I’m currently using this hoop house as a shed and it’s absolutely terrible as a shed. My wife and I are getting into gardening now that we have ample space and I thought we could reuse this as a greenhouse. Does anyone have suggestions for where to buy a new roof/cover?
Or should I try to sell this thing and look into something different?
by Masterchizzle1121
8 Comments
I don’t see why you couldn’t convert it. Greenhouse Megastore would have the correct poly for converting. I’d recommend adding some lumber to stabilize it all. Maybe a wiggle wire channel around the bottom.
Steve Regan Company ships greenhouse plastic. They deliver free locally. I like my hoophouse greenhouse. I made mine with cattle panel.
Use greenhouse plastic. Settle for nothing else.
Well, it has survived this long in Iowa snow storms, so take this with a grain of road salt: hoop houses in areas that get snow are better off with a peaked roof. Rounded roofs like your shed can collapse under a snow load that a peaked one would shed. If I were going to start a new one, that is what I’d do. Since you already have a rounded roof, be prepared to get that snow load off when it happens.
Vevor
Well you have to heat it in the winter and that will keep the snow off unless you’re in Montana or something
Get a true cover with zip double doors cover doors with black tarp to soak up heat from sun preferably on the north and south
30000 btu heater
Where are you? You can grow things like salads in an unheated greenhouse to maybe zone 7. I grow salads in mine unheated in Scotland which is a similar latitude to southern Alaska. They’ll survive many a -10c night with the added protection from wind and snow/rain etc
Most polytunnel suppliers should be able to provide a range of poly film. I’d always go for the slightly thicker/better stuff. You can just dig it in to make it tight and immovable, that’s the simplest way to make a polytunnel