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Install Baseboards
For baseboards, we use the 1" x 6" x 8' ledger boards. These will be in contact with the
ground, so using a water-resistant wood like cedar, redwood, or pine is ideal. We also
recommend coating the boards with latex paint.
1. For the first baseboard, we cut off the first foot so the board doesn't end on a
ground post.
2. Line up the cut board with the front of the first ground post.
3. Clamp the board to the post and use your ¼" drill bit and drill through the wood
and the ground post.
4. Insert a 3.5" x ¼" Carriage Bolt & tighten with a lock washer & nut on the outside.
5. Where two pieces of wood butt together, connect them with a scrap piece of 1" x
8" and attach with 2-½" wood screws (Phillips flat head #8).
6. Be sure not to overdrive these screws as you don't want the screw tip poking out
the other side as it could pierce your greenhouse plastic.
7. Once you have all the side baseboards attached, you can install the baseboards
on the end walls with a 2" x 6" x 12' board and a carriage bolt and lock washer
and nut.
Installing Hip Boards
There is no hard rule regarding where to place your hip boards. You want to set hip
boards as high as you want your roll-up sides to go (if you are using them).
If you are NOT using roll-up sidewalls, you still want to install the hip board for stability.
However, it gets mounted on the INSIDE with the bolt flush with the outside (so it
doesn't interfere with the plastic).
1. For our hoop houses, we typically place the bottom of the hip board about 36
inches from the top of the ground post. (4'-5' from the ground)
2. Mark each hoop at your desired height
3. Similar to your baseboards, you want to cut the first 1 foot off your hip board so
the butt joints don't land on a hoop.
4. Line up your boards on the marks and use a clamp to hold them in place.
5. Drill a ¼" hole through your board and then through the hoop.
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