Deltatango301 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Any tips on building water tray for greenhouse using growbags trays at the moment want to build larger deeper trays so don't have to water everyday and hopefully sarracenia will benifit from deeper water and get more pots in larger tray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 quarter inch plywood base,3 or 4 inch wide timber for the sides then line it with pond liner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltatango301 Posted September 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Thanks Ada what thickness liner, looking at 3000 x 600 trays with 94 x 20 thk sides 5 x 50 screws every 150 mm to fix sides to 5.5 thk plywood ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 i just got some that was on offer,but it said it would last 25years. 2 inch screws are a bit big,i'd go with 1 1/2 inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Hey Terry, here are some photos of a tray I made back in 2013 from chipboard covered with pond liner. Maybe give you a few ideas. I've also made cheaper trays using waste pallet wood. I secure the liner with staples using a staple gun costing about £25 from any DIY place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltatango301 Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Thanks Martin got my pond liner on order going to get the wood from Wickes where did you get your corner brackets from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 27 minutes ago, Deltatango301 said: Thanks Martin got my pond liner on order going to get the wood from Wickes where did you get your corner brackets from I got the wood from B&Q and got them to cut it for me (I'd worked out a plan which they were happy to cut to), so probably got the brackets at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltatango301 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Got the first water tray in construction ended up using 18mm OSB3 sqedge and 50 mm long screws every 200mm cut to size at B&Q with corner plates now got to fit the pond liner that should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 And get it in the greenhouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatter Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 angle brackets are far cheaper from Screwfix if you have one near you also good for screws and lots of other stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 On 11/7/2017 at 11:02 AM, Deltatango301 said: now got to fit the pond liner that should be fun. It's the corners that are tricky. You can find videos on the internet showing the folding technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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