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Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: Ricado on May 14, 2006, 07:29:24

Title: Greenhouse finished, nearly !
Post by: Ricado on May 14, 2006, 07:29:24
Everything except the autovents now finished.  Sorry about the small picture, but im not set up to do full size ones.  Hope you can all see it ok.  Will have a good number of tomatoes, particularly sungold,  cucumbers and raising all those important things which you can eat, marvellous !
Title: Re: Greenhouse finished, nearly !
Post by: supersprout on May 14, 2006, 08:06:42
squint ;)
That looks sooooo professional ricado, you up early to get a flying start before the rain?
Well done, look forward to seeing the jungle when you have it!
Title: Re: Greenhouse finished, nearly !
Post by: Ricado on May 14, 2006, 19:50:48
it was done over a period of about 2 weeks, including concreting the base.  I wasnt going to dig into my newly laid concrete to fix the four corners, so i drilled through the base and fixed it there and inside with  brackets too. 

The only problems i had were that i broke 1 pane of glass before it was even out of the box ! doh !  and there wasnt enough bolts left to finish the door, so a quick trip down the local gc sorted that one.

Happy now knowing no matter how wet cold or windy it is outside, i can still garden in some way shape or form !
Title: Re: Greenhouse finished, nearly !
Post by: jennym on May 14, 2006, 20:00:36
That looks great Ricado, really nice to see  ;D
How much concrete did the base take in the end?
Title: Re: Greenhouse finished, nearly !
Post by: Ricado on May 14, 2006, 20:15:20
Concrete cost me £90 and was quite a lot of hard work.  It could have cost a bit less as i hadnt filled in with enough hardcore, so where i should have put about 4 inches it ended up being nearer 6.  i soon found this as id used half the anticipated materials but hadnt even filled a third of the area !  So in went a load more rocks, another trip for materials and we finished the concreting in the afternoon (after a 7.00 start).  It always takes longer (ask your boss the same question  ; !).  But im glad its now finished and i can get back to the growing bit.
Title: Re: Greenhouse finished, nearly !
Post by: mc55 on May 16, 2006, 19:24:03
ooooooh, looks really good ... is just the inspiration I need to help me through the weekend - dismantling my promised greenhouse on Saturday !! yayee  ;D ;D