What a great idea! We have one of those beige plastic sheds that's covered in duct tape. We were going to trash it but now I 'm excited to finally have a greenhouse. Thank you so much!
@@MrSpinkle1 Ya I would love to. I might even have stuff for you. When I find out where I'm moving to I'll have to do some downsizing inside and outside (garden). Hope this lockdown ends soon. see you out there. Shairn
Hi Jon, so happy to find this video. Husband and I are hoping to put up a polytunnel carport as soon as the snow melts here, we're located north of London. How big is this carport? Any design aspects you'd modify the second time around? Greatly appreciate any tips or insight. Keep up the great work!
Hi Lisa, Glad you found it helpful. It's 10*20 feet. Pretty decent size. Of you can find two for free or cheap I'd be inclined to put two together next time so it's 40 feet long for more growing space. It's held up against the wind and snow really well. I've seen a lot of people say that they fall over in the wind and snow, but if you have enough support and put enough anchor points in, it's not going anywhere. The only upgrade I would do it put more braces on the roof trusses to help with snow loads, and plus that way you could use it as a place to hang trellis for tomatoes and cucumbers. I think I have a playlist with all the carport videos I've done. I'll look for it and post it in the comments so you can see how it worked out in the summers.
Here's the link to the playlist. Look through those and you can see what I've done with it after I built it th-cam.com/play/PL4ezi_GZCngXIVorwxU6kUBRFSPa0Js8b.html
Hi, I did the same thing and the plastic broke at the metal bar where the roof and the wall meet because of the snow weight. Did you have the same problem?
Hi Jon: we are going to be converting an old prospectors tent into a green house and we are wondering what is the real name of the channel lock that you use on the sides to be able to roll the plastic up? Where did you purchase it? Thanks for the video gave us many ideas.
Hey Deb, I've always just called it Channel lock and Wiggle wire that locks the plastic in. I'm in Ontario and got it from Bradford Coop, just south of Barrie. I got the plastic there as well. They seem to be the place with all the greenhouse supplies. Thanks for watching and glad it helped you out. Let me know when you get yours made. Would love to see it.
Jon Faulknor yeah I was sourcing it through home depot so I will try other places. Search on home depot turned up tools named Channelock...sooo... yeah we are near Ottawa. Our structure won’t be done any time soon...soo many projects, such little time but I will for sure send a photo.
We built ours about 4 years ago. Survived heavy snowfall, wind storms etc. Great for hardening off plants, seeding etc. We built ours with 2 layers of plastic (inside and outside) to create an air space for insulation. We even built mini hinged hoops to cover the raised beds we installed, to overwinter crops, with mixed results. I would suggest attaching your plastic to the metal frame between 2 pieces of strapping. This helps the plastic from ripping. Your plastic lies against the metal frame of the roof, it will likely tear eventually. You could add strapping between the metal and plastic to avoid this. Ours shows no signs of wear and tear after surviving several winters. During the winter, we would cover the greenhouse garage with a heavy white tarp that we would secure with strapping until the spring. We also anchored all 4 corners to prevent movement and have doors on both ends. Nice project you.did, you won’t regret it.
Thanks for the tips. My goal in the fall is to use 2x4's to add extra bracing to the roof for snow load. That's a smart idea to use a tarp to tarp it up. I may try that out. Not looking forward to it possibly getting damaged with snow. I have a lot of anchors in it already. I was warned by a few people. So far it's holding great. We have had some serious wind the past two weeks with huge gust and it's been great.
Thank you so much for doing the video. We are attempting the same thing here in Alberta. Great tips!
Thanks. Hope it helps you out. It's stood up to some very high winds and it's still standing
Amy questions let me know.
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What a great idea! We have one of those beige plastic sheds that's covered in duct tape. We were going to trash it but now I 'm excited to finally have a greenhouse. Thank you so much!
Your welcome Heather. Glad you can reuse that shed now. When you get it done I would love to see it.
@@MrSpinkle1 you got it!
Very instructive video! Thank you for posting :)
Your welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
Awesome job you two !!
Thanks.
Are you coming to check out my garden this year?
