staging

any advice please - I'm lost with it all.

 

There's a good range of it here -
http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSite/category/STAGING.htm
depends on what you need, Waco!

 

Thanks dendy - looks very useful, I am just not quite sure what I might require and if I order it with greenhouse I don't have to pay postage which can be quite a saving, so it would be good to get it right first time.

 

In my large greenhouse all the staging is removable.

I acquired some bench tops from a local club when they were renovating. These I sit on angle iron bearers.

I erect them at the end of the season when I remove my tomatoes peppers etc. They are used primarily to sit over wintering stock and hardening off plants in the spring.

I take them down and stack them away until required again.

You might be able to see what I mean here; http://tinyurl.com/yxcfnl

 

My staging is 3x2 paving slabs sat on brick pillers with concrete edging round to contain the soil/sand plunge.

 

Wow TG that is some plot! I saw your pictures of the garden and that looks lovely too.

Thanks Pal I don't suppose you will move it round much if they are paving slabs.

 

That is serious staging. And I though wood slats on 4"x2" was overkill!

 

Well the sand plunge was probably about a half ton in weight!
Now I have built a rock garden on the staging instead!


[ 14. November 2006, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Palustris ]

 

Have you thought about building your own staging Waco?
If you build your own you can build it to fit your own needs. Like TG's mine is removable in sections and easily stacked. The wood for a 15 foot run cost me under �£30. Including screws and paint I doubt if the total cost was much more than �£35. It did of course take a bit of time ( about three hours) sawing and screwing, and the painting was a real pain!

 

I did ask Martin if he wanted to build the staging, but he is a bit work shy at the moment! Yours looks lovely and very practical.

I have taken a kind of half way house - ordered Rhino staging for South and West wall which I can put anywhere and I think Martin will make something for the back wall and East side if I need it.

I am really missing my horse, so as soon as I get the stable looking like a greenhouse the quicker I will move on.

 

We had to rebuild the greenhouse over the staging when we moved,as it is a welded metal construction we got given to us yrs ago

 

OK then gogs, I will make sure its movable!

 

Hi Waco,

Although it`s not staging, here`s a cheap way to make a raised bed for the greenhouse.. might come in handy for someone wanting one

Make an open trestle (as big as you like) out of 2x4`s, fix some good quality shadecloth to the top and let it droop down into the gap to make a deep U-shaped bed.

Use housewiring electrical cable (2.5mm flat twin and earth)to make a very strong fixing.
wrap the shadecloth around the cable a few times and then screw through the middle of the cable into the top of the 2x4 frame...bet you can`t pull it off :D

Fill the U-shaped bed with your favourite compost and fit a 2x4 brace timber on edge across the top in the middle (front to back) as the weight will cause the timbers to bow inwards otherwise.

Result, a cheap raised bed that is isolated from the floor and is free draining.

The moisture in the compost can be checked by giving the bottom of the "U" a squeeze

Fixing a length of gutter underneath the "U" to catch/recycle the runoff may be a good idea too.

 

Thanks Hex - may have to get help from Mr Waco for this plan!

 

Hi Waco
There`s not a lot to it, I`m sure almost anyone could build one

Here`s a rough plan of the basic layout.


It doesn`t have to be exactly like this, simply modify it to fit the space ..or woodworking ability

[ 21. November 2006, 07:22 AM: Message edited by: Hex ]