Building A Greenhouse With Patio Doors

For a backyard greenhouse project finding a door that fits your own design may prove difficult.

Building a greenhouse with patio doors. I ve got about 8 3 x8 patio doors at some precarious horizontal angles on the south west side of my greenhouse addition to my passive solar home. To him anything made of a substance other than. My own 2 cents worth on greenhouses is to build them with used patio doors cheap got mine for 5 at restore and to be careful of snow loads and sliding snow. Building a greenhouse linda holliday recycled patio doors in the 1960s my father spit out the word plastic as if it were poison.

Also non frosted shower doors make great entry doors. A greenhouse can be built from recycled materials including sliding glass doors removed from other buildings. Our used patio doors are about 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall the perfect size for three along the south face and one on the west. The east side has a homemade wooden door and another used window about 3 feet wide and 6 feet tall.