Brothers Build Dream DIY GREENHOUSE │ Road to Food Sustainability
Two brothers build sturdy greenhouse for long term food production in the north.
Material List:
-2x4 Pine 8ft
-2x4 Pine Treated 8ft (base-boards)
-Various size cedar boards (We Milled These Ourself) approx. 1x8 8ft
-Treated 1x4 Pine (Door)
-Clear Polycarbonate 6mm Twinwall Panel
-Clear Polycarbonate H Channel
-Clear Polycarbonate J Channel
-Quikrete
-5/8" x 10" Galvanized Anchor Bolts
-Milk paint (dragonfly & white)
-Milk paint outdoor additive
-3" Deck Screws
-1 1/4" Metal Screws
-3" Trim Screws
-3" Inch Door hinges
-Solar Lights
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Chapters
0:00 Digging out Foundation
01:17 Leveling
02:29 Concrete
03:55 Framing Walls
08:12 Framing Roof
10:43 Painting Bottom 2 FT
11:23 Milling Cedar Boards
12:03 Attaching Cedar on Bottom
12:18 Plastic Panels
16:51 Cedar Trim
18:08 Doors
19:11 Final Cedar Trim
20:32 Finish Doors
21:13 Interior Painting
21:28 Finished Product
About Me (Evan):
I moved onto our century old family farm. I want to develop the land back into a self-sufficient homestead. I want to set up food systems that will provide my family with food security for the next 100 years.
#greenhouse #garden #diy #farming
ya done good
silence is golden - thank you for this no-chatter documentary - the pup shots a bonus. Good work guys! Subbed!
That is awesome! Thanks for subscribing. I am glad you liked it:) I gave the pup some pets for you haha
Great job fellas. Thanks for sharing 😁👍
I had to stop watching to comment on the wagon tipping over. Nice to see that I'm not the only one who dumps his wagon or cart over. :) Now back to the video with a "like".
hahah thanks for the like! And it turned out to not be a big deal. Soon after that I ended up dumping the soil up the hill more to create a berm and keep water off of the greenhouse. But when it happened I thought I was going to have to re-shovel all of it to clear a path to the soil pile haha
정말 두분의 숙련된 목공기술로 만들어진 그린하우스 사랑스럽고 멋진 작품입니다. 만드는 과정 잘 보았습니다.
Wish I had room for a solid built greenhouse like yours. That looks incredible, loving the cheery color! Nice warm place to take a break from chilly garden chores this spring. Its already the end of the first week in January - can you believe it!?! Spring is coming up on us FAST! Nice camera & editing on your build, BTW. Enjoy your weekend guys.👍
Thank you!!😊 it will be nice for a whole lot of things, like starting seeds, which will be here in no time haha
What you've built and done, just incredible. QUESTION: when you use those limbed trees for upright ridge supports -- where it is raw/untreated wood put into the ground ... how does that do as far as rotting or not rotting? I have a property where I could certainly take advantage of that so - very curious. And "of course" I just subscribed! 🙂Thanks for your great shares!!!
Thank you for showing a snow load on your building. I was hoping to see it stress tested and where it would start sliding. Thanks again for that added detail !
We are pretty much through all of the snow fall for the year and this thing had no problems with any of the weather that was thrown its way. And this winter was longer and colder than usual so I am extremely happy with the design and how it turned out. I am making the beds inside there today:)
I get so excited when you post a video. Just love watching your progress. Wish I had that kind of land and was 30 years younger🙀. Keep the videos coming. Thank you for sharing❤️🇺🇸
It really makes me happy to know you enjoy the videos 😁 thank you! I’ll keep ‘em coming
Great and full of passion work. Thanks so much for your videos. I am from Poland where conditions, materials and prices are different but your way of presenting of all execution stages are best ever. Thanks so much brother’s ❤
Yikes did my reply too soon. I just love that greenhouse. The buildings you have constructed are beautiful yet different. With each build I see changes. Happy planting🇺🇸✌️
Great video. Genius way to mark the areas to put sill plate on top of the concrete. I would have burnt the bottom of the tree support to harden it & debarked it. But that would be my preference. Yours looks beautiful.
Wow, you two did such a great job on this! It turned out beautifully.
Thank you!
Good job but working very slow 🦥🙂
Thank you for Sharing.....👍🤗
Just watched this & your pros & cons video. Absolutely amazing what yall have done! We live in SC so we dont have the snow weight like yall do but very informative videos. Will be working with the hubby to see if i can get this dream of mine a reality. Thanks for posting & good luck with all of your homestead ventures.
