We have a concrete base on our greenhouse 6' x 4' but have plastic floor tiles on top to allow draingage underneath, plus they look better than grey concrete. We got them at www.versatile-flooring.co.uk I must say I am really pleased with them
I see I'm resurrecting an old thread here! Just bought a Rhino 6' x 6' GH and looking forward to it arriving in May, doing the ground preparation meanwhile, planning on a 5" deep concrete pad - is this deep enough do people think? And should drainage holes be drilled through it?
Many thanks for the flooring tiles idea, rough grey concrete ain't exactly beautiful is it!
I'm thinking of getting my first green house. I have a piece of flat lawn where I could put it, I'm undecided whether to keep a lawn base or slabs. I live in a very hilly and windy part of wales and every winter is a worry if the garden will still be in tact. What would you all suggest And would it need to be fastend down? Thank you
I have just ordered a 6x4 aluminium greenhouse. I have a firm coming to lay a concrete base for it. Should the base be the exact size of the greenhouse? How do you arrange drainage? How do you fix the greenhouse to the concrete slab? Any advice welcome.
Tagging onto the end of this... I want to put a greenhouse in opposite my shed. My garden floods when we get sustained heavy rain in winter, and the shed is sitting on an elevated base. (I probably should have realized why when we were viewing the house to buy it, but hey ho... I am rather glad we didn't know in some ways as I love the house.) The water does reach the shed when it's really bad, but has not, as far as I know ever reached the top of the concrete base/platform. So, I am assuming I need to do the same for a greenhouse, rather than use slabs. Question is, who do I get to do this? Any old builder, or someone more specialized? (I am confident or fit enough to do this myself.) Also how big a problem is drainage? Would a channel down the centre lined up with the door be enough, if I keep on top of sweeping excess water out? Would holes be a bad idea in view of the flooding? I currently have raised beds on the site where I want to put the greenhouse, and generally I think the ground is quite compacted, but probably not even. This photo is from earlier this year. The area where I would put the greenhouse is to the right. The flooding has been worse than this in the past.
You could consider digging a concete foundation, then building a small wall all around (breezeblocks are pretty easy to lay, for example.) If you also dug-out the floor, you could backfill with a good depth of gravel which should make a good free-draining floor.
That way, you could raise it as much as needed to prevent flooding and even more if you wanted, which would give you higher eaves inside which is always a good thing as far as growing space is concerned.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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I see I'm resurrecting an old thread here! Just bought a Rhino 6' x 6' GH and looking forward to it arriving in May, doing the ground preparation meanwhile, planning on a 5" deep concrete pad - is this deep enough do people think? And should drainage holes be drilled through it?
Many thanks for the flooring tiles idea, rough grey concrete ain't exactly beautiful is it!
I'm thinking of getting my first green house. I have a piece of flat lawn where I could put it, I'm undecided whether to keep a lawn base or slabs. I live in a very hilly and windy part of wales and every winter is a worry if the garden will still be in tact. What would you all suggest And would it need to be fastend down? Thank you
Lauren
I have just ordered a 6x4 aluminium greenhouse. I have a firm coming to lay a concrete base for it. Should the base be the exact size of the greenhouse? How do you arrange drainage? How do you fix the greenhouse to the concrete slab? Any advice welcome.
So, I am assuming I need to do the same for a greenhouse, rather than use slabs. Question is, who do I get to do this? Any old builder, or someone more specialized? (I am confident or fit enough to do this myself.) Also how big a problem is drainage? Would a channel down the centre lined up with the door be enough, if I keep on top of sweeping excess water out? Would holes be a bad idea in view of the flooding?
I currently have raised beds on the site where I want to put the greenhouse, and generally I think the ground is quite compacted, but probably not even. This photo is from earlier this year. The area where I would put the greenhouse is to the right. The flooding has been worse than this in the past.