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New Greenhouse - Tips/Advice

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  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Your very welcome🙂
  • BluebaronBluebaron Posts: 226
    Heres a video of an old greenhouse i restored a couple of years ago. Total cost circa £500. (lots of work though). enjoy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXzyTn_SlD8
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    You've done a fantastic job at restoring your GH @Bluebaron looks new . How do you get on with mowing the grass inside  ;)
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Lovely job. My greenhouse is that red cedar colour, OH likes it, and as he does the preserving job, l let him get on with it. Must say, l like the original colour though, it reminds me of what it looked like when it was new. Don't think OH would be too happy if l asked him to sand it down and clear seal it !
  • BettysladBettyslad Posts: 28
    A great job , I was tempted with a F.Patton greenhouse on eBay but it was too large for my available space but just shows what you can get with a bit of tlc.
    one other question, how long would it take someone competent to get up an Eden 8x4 lean to? I can only inagine the roof glass is the tricky element?
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    The roof glass is easier than you think if you have the right equipment to stand on. I've taken down, moved and rebuilt greenhouses in a day. They're usually simple enough.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • BettysladBettyslad Posts: 28
    Thanks for the assuring advice, just didn’t want to be in a position at end of day where it wasn’t complete and thus exposed to weather
  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845
    edited March 2019
    The one thing I regret with ours is not putting in underfloor venting and drainage. Something like a tube system.  I'm not sure what you are planning to do with the foundation, but think about using that space, for something like water tanks, or even heat traps.  Our greenhouse is out of bounds in the summer.  But great for the rest of the year.  I think for the summer months I should just change it into a solar gatherer/heat store for the house or greenhouse for winter.
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