Orangerie
| Projects | |
|---|---|
| |
| Participants | Narya |
| Skills | glass cutting, recycling |
| Status | Planning |
| Niche | Other |
| Purpose | Infrastructure |
Green houses that are on sale are either ugly or expensive. With a bit of planning, patience and diy it should be possible to make a nice orangerie from second-hand material.
Skills to acquire: mason, woodworking and glass cutting
Contents
The plan
- Search for free/cheap material on marktplaats. Bricks, doors, windows and pieces of glass are very often offered for free
- Make foundation, build low walls, build the frame, choose a small window size
- Initially use plastic as windows. Replace the plastic piece by piece with (stained) glass found on marktplaats
Links
- GeoDome - http://northernhomestead.com/how-to-build-a-geodome-greenhouse/
- GeoDome calculator - http://acidome.ru/lab/calc/#5/12_Cone_3V_R2.75_beams_50x50
- More free plans - http://www.goodshomedesign.com/10-easy-diy-free-greenhouse-plans/
Electronics
- Raspberry pi with screen and a few buttons
Solar
- solar panel
- battery
Climate control
Heat exchange by blowing hot air into the ground during the day and blow warm air from the ground into the greenhouse at night
- 10m flexible tube
- computer fan (perhaps two)
- temperature sensors at start and end of the tube
Sensors greenhouse
- temperature
- humidity (air)
- humidity (pots/ground)
- sunlight
- doors and windows open/closed
- webcam (time lapse)
- water level of barrel
Actors
- alert when barrel is empty
- watering system
- open window when temperature and/or humidity is too high
- website with measurements
