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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:50 pm
by red
oo cool - is that plastic instead of glass?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:35 pm
by Rohen
it is plastic reinforced with aluminium and steel
Its not bad for the £200 I paid for it at Wickes and it does have a venting window.
Ideally I would have got a glass one but they are serious money. It'll do for the next five years in anycase
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:27 am
by Millymollymandy
Wow that looks really interesting Rohen! Does it come in panels that you put together, rather than a frame that you fit the individual windows in to? I do wish there were Wickes in France - such good value. *sighs and dreams on*
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:59 am
by Rohen
It came in a box about 7 foot long and 18 inches deep and about 2 foot wide
Its all panels and long bits of metal. Most of the panels are identical to each other the roof being made up of the same panels that make the walls
Initially I was a little concerned that the structure was a little flimsy but there are strengthening steel struts at every angle which makes it rather solid and pretty wind resistant, it also doesn't require a base which means I could theoretically in years to come move it to anywhere on the plot simply by removing the ground anchors and dragging it across.
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:34 am
by Millymollymandy
Sounds fairly simple to put together compared to a 'proper' greenhouse! We put up a polycarbonate one at our last house, which was hard enough, but if it had been glass I think it would have been fairly impossible as we just couldn't get a perfect level on the ground for the base, and glass isn't flexible when putting the panes in!
Anyway enjoy the allotment and the greenhouse.
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:52 am
by Rohen
It took about 3 hours for me to put the walls together mainly because I was doing it by myself and it was very windy with a little help from my plot neighbour and then the next day it took another 3 and half hours to put the walls together plus the roof and putting the struts to strengthen it at each joint along with the door construction
I still managed to have one reinforcing strut left over which I cant find a slot for which worries me a little but I have reviewed the instructions and simply cannot find its slot although I have a sneaking suspicion its supposed to be on the door somewhere but I'm sure I can re do that.
It still needs the ground anchors and a bit of levelling but I thought that I could do that at leisure as it was raining the next day and I didnt feel upto it.
its got a brick at each corner in the mean time so its not going anywhere...
Ive also got off freecycle a couple of goalposts to pick up I plan to pop them together and drape nets over them so that I can have a pseudo fruit cage.