Top greenhouse build
Thank you! that is so nice:)
❤ well done Gentlemen. Superbly done
This is absolutely incredible! What a build and how great it turned out! This actually made me think that maybe it would be possible to build something like this with my partner as well. We've been considering buying a greenhouse for a while now, but seeing this makes me think. Truly an inspirational video!!
Thank you! Hopefully you can build one next year 😁
That is an awesome looking greenhouse, Evan. Y'all did a fantastic job.
Thank you!! I appreciate it, Chuck
The runaway wheelbarrow in the beginning got me 😂 You guys this turned out awesome! Was looking forward to this video and to see the whole process is so cool. Also being able to use your own milled wood is dope. If and when we ever build our greenhouse I'm just going to watch this a thousand times over!
Hills are tough sometimes haha and Thanks man! I appreciate the kind words. My cousin saved me with his mill on this one and many times since.
really nice job
I love the shorts and mucks! It looks like our place 🙂
Great job guys!! Looking forward to watching you grow your produce!!😊Robbie
Appreciate it, Robbie! Thanks for following along
The ARMY guy sawing your boards. My boys call him the army guy.
Haha 😆 John is the man
Very Cool Greenhouse Build...Great Work ! Thanx for sharing this style, looks really sturdy and workable, good luck with all your planting...following your garden series.
That is awesome, thank you! I am glad to have you following along:)
Simply Amazing!
thank you!
Awesome job! My favorite part in the tree in the middle.
Thank you! And yeah I like it a lot, both for the function and for the aesthetic 😆
Great job guys!
Very nice job guys looks so good! 😊
Thank you!
Hola quedó hermoso
It came out so good!
Thank you! 😁
Быстро качественно без суеты
Love that central post !
Thank you! It is pretty cool. And it worked well holding up the snow this year.
Great build and fantastic diy skills. A couple of thoughts. Concrete footings didn’t have enough water and we’re too shallow. Ventilation is lacking no room for windows (or at least none that I could see) so it will be too hot in summer.
Thank you and your thoughts are correct haha We did not add enough water, this was our first time ever working with concrete. And We have to add some ventilation this summer. We left the doors large to help with that, and we are pretty far north so hopefully we do not need too much more. Thank you for watching and for the comment:)
When you poured the concrete you did not go below the frost line. Aren’t you worried that freeze and thaw cycles will compromise the foundation?
I love it! I want to build one in this style. Mine will be smaller though. 8 foot by 8 foot will work for me. Thanks you sharing. Great work!
Thank you! Good luck with your build
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it or not. You could use those large stones from digging the foundation in something like a work bench base in the greenhouse. The mass of the stones would make an awesome heat sink and look cool, too. I appreciate the time and effort you have to build such an amazing project. Would suggest using a heavy container. For example, cattle panels. Anchor with long t-post like a Gabion wall. Then a wood or masonry top for work surface. Just a thought.
That would be awesome! We have a giant rock in the corner of the greenhouse so we are thinking of ways to build on that.
Great video, I'm on my 3rd time watching it 😂 Few questions. 1. Were your foundation forms built with 4x2 ? 2. How tall were the side walls ? 3. What height was the ridge pole above the front/rear frames ? 4. What was your slope length for the roof panels ? Thank you 😊
泥土挖坑🎉🎉水泥灌入框架✨显然选中这块地比较优质.根杆插得很深🌟🔰
Beautiful build! Hope you get everything out of it you desire. Enjoyed watching the build. I saw your other video on comparing greenhouse builds after watching this one and you mentioned you still need to figure out the ventilation. If you were building it for me, the ONLY change I'd ask for is a window at the back end with a built in thermometer that opens the window automatically when it reaches a certain temp. That way I wouldn't have to keep the door open to vent it, to keep the critters out.
That is the best setup! We just framed out a big window in the back and keep it open all summer haha
Good work guys, i'm planning on building one in the spring - and there's some great inspiration here. At the first of the video, my only thought was.. wow - these guys need a tractor. :)
haha thank you! Good luck with what you are doing! And the lower back tractor is working well so far😂
Se ve lindisimo!!!!❤
Thank you:)
Good build. I learned a lot from just one video.
That is awesome!