@@MrSpinkle1 Ya I would love to. I might even have stuff for you. When I find out where I'm moving to I'll have to do some downsizing inside and outside (garden). Hope this lockdown ends soon. see you out there. Shairn
Hi Jon, so happy to find this video. Husband and I are hoping to put up a polytunnel carport as soon as the snow melts here, we're located north of London. How big is this carport? Any design aspects you'd modify the second time around? Greatly appreciate any tips or insight. Keep up the great work!
Hi Lisa,
Glad you found it helpful. It's 10*20 feet. Pretty decent size. Of you can find two for free or cheap I'd be inclined to put two together next time so it's 40 feet long for more growing space.
It's held up against the wind and snow really well. I've seen a lot of people say that they fall over in the wind and snow, but if you have enough support and put enough anchor points in, it's not going anywhere.
The only upgrade I would do it put more braces on the roof trusses to help with snow loads, and plus that way you could use it as a place to hang trellis for tomatoes and cucumbers.
I think I have a playlist with all the carport videos I've done. I'll look for it and post it in the comments so you can see how it worked out in the summers.
Here's the link to the playlist. Look through those and you can see what I've done with it after I built it
th-cam.com/play/PL4ezi_GZCngXIVorwxU6kUBRFSPa0Js8b.html
Awsome!! I have a bunch of thoses structures. Just too much wind :( I think i'm going ro make a chicken pen out of them instead.
That works as well.
I've pinned it down pretty good. The first two weeks it was up it was non stop wind with huge gust. It's held up really well.
Hi, I did the same thing and the plastic broke at the metal bar where the roof and the wall meet because of the snow weight. Did you have the same problem?
No.. whenever it snows you gotta get out and get it off or it'll break the plastic and bars if it's a really heavy snow load.
Ok. I think I'll make a removable roof. Thanks for the fast reply.
Hi Jon: we are going to be converting an old prospectors tent into a green house and we are wondering what is the real name of the channel lock that you use on the sides to be able to roll the plastic up? Where did you purchase it? Thanks for the video gave us many ideas.
Hey Deb,
I've always just called it Channel lock and Wiggle wire that locks the plastic in.
I'm in Ontario and got it from Bradford Coop, just south of Barrie. I got the plastic there as well. They seem to be the place with all the greenhouse supplies.
Thanks for watching and glad it helped you out. Let me know when you get yours made. Would love to see it.
Jon Faulknor yeah I was sourcing it through home depot so I will try other places. Search on home depot turned up tools named Channelock...sooo... yeah we are near Ottawa. Our structure won’t be done any time soon...soo many projects, such little time but I will for sure send a photo.
It’s called wire lock and wiggle wire I just looked it up
What kind of plastic did you use and where did you get it?
Its 6mm greenhouse plastic. I got it from Bradford coop just outside of Orillia.
hey jon where are you located in ontario, im near orillia
Not far from you. Kawartha Lakes. Just outside of Norland.
@@MrSpinkle1 lol I'm in uphill
We built ours about 4 years ago. Survived heavy snowfall, wind storms etc. Great for hardening off plants, seeding etc. We built ours with 2 layers of plastic (inside and outside) to create an air space for insulation. We even built mini hinged hoops to cover the raised beds we installed, to overwinter crops, with mixed results. I would suggest attaching your plastic to the metal frame between 2 pieces of strapping. This helps the plastic from ripping. Your plastic lies against the metal frame of the roof, it will likely tear eventually. You could add strapping between the metal and plastic to avoid this. Ours shows no signs of wear and tear after surviving several winters. During the winter, we would cover the greenhouse garage with a heavy white tarp that we would secure with strapping until the spring. We also anchored all 4 corners to prevent movement and have doors on both ends. Nice project you.did, you won’t regret it.
Thanks for the tips. My goal in the fall is to use 2x4's to add extra bracing to the roof for snow load.
That's a smart idea to use a tarp to tarp it up. I may try that out. Not looking forward to it possibly getting damaged with snow.
I have a lot of anchors in it already. I was warned by a few people. So far it's holding great. We have had some serious wind the past two weeks with huge gust and it's been great.
@@MrSpinkle1 Let me know if you want some pictures - they may be helpful.