washing machine windows

[nemo]

my first lettuce will be ready for a salad in a few weeks i got 12 washing machine window i got them from our local council recycling yard and i use these as a cloche to get an early crop the best ones are the bigger windows
it works for me .we used a few of them as little windows in our kids play house. i am just letting ye all aware of free material

[allotmentlady]

wow thats brilliant! Must jot that down for future ref thanks

[King Carrot]

my first lettuce will be ready for a salad in a few weeks i got 12 washing machine window i got them from our local council recycling yard and i use these as a cloche to get an early crop the best ones are the bigger windows
it works for me .we used a few of them as little windows in our kids play house. i am just letting ye all aware of free material

Hi nemo,

Looks as though I'm in the same neck of the woods as you are, I didn't know there was a recycling yard around here, could you tell me where it is? Herself will be well impressed if I take her there, we went to a garden center today and I managed to scrounge a couple of hundred plastic plant pots

cheers KC

[Tigerella]

Hi

I am hoping to build some sort of greeen house with old windows, if I can get 10 or 20 all the same.
Just waiting to come accross alot of windows, do they store them at council yards.

T

[nemo]

hi king carrot
the dump in cahersiveen is where old washing machines etc are drop off by the public some times there could be 20 or so and more times it could be cookers ,fridges etc the council then send them off. you can also bring house hold rubbish and pay by kilo or a boot full for a set price news papers clothes cans all the usual recyclable stuff can be recycled for free
regards nemo

[nemo]

tigerella
the washing machine windows are attached to the machine. i never came across household windows at the yard but we build a shed and we got those windows from a window manufacturer they were all seconds and worked out very good as we build the shed around the sizeof the windows we got
most companies are eager to get rid of them after all a few euros/pounds are better than none at all
regards nemo

[Millit]

Hi

I am hoping to build some sort of greeen house with old windows, if I can get 10 or 20 all the same.
Just waiting to come accross alot of windows, do they store them at council yards.

T

Is there any way u can take a pic x

[Paulottie]

I just love the washing machine window! Class idea. I have reused the drum even the motor before but never seen that one.

Tigerella, you need to ring some builders to source windows and doors. I have quite a few in my yard from my house renovating days. Buy them a drink they'll probably drop them off for you. HOWEVER...Do please take care as a structure like that might need a bit of experiace to be made safe structurally. Also old windows are not toughened glass (as a rule). Large spans above you head are not a good idea.

[crichmond]

Thats an excellent idea, I have made my cold frames from wood and for the top I have used the glass doors of network cabinets.