Great video! Thanks for sharing, Awesome turnout 👏 you guys did a great job! I need one of these😂
Thank you!! I appreciate that. I am really happy to have this beast going forward haha
OMG this is sooo cool!!!! 😍👍
Thank you! It is definitely the coolest thing I have built haha
excellent
Awesome job!
I appreciate it!
Really nice good job you guys and good foundation!
Thank you! It was our first time working with concrete so hopefully it lasts
nice video
Verry good !!!!
HERMOSA LAS CABAÑAS RUSTICAS SALUDITOS
very easy to build this greenhouse but need some time 👍provide my family with food security for the next 100 years - I like this very much !my next DIY project is the greenhouse and thanks for sharing !
That is awesome! Good luck
Looks more blue than green
Hi looks like a great build, I would have put a gasket of rubber or foam between footing and bottom plate. The plate will last much much longer.
Nice!👍🏻
Thank you!!
This is so awesome, well done. What a beautiful greenhouse, and great video. My husband and I are doing the same as y’all with chickens and food forest… you’re inspiring and fun to watch. Thank you for the materials list, could we ask, what did this one cost you? Also, do you have plans for this, and if so, would you mind sharing where you got them?
It is a little hard to gave a cost for this one because we milled the cedar ourselves, and we haven't finished the interior yet. and We did not build this from plans. Thank you and good luck with your setup:)
I'm in the process of building a small greenhouse and I'm going to try clear shower curtains from a dollar store. Extreme low temperatures aren't too bad 18 miles from the coast of SC.
Oh that will be interesting! hopefully that works out, keep me updated!
Just came over from Life with blinda and chucks suggestion
Thank you!
Very nice job guys ❤️👍🙋♂️
Thank you!
Great build. If you get a lot of rain, you might consider adding a rain gutter system and direct the water inside, so you have a free source of water inside the greenhouse.
That is exactly what we are planning on doing! Thank you, Randy
@@TheNorthBranchWI Excellent. I’m living vicariously through KZhead homesteaders, but I hope to do something similar someday. I would also add a Jackery type portable power station charged by a solar panel to power lights and a water pump to water the plants.
@@randysretired2020 that is interesting. We are planning on hanging solar powered lights inside. A pump might be helpful too
I'm gearing up to do my own soon, this is not the first build I have seen but like some others, I have picked up multiple hints from your build that I definitely will incorporate into mine. There is one thing that jumps out to me that might be a mistake.... Apparently no vents or windows. I didn't see a heat solution either, although that could be done lots of ways. But unless I missed something no built in way to let heat out in the summer could be an issue???? Last, I have a question for basically anyone.... how beneficial would it be to be insulating, especially in places like the bottom couple of feet all around?
Всё хорошо, но если бы ещё гидроизолировать фундамент от каркаса, то вообще замечательно было бы)
An easy subscription 😅
hell yeah! Thanks man
Quick few questions how are the beds set up? Have you instituted your rain spout bed watering system?
Framing looks good, but you sure as hell not going to make a video just on concrete tho 😅👍
Awesome
Appreciate it!
Perfection! I will use your design as my guide. Two questions: 1) Suggestions for gutter collection funneling into greenhouse for plant irrigation? PVC piping through top maybe allowing for gravity feeding? 2) How did you ventilate? I want to build two greenhouses… one adjacent to kitchen and create external door entrance maybe dutch door if allowed by code. The other will be off the family room extending our living space when existing door is open. Goals: reduce heat costs and nutrition.
Thank you, and good luck on your build! We are planning on collecting rain water to water everything. We ventilate our a-frame greenhouse with a vent and the door staying open. We haven't figured that out for this one, yet. But we made the doors big so if they open that will be a huge help. We are pretty far north so we don't need a ton of ventilation. But, if we need more I am going to frame in a window/vent and maybe put a solar fan or something in. I am going to observe and react as the growing season arrives
@@TheNorthBranchWI Hot, humid TX here so must hv some may ventilation lol
Turned out very nice. Couple of questions Why did you use wood ridge instead of the poly ridge . Ascetic or availability issues. Not sure why rafters don't align with wall studs. What did you use between wall twin wall panels. Did screw heads make attachments of the facia trim difficult
We had a lot of ceder and prefered that look, too. They dont align because we framed from the front back then did rafters from back to front. It was a beginners mistake but it held up to a lot of snow. WE are still learning as we go. Between panels there is an H channel they slide in. The screws dont stick out much and the cedar is soft enough it wasnt a problem to trim out.
