Birthday Pressie going up

My green house was delivered around 12.30 pm, so cuppa and cream cake while studying the destructions.... Started at 1pm,

Ellie on guard



First unpack and check, line up the various struts along the fence all in number sequence



Then Study the destuctions with son

 

So how did it go today Ellie?

 

Hubby asked if I had played with Mencco when I was little, I did

It's not been too bad, in fact so far not as bad as I thought once you got the first stage sussed, as the instructions are pictures, so not always clear about which was around something goes so a couple of times it was look at the picture then look at the struts, scratch head, so far I've only had to undo one bit that I put the wrong way around...

It the glazing that really scares me, as I've gone for toughened glass so hoping that I don't hit the edge and shatter it. Then hoping they fit without too much trouble, we've checked the base/frame which is square so fingers crossed..

I've got some more pictures, and shall take some more tomorrow, have to excuse the state of the lawn, that's next year project..

 

It sounds like it's coming on well. I have toughened glass in mine and being toughened it is harder to break than horticultural glass obviously and not so lethal if that happens..... a pain to clear up all the little bits if it does go though.

If your frame is completely square then the glass should fit with no problems. A tip....glaze the most awkward side first. Mine sides onto my shed with about a nine inch gap between the two and I found to my cost that it needed to be done first and before glazing the roof!

 

@Sheal

Yep I remembered difficult side first, and yes it's a tight squeeze down one side of the greenhouse against the fence...

And I was so right to be worried by the glazing side of thