Hello all Coldframe now outside and lots of pics for you
Here is how it looked to start with well it took two pallets to make this
This was back in March one of the first few pallets that I started to take apart, this is all the planks of wood from it
I just got side tracked and started on the pallet potting table a strawberry planter and a bench and some other bits
Then it was time to start the coldframe, this is a pic of the back and front that I had put together, I pinched the thick planks from another pallet that I took apart - 5 boards high for the back panel and 3 boards high for the front
Made some of it outside and some indoors
This pic shows the main part of the coldframe put together, was tricky sawing the slopping bits of wood - hard for the saw to go a different way to what it does normally and to keep the plank still
I attached the lid with two hinges on the back and the two handles to open it. Gave it a bit of paint Cuprinol country cream on inside and smelly clear ish Sadolin paint on the outside so I could keep the wood effect of the pallet look
Here it is now outside in its place next to the plastic greenhouse, raspberry canes in the pots and peach tree behind
The lid is a thick bit of Perspex that I had, brought the bits of wood around the lid, with help got a slot cut along the wood with a router - I had a go very powerful machine which then the Perspex could be put into
I had to make the coldframe around the size of the lid
Bit of ventilation using the two bits of sawn off wood
Here is the inside - I painted it country cream hope it will bounce light around my seedlings, filled with two bags of horticultural sand
This is the coldframe today I have put in my sweet pea seedlings in and I am trying to store my dahlia tubers so they are in the crate
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OK Woody did want to carry on with it but dad wanted it out so it has been took out of living room and put in garage at mo all painted now
Painted the lid frame today still drying outside
I am going to figure out how much I have spent on this - screws, wood on lid frame and some other bits
Well I have brought it back indoors yesterday and got the weed matting attached to the bottom of the coldframe and now have the hinges on the lid
Only a few bits to go and it will be ready
Can't wait to see it Gg.
Got the handles on the coldframe today, few bits left and lots of pictures for you all to see
Hello all Coldframe now outside and lots of pics for you
Here is how it looked to start with well it took two pallets to make this
This was back in March one of the first few pallets that I started to take apart, this is all the planks of wood from it
I just got side tracked and started on the pallet potting table a strawberry planter and a bench and some other bits
Then it was time to start the coldframe, this is a pic of the back and front that I had put together, I pinched the thick planks from another pallet that I took apart - 5 boards high for the back panel and 3 boards high for the front
Made some of it outside and some indoors
This pic shows the main part of the coldframe put together, was tricky sawing the slopping bits of wood - hard for the saw to go a different way to what it does normally and to keep the plank still
I attached the lid with two hinges on the back and the two handles to open it. Gave it a bit of paint Cuprinol country cream on inside and smelly clear ish Sadolin paint on the outside so I could keep the wood effect of the pallet look
Here it is now outside in its place next to the plastic greenhouse, raspberry canes in the pots and peach tree behind
The lid is a thick bit of Perspex that I had, brought the bits of wood around the lid, with help got a slot cut along the wood with a router - I had a go very powerful machine which then the Perspex could be put into
I had to make the coldframe around the size of the lid
Bit of ventilation using the two bits of sawn off wood
Here is the inside - I painted it country cream hope it will bounce light around my seedlings, filled with two bags of horticultural sand
This is the coldframe today I have put in my sweet pea seedlings in and I am trying to store my dahlia tubers so they are in the crate
That looks great Gg. Well done
Been looking for something to keep it open but can't find what the brought ones have to buy
Thanks Panda
don't understand why the last picture is so big
Thanks Edd
Very impressive. Might make myself one of those, the old ones I have are a little sad looking at the mo. still they served me well for years.
Well Charlie November we like to recycle and it also saves us money on wood. dismantling pallets isn't that hard really.