Impressive work guys. What are you doing for ventilation when it gets too warm inside your greenhouse? Also how are you planning to use it?
We left the door large to hopefully ventilate most of what we need. We will probably have to put a window in on the other side and get a solar powered arm or something. We are still planning the layout of the interior
You did a great job. Yes perhaps a window in the rear , a ridge vent and some type of exhaust fan should keep it cool. What state/climate zone are you located in?
Haha this video is awesome. 10:01-10:06 had me cracking up haha
What was so funny?
@@TheNorthBranchWI Perhaps because it was in fast forward? Not sure. I did laugh when the wagon turned over 😂 I was laughing with you of course! One other chuckle. That large rock.. My dad had one in his yard that a loader turned up when grading a new drive. It was so big that I dug a hole right next to it and the 2 of us pushed it in 😂 I told him we should have buried a note with it in case it ever found a way to the surface again!
Hey y’all, quick question from someone who has poly panels in their tractor supply cart as we speak: did you have to get H clips to connect the poly panels or did they come with connectors, or were you able to make cuts that secured them together?
Hi! I hope i got this to you in time. But the h clips are what connect the panels. They slide in and that makes a seal to keep water and bugs out. Then the u channel goes on the bottom for the same reason. I hope this helps and I hope I understood what you are asking correctly
@@TheNorthBranchWI that’s perfect, thank you very much from the U.P! I’d be honored to check out your farm the next time I’m in the area, maybe help out for a few hours and have a few beers afterwards 😂 Edited for a typo
@@TheNorthBranchWIcan I also ask if you think 6 MM was the best move for our climate? I suppose your greenhouse hasn’t lived through a winter yet so you may not even know, if so that’s kosher 🤙🏼
Great video 👍 very helpful... Will you try do a underground greenhouse? Holds heat so much better for colder climate
I wish. The problem for us is that our large slope faces direct north. and the one we garden on faces NE. So we would have to move so much earth idk if we could do it. Our South facing slope is by the road and neighbors forest so it would be shaded all the time.
@@TheNorthBranchWI That's to bad. And Yes that makes it more difficult.
Is it ok to screw through those panels you use? Do you need to seal them? Also same comments as others re concrete and dpm on top to stop water from soaking up into wood frame. Guttering would help. Great vid though and would love to build my own.
We are going to put gutters on and collect the rain water. Yea we screwed through them straight into the perlins. They dont need to be sealed.
Qty and cost of materials would help a ton!! Not bad for your first go at it!
Why did you paint the inside? How do you ventilate and get airflow during warm seasons?
The paint was VOC free and had some outdoor additive to preserve the wood. We figured that was a more cost effective option than cedar and didn't want oil or regular paint in a growing area. We put windows on the front and with those and the doors open the airflow was more than enough. But, we are in zone 4 so the cold is more of a problem for us, than the heat.
How much heat inside? How can one regulate or rather bring it down if it was that high?
Hi! I made a video about ventilation in this greenhouse a few months ago. We had big windows on both sides to cool it down and I am going to make a stove to heat it up
I don't understand how you cut everything so precisely
Great and very helpful video. Beautiful Union of two bothers of building a green house. Could you please share where did you buy the polyurethane sheets?
We got them from Menards. www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/greenhouses/6mm-4-x-8-clear-polycarbonate-twinwall-panel/1594351/p-1539153017945-c-10122.htm?exp=false
Did you use 2x6's for the roof to get the bird's mouth, or was it all done with 2x4s? Also, what powder did you put in your paint?
Hey Mike, It was all 2x4's. And we used milk paint and added and outdoor additive to the mixture.
Was the paint for asthetics or for pest control ? If for pest can you explain ? Great job. I’m building a very similar one now. Just got the foundation poured today
The paint we used was non toxic milk paint with an outdoor additive (borax). We did it to save on lumber costs and help prolong the life of the pine and fir. Good luck. Exciting times ahead
@@TheNorthBranchWI are you using clear polycarbonate Twin wall panels for the roof and walls or just the roof ? The walls looked like clear single layer but wanted to verify ? I didn’t see both on your materials list. Thanks for the help.
I wish I had your soil! I have a lot of clay and it's a pain to dig anything by hand.
