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The i Pi greenhouse by *coshipi:iconcoshipi:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Architectural Models

©2006-2009 *coshipi
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Constructed almost entirely from scavenged materials (that is, other people's rubbish). Bought: corrugated pvc for the roof (I didn't fancy having heavy double glazed units overhead), a few bags of cement, some sand, some screws.

The biggest scavenged items were all those double glazed patio doors and those opening window units for the corners - all picked up at the local dump. The bricks and timber were a non-trivial bit of scavenging, too. The brickwork has a cavity (!), filled with old packaging foam for insulation.

Catching the evening sunshine yesterday.

(Edit, 2007: There's another one, very similar to this, now.)

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*Toadsmoothy2 Feb 27, 2006, 12:52:06 AM
THAT is EXCELLENT Clive!!! I'd love to have that in my backyard!!! Nice bit of construction! :clap:

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Life is just waiting around for the next disaster. The only consolation is, one of these times it'll be fatal.
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*coshipi Feb 27, 2006, 1:00:28 AM
Thanks! :) I've had real fun constructing it. I hope the tropical plants that are going to inhabit it like it. At the moment it's mostly full of things waiting for better weather before moving out onto the allotment.

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Disrespect for ideas, great. Disrespect for people, not so great. (P Z Myers)
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*Wodewose Feb 27, 2006, 1:37:49 AM
A greenhouse with cavity-wall insulation - now there's posh! :)

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*coshipi Feb 27, 2006, 2:03:29 AM
Yes, it's these tropical plants. They're so posh you wouldn't believe. You should see the plums in their mouths!

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Disrespect for ideas, great. Disrespect for people, not so great. (P Z Myers)
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=Marie-Aude Feb 27, 2006, 2:38:15 AM
That's a greenhouse :) I want the same !!!
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*coshipi Feb 27, 2006, 2:42:35 AM
I doubt there'll ever be another one just like it. I've got plans for another one, a bit smaller, for things that don't need quite such tropical conditions. I've got quite a stock of big sheets of glass that didn't get used in this one, and an idea of a place to put it. But the exact design of things like this depends on what materials one manages to scavenge...

And you don't want to know what I'd charge for labour building something like this. If it hadn't been a labour of love, it would have been VERY expensive.

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Disrespect for ideas, great. Disrespect for people, not so great. (P Z Myers)
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~kkrause Feb 27, 2006, 3:05:55 AM
Great! It's amazing what folk discard - lucky for you though! Given enough scavenging time and effort, one could build a whole house for next to nothing - I suppose the biggest costs would then be the plaster and paint!
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