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Anyone dismantled a greenhouse? Easy or not?

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  • 4thPanda4thPanda Posts: 4,145

    Congratulations image image 

    Tell him how much a new one is and then whisper how much yours was! 

    I have a friend who never tells her husband how much things cost, she always knocks off at least 30% of the actual price image

  • allium2allium2 Posts: 413

    How about it was too good to miss and was so much cheaper than you would pay new? Growing your own has such a different taste to shop bought and you can choose your variety image. Good luck Busy Bee 2. 

  • Andy19Andy19 Posts: 671

    Busy Bee2 Tell him it's a lot cheaper than a new one and can be part of your birthday present past or present whenever it is. It will be money well spent over the years that's for sure hope moving it goes well and good growing in it for the future.

  • Busy Bee2Busy Bee2 Posts: 1,005

    Andy - you are on the money there, cos I always don't have much for Christmas/birthdays on the understanding I can play the 'it's my present' card later on in the year when things crop up.  I was going to have an exercise bike, but we haven't got one yet, and so this will be my pressie instead.  Who needs an exercise bike when you've got a wheelbarrow and a head full of projects anyway?  I will put up a new thread and add some pictures of the project for posterity and in case anyone else is thinking of doing the same.  Am now going to research how much a new one would cost!! xx

  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    BB take a picture of the GH before dismantling from each side or draw on paper each side putting in where the metal frame is, it's easier to put back together then.

    I'd be inclined to replace the nuts/bolts and clips, depending on age some may break and others could be rusted making for a weak structure when you rebuild. 

    Transporting the glass laid flat is tricky, glass should really be stood up, don't pile to many on top of each other and seperate each one with an old sheet. I broke quite a lot of panes because there were to many on each pile and buying individual sheets of glass to fit can work out as much as the cost of your GH. Mine was free, the glass cost £100, I ended up purchasing a pack, which was far to many but have spare panes now and have cut some of it in half to make cloches.

    Good luckimage 

  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,525

    Great news Busybee. i am 100% confident it will pay it self back. Your OH cant complain if its putting taste fruit & Veg on the table image 

    £102 is just a fraction of the cost of a new one. I just paid Around £1200 for a new 10x8 greenhouse. If i weren't so impatient  i could of saved myself a load of money. i am hoping to have it 25 years + so it not a bad investment.

    Best bit is i can still do all sorts even when its RAINING image 

  • Peat BPeat B Posts: 441
    Tell, he who must, that it is THERAPY. Keep it short, assertive and erudite. Rehearse, research and then retreat ! The old adage that People in glass houses needs to be explained as, in glass houses, they get the seeds and plants going a lot sooner, and steal a march on martyrs of open ground patches !



    Good luck BB.
  • Peat BPeat B Posts: 441
    Bless you, Mike. I have great times with She who must, and we spend all our time oop t'lotty, roaring with laughter, rejoicing in the smells of damp soil, pollywogs, birds, bees, fruits, veggies and muck spreading. We spring things on each other, and every 5 minutes, say across the patch, how happy we are, and how much we love each other. Gardening IS the finest past time, next to classical music or a AC/DC concert !
  • iGrowiGrow Posts: 183
    Just out of interest, what size is said greenhouse?



    I apologise if this has already been quoted.
  • Busy Bee2Busy Bee2 Posts: 1,005

    iGrow, it is 10 x 8.  I have arranged with its current owner to pick it up on Tuesday afternoon, when the little people will be at school - I will be looking forward to getting them inside once it is up, but glass needs a wide berth until the construction is complete.  He who moans about the money and doesn't like the look of greenhouses, has been told, and there was the usual outburst, but not as bad as I expected - mainly thanks to the 'it's my birthday present' argument.  There was a long discussion on what exactly it was that greenhouses were for.  I explained that it went much further than being able to grow tomatoes, peppers, chillies and cucumbers in the summer, because it would prevent the trail of compost inside the house and all over the windowsills from seedlings.  I also went into the wonderful world of cuttings and free plants, and the ability to protect things like our standard olive trees in the winter if the winter were worse than it has been this year (said with apologies to those on the west side of the country who have suffered terribly, but here in the east we have been luckier, with lower heating bills and our free draining sandy soil is not waterlogged and several annuals in the garden have overwintered with the lack of hard frosts).  So I am still happily married!  It would be nice if I could get OH into gardening - I have tried.  I think it would be wonderful therapy (he has had M.E. for nearly 15 years).  He will enjoy the fruits of the garden - does already.  In fact, I think if I put a chair in the greenhouse, he will quite enjoy sitting in there! 

    I have noted all the advice you guys have so generously given, will indeed photograph the GH before dismantling (not least so you can all see the before and after pics!)  And I will photograph the challenges as I go along, so that anyone who is thinking about acquiring a second hand GH in the future can see what it involves!  I need to get on with clearing the area behind the shed so I can move all the things that are in the area where the greenhouse is going to go.  Here goes....!

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