How To Floor A Greenhouse

Tie twine around the stakes to outline the greenhouse floor.

How to floor a greenhouse.

Make sure you insulate your foundation so that the floor and soil below it stays a stable temperature. Measure the length and width of your planned greenhouse area on the ground. Yes if you poured a concrete slab as a base it also serves as a floor for your greenhouse. The floor of a greenhouse can be made of any number of materials including gravel wood decking flagstone metal grates poured concrete or just bare dirt.

A greenhouse foundation can be made of wood and filled with crushed stone or gravel and overlaid with weed cloth this floor is well draining and easy to clean easy to install and fairly inexpensive. It provides excellent drainage. The type of flooring you choose has an impact on the decision to change or erect you first greenhouse. However in a long term concrete slab serves as an excellent floor.

Factors that make the best greenhouse flooring for you. Weed mat is a popular greenhouse flooring material in large commercial greenhouses. Just keep in mind that initial installation costs as quite high because you need to pay for raw materials and hire a contractor. Hammer four stakes into the ground one in each corner.

Mulch is a cheap flooring material but is impossible to clean. Keep in mind. Your flooring option usually depends on how you want to grow in the greenhouse whether growing directly in the soil raised beds or in an aquaponic or hydroponic system. Gravel dirt brick what will work for you.

For example if you want to expand your existing greenhouse or buy a new one a permanent concrete slab can be a problem.