HUGE greenhouse

[Annpan]

Someone has just offered a 15x35ft wooden greenhouse on my freecycle group... I am the mod, and I had to wait a few hours before I replyed to the post (we only have a dozen members but I have to be fair and allow others to reply first)

I have a few questions which I am sure someone will answer for me

1. Am I mad?
2. How the heck am I going to get it to my garden
3. Am I mad?
4. How the heck am I going to dismantle it and transport it?
5. Am I mad?
6 How am I going to rebuild it in my garden?
7. Am I Mad?


That all for just now...


Oh... one other thing.... Am I mad????????????????






(I think I know the answer to at least half of the above questons )

[Smooth Hound]

are you mad
what is it made of?

[Annpan]

well, it says on the post

Large wooden greenhouse 35 ft x 15 ft approximately

So I am guessing wood and glass.... anything more specific than that... I do not know... yet

Just told JohnM... he is not a happy bunny...'you did WHAT'

[Tigerhair]

Jeez you lucky thing. If we were anywhere close we'd help you get it! You could share it!?

Are you mad???

[red]

excellent!

of course you are mad!

[Thurston Garden]

Go for it! (Or is it: Go for it John?)

Wibble

[justskint]

1. Cut into small pieces.
2. Purchase a wheelbarrow.
3.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Barking, I'd say...

Transport in several lots, I suppose. Cash in some favours from friends?

But if it happens to be a proper cedar wood frame, you'll have a friend for life that will have been well worth the trouble.

Mad, nonetheless.

[gigglybug]

If you have the room, and the energy, have there arm off!!!!

Amanda

[Annpan]

Well if anyone wants to come for a visit and help out...

John is really not amused, he will need a lot of convincing... Apparently he would say yes - if it was half the size and some one was going to come and put it in the garden without us having to worry about it

I said we could but it would cost us a good few grand... and it wouldn't really be the point, would it

Anyway, I am still keeping fingers crossed about it... I had wanted a poly tunnel, but they are even too much for our budget at the moment... If I can only convince John of the peppers, chillies, tomatoes... and a lemon tree.... ooooh I'd love a lemon tree....


Does anyone know if you need foundations... and how flat your land has to be... and do patio slabs count as 'foundation' enough ... thinking, sit it on a row of slabs - spread the weight - or something... this is all starting to sound quite scary actually

[red]

yes it will need to go on some sort of footings. you can build the footings level, so your ground does not have to be. You would not have to go very deep. You will need to fix your gh down to the foundations.

As its wooden, you could scale the structure down perhaps? and make coldframes out of the spare



is it worth hiring a man with a van. although this is cash.. its still cheap compared to a gh.
still think you are mad.. but its a great opportunity. our older gh is wooden and even more rotten than last year. in fact it nearly fell down, but we spotted it and bodged it. we could do with a find such as yours to 'repair' it

would you need PP for something that size? dunno - we need PP for everythign cos we are in a national park

[snapdragon]

1. oops
2. It will need careful dis-assembly and labelling, but once that's done the pieces should be small enough to transport easily.
3. errm yes but is that a bad thing
4. Screw drivers in various sizes include a large one to use as a lever
5. do you know three sane people? if so --- yes you are
6. Buy a large bag of wood screws in various sizes and another of glaziers tacks, and putty - or whatever is used these days
7. nope

Having carried large pieces of an asbestos (yes I know! but it was the sixties and we knew nowt then) garage two miles across town to be re-assembled in my Mum's garden, I know it's possible.

[ina]

This is probably a once in a life chance - take it!

I'd come and spend another weekend at yours to help get it up, only - not in the next few months.... Very busy at work, what with lambing coming up and a few other projects going on! (Still haven't got the lambing shed ready! )

[mrsflibble]

I'm with ina, it's a once in a lifetime thing.

[justskint]

Large Greenhouse

I would have thought that a level concrete strip foundation 6in deep x 12in wide on solid ground, ie compacted hardcore. Top of foundation should be above ground, your timber greenhouse set on top of a plastic dampcourse. Greenhouse base fixed to founds using frame fixing screws or similar. If your founds were inadequate, with all the weight on top it might settle, glass might crack, window & door frames will be out of square ect. Treat all timber with a quality wood preservative, ie Cuprinol.