I agree with bc103963. You cannot bang nail or pins into an aluminium greenhouse. I have a brand new greenhouse which is lacquered in green and am not prepared to start ruining the paintwork!
I have a 6' x 8' aluminium greenhouse which I bought from a friend when she went home to the States. It came with ready cut bubble wrap and plastic clips and it does just take me 30 to 40 minutes to install it. It's the emptying, cleaning and restocking afterwards that takes the time.
I'm considering buying extra buble wrap to give the walls a double layer this winter as it's been relocated to a sunnier site and, as yet, has no electricity supply for the heater.
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My Aluminium Greenhouse is about 7'x 6', & over thirty years old, last year I got a large roll of bubblewrap from the Amazon marketplace, complete with plastic twist clips. The roll is suitable in size to fit each portion (30"), & cover all of it. The only downside for me was that I had to file down the end that slotted into the groove, as it was slightly too deep for it. I agree with obelixx, in that it's the emptying & cleaning that is the real time issue.
Check out Amazon for rolls of bubble wrap. When I bought mine it was MUCH cheaper than my Garden Centre.
I had to use tape to keep pieces together for my little aluminium framed plastic greenhouse - not sure how that will stand up to the cold - it gets brittle. Time will tell!!
I bought my bubblewrap from a an internet supplier I need 20 mtrs for my old 10x8. aluminium greenhouse, the problem is to get the right wdth, as most bubble wrap is 1mtr wide ,this is too wide and to avoid having to join it ineeds to be 27inches wide so to overlap the gla,zing bars, I fix mine with twist clips, it has lasted two years so far, you need strong double sided tape to fix the wrap to the opening vents
Hi mallingopal, if you go back to start of this thread I think you'll know what to do.
I also put an old wooden pallet on part of the GH floor to stand big pots on, so that if I water them they aren't standing in the wet and it helps air circulate around them.
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I have a 6' x 8' aluminium greenhouse which I bought from a friend when she went home to the States. It came with ready cut bubble wrap and plastic clips and it does just take me 30 to 40 minutes to install it. It's the emptying, cleaning and restocking afterwards that takes the time.
I'm considering buying extra buble wrap to give the walls a double layer this winter as it's been relocated to a sunnier site and, as yet, has no electricity supply for the heater.
My Aluminium Greenhouse is about 7'x 6', & over thirty years old, last year I got a large roll of bubblewrap from the Amazon marketplace, complete with plastic twist clips. The roll is suitable in size to fit each portion (30"), & cover all of it. The only downside for me was that I had to file down the end that slotted into the groove, as it was slightly too deep for it. I agree with obelixx, in that it's the emptying & cleaning that is the real time issue.
I had to use tape to keep pieces together for my little aluminium framed plastic greenhouse - not sure how that will stand up to the cold - it gets brittle. Time will tell!!
It worked for me.
I bought 100Mtrs x 1Mtr for £17.99 from an auction site.
Hi mallingopal, if you go back to start of this thread I think you'll know what to do.
I also put an old wooden pallet on part of the GH floor to stand big pots on, so that if I water them they aren't standing in the wet and it helps air circulate around them.