/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1769821]

With Spring being around i want to construct my first hoophouse/polytunnel. Watched many yt videos but haven't seen any constructed the way i would like,see picture.
1) It would have a wooden frame as a base which is standard.
2) Rebars to keep polytubes in their place. They would be either side of the wooden frame in the ground,not sure about it still. Again standard thing.
3) Poly would be fixed on the tubes by steel clips see picture: https://www.gazdabolt.hu/203673-large_default/femklipsz-30mm-1.jpg..
As the standard U-channel with wiggle wire doesn't seem to be available here in Hungary at least i can't seem to find it.
4) I want 2 windows at both side as you can see on the picture. My question is: How would i go about putting the windows itself together from the pvc tubes and how could i fix it there so it can function as a window. So far i could only come up with a solution of 2 screws in the main tube frame and the horizontal tube of the window could roll between these screws. However this way there would a gap between the arched tubes.
5) How should i make the door?

Seen in many videos that the sides/frames on the sides are made of wood which i might be able to do if it's cheap enough. So yeah main thing i want is the two windows as can be seen.
I don't think a simple rectangle window within a wooden frame would be enough for proper air movement since it will be really hot here in the summer.
Steel frame/cattle panel would be too expensive here so that's out of question.
Any suggestions are welcome.

[Anonymous No.1769839]

>>1769821
wood for doors windows and frames and just keep doors open at summer if you want smth better invest 300-500 eur and make it with glass/poli+metal frame

[Anonymous No.1769841]

>>1769839
So i'll make it easier for myself if i make the frames from wood? Is the construction i want make sense?

[Anonymous No.1769854]

>>1769841
do you really need it that high? assuming doors are around 1.8-2m whole shit gonna be 2.5 or even more and you dont need those clips you can just wrap poly around wood and use couple clips/nails to hold it

[Anonymous No.1769856]

>>1769821
it’s called a quonset hut or nissen hut you absolute buffoon. What kind of idiot region do you live in that the jargon is stupid enough to call the last bastion of wartime engineering a “hoophouse”? Alabama? actually that sounds plausible, I apologize if you’re from Alabama, life’s probably hard enough as it is.

[Anonymous No.1769859]

>>1769854
Whole thing would be around 2m high max.Door would be smaller around 1.5m,window would be around 50cm. My drawing might be misleading though.
I want to attach the "main" poly to the tubes without damaging it. On the sides though i could use a stapler gun to attach the poly to the window frame.

[Anonymous No.1769909]

>>1769856
>a hoop house is made of corrugated steel
Bruh

[Anonymous No.1770056]

>>1769909
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[Anonymous No.1770360]

>>1769856
>europoors seething

[Anonymous No.1770449]

>>1770056
>being both this wrong and this angry

[Anonymous No.1771196]

Do this or you're gonna have a hard time on windy days

[Anonymous No.1771210]

>>1769856
>Not calling it a longhouse

[Anonymous No.1771317]

>>1771196
Yeah will do. Forgot to draw it in. Does it need to be an X though? As in most videos i only saw a \ from the end to the next tube and not a full X but those were steel tubes.

[Anonymous No.1771324]

>>1769821
Also see: >>>/out/1699731

[Anonymous No.1772939]

>>1771317
>Does it need to be an X though?
Imagine you have two popsickle sticks joined at their ends, then the other ends are joined with a string, forming a triangle. What happens if you try to "open" the triangle? The string will hold it. What happens if you try to close the triangle? That's why you need an X, so that it can transmit forces coming from both ways. You can use just a rigid diagonal, it will be good for forces coming from one direction, but it will try to buckle with forces coming from the other direction.

[Anonymous No.1772944]

>>1772939
>>1771317
>Does it need to be an X though?
If you don't like, "X," you can use corner braces instead. Any of these in this image will work, but the bottom two must be used together along the same wall to have the same effect. The diamond-shaped one and the two bottom ones are usually easier and faster for novice carpenters to install, if the space for the X is limited where you need to use joinery in the center.