Outstanding job. The project is great and the video progress was well done! I do have 2 questions please. I read you were able to purchase the panels at $55. Is that per 4x8 sheet and can you share the vendor you used? Also what are your wall heights and ridge height. I know the length is 16’ but would also like the width. Thank you for considering a reply and congratulations on a nice structure
Hey Craig, I got the panels from menards. The walls are 6' high, the width is just under 12'.
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Incredible video and details. I noticed on your A-frame you gave us a cost breakdown. What was the approximate cost of this awesome greenhouse please? Would like to put one up in Ohio since our weather is so unpredictable. Thanx lots.
Thank you, Jerri! It is a little tough to come up a price for this one because we milled the cedar for the exterior ourselves. If we had to buy it I don't think we would have been able to built it, at least in it's current form. The panels are 4x8 twinwall panels, and those were roughly $50 a piece, and there were a lot of 2x4's (and we painted them all) that went into the frame . There was also concrete, and screws and everything like that. It all depends on the size you are looking for too
@@TheNorthBranchWI I can appreciate your reply. I can work up a rough estimate even with just the skeleton information you gave me. Thanks so much and I really enjoy your channel.
비.눈 * 습기때문에라도. 바닥 높이를 조금 더 높게 하면 좋겠습니다. rain. Snow * because of moisture. floor height I wish it was a little higher.
Very nice but what was the cost?
Were the furring strips on the roof necessary? It looks like you already had 24" centers with the rafters.
We didnt want the panels to sit right on the 2 x 4. Plus the strips gave it a little support in the middle. Might not be necessary depending on where you are and snow loads.
Looks good 👍.. concrete is awesome.. Shall I make either house or cabin with same formula?..Pls tel me
Thank you, Vignesh! And I am not exactly sure what you mean, but I'd vote for a cabin 😆
@@TheNorthBranchWI i would like to build tiny room .. shal I use ur same formula?
Where do you buy the frosted panels? What are they called. Is it plexi sheets? Home depo?
Twin wall panels. We got ours from Menards. I am sure the other stores have them. The description of the video has more info :)
What a beautiful one! What is the material you used for the roof and wall? Where did you get it?
They are called twinwall polycarbonate panels. We got ours from various hardware stores, there are probably good places online to source them. and thank you:)
@@TheNorthBranchWI Thank you for the reply.
The pour must have taken so long!
Not too bad, actually. It was one of the shorter steps now that I am thinking about it. The digging took over two weeks though haha
You didn't just learn how to build a greenhouse you learned how to build a whole house
Hi. I was wondering what type of plastic roofing and side panels are those?
We used twinall panels from Menards on the big greenhouse. The a-frame is corrugated poly.
Looks incredible, nice job. What are the dimensions? How much was the total cost? Hoping to do this in the future.
Hey, Brody! The dimensions are 12'x16'. It is hard to have a good price point to share because our cousin milled all off all the cedar we used on the outside. If we had to pay for all of that we would not have been able to afford this build haha But the panels were about $55 each and there were a lot of 2x4's and concrete mix that went into this. And we painted everything as well
What kind of panels were they? Looking at doing something similiar@@TheNorthBranchWI
Where is damp proof sheet between concrete and timber???
The cost for number 4 l thought was very reasonable. Any idea when you will have the cost estimates for number 5 done? It's the one that l want to replicate.
That one is a little tricky because we milled our own cedar for the trim on the building. If we had to buy that from a store it would be quite expensive.
Where did you buy the panels from, if you don't mind me asking?
We got them from menards. There are probably cheaper places to find them, but we bought from them because we are always there.
Гидроизоляцию между бетоном и деревом не положили?
Great build. Where did you purchase your plastic panels and channels?
We got ours from Menard's. Are you by chance on the east coast of the usa? I posted this video in a reddit thread and someone said they had wholesale prices for those panels for that part of the country. Let me know and I will send you the link!
@@TheNorthBranchWI Link please? Also, how long did the build take you 2 from when you started to build with wood, above the dry concrete? I know it was likely partial days and weather permitting. Weeks?
@@pamsweeney1171 www.reddit.com/r/homestead/comments/10qbzf0/thinking_about_building_a_greenhouse_i_made_a/?context=3
And it took a couple weeks. Digging the foundation and painting the 2x4's took the longest
@@TheNorthBranchWI Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I'm probably going to do in-ground 4X4s for my foundation and level joists from there; the clay where I am is a problem and leveling the entire area would be a nightmare.
Where did you get the plastic panels
We got ours from Menards.