient to build a film roof.
- You can make strips (about 3 cm wide) from bottles, which are used to glue seams.
PET bottle is a multifunctional building material, especially for gardeners. For the construction of greenhouses, it can be used in its entirety, cut, and given the desired shape. It all depends on its purpose and the builder’s flight of fancy. The most common types of structures are:
- A greenhouse made of bottle poles, which are strung on a frame with vertical poles. Often rods (sticks) are placed inside the pillar, which further strengthen the structure.
- A greenhouse made of bottle plates, which are sewn together with nylon threads, heated plastic strips or any other reliable method.
- A rack-type construction, which involves attaching a plastic sheet to a frame of longitudinal-transverse slats.
- The simplest mini-greenhouses for seedlings.
The shape of such structures can be arched, classic rectangular, with pitched and gable roofs.
Video about greenhouses made from plastic bottles various designs Several options for do-it-yourself greenhouses made from plastic bottlesThe simplest greenhouse made from plastic bottles can last about 10 years without failure. It is not afraid of snow or severe cold and allows you to start growing seedlings without additional heating in early spring. The shape of the structure can be in the form of a house, arched, with one or gable roof. It all depends on your desire and the talent of the builder.
The materials and tools used in the construction process are as follows:
- bottles - in quantities of 400 pieces for a small building;
- wooden slats or PVC pipes for the frame;
- cutting tool (scissors or knife);
- strong threads;
- scotch.
A greenhouse made from plastic bottles is built according to the same principle, but fewer bottles are needed, and the frame is made even simpler.
From PET containers you can easily cut plastic plates, sewing them together to obtain a durable, even and perfectly flexible coating. It can be used to cover greenhouses of any type, and in terms of reliability it is in many ways superior to film.
To create such a coating:
- Cut off the top and bottom of the bottle where the bend ends.
- The workpieces are divided into 2 parts and, for leveling, ironed through thick fabric or, after soaking in hot water, put under a press for several days.
- The resulting plates are sewn together using an awl, as well as cord thread or soft wire. The plates should overlap each other by 2-5 cm so that the canvas is solid and even.
- The finished sheets are attached to the frame with nails or self-tapping screws.
Using this coating, you can build a very durable greenhouse on slats. For this:
- The required number of plastic sheets is made, as well as longitudinal and transverse slats with a section of 3x3 cm, equal to the length and width of the sheets, respectively.
- First, longitudinal slats are installed, which are then stitched with transverse ones.
- Plastic sheets are shot onto the slats with a furniture gun, and the joints are glued with plastic strips.
If you just need to grow some seedlings, you won't need a large greenhouse. Small greenhouse will cope with this task perfectly, and you will need very few bottles.
Most interesting options greenhouses:
- A greenhouse whose walls are made of 1.5-liter bottles and the roof is covered polyethylene film.
- A simple greenhouse made from a 5-liter container, the bottom of which is cut off and placed over the seedlings as a cap.
- A portable greenhouse made from a bottle, right in which you can grow low seedlings. The container is laid on its side, a rectangular hole-door is cut out on top, and gravel and substrate are placed on the bottom. The door can be closed and opened using tape.
The construction of greenhouses from plastic bottles is not only economically profitable, but also useful for conservation environment. Such a building will become a reliable assistant to the vegetable grower, and if necessary, it can be easily modified, disassembled or moved.
