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/
Floorplan
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 heat the water of the soil) 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
See WeatherDuino
Actors
- alert when barrel is empty
- watering system
- open window when temperature and/or humidity is too high
- website with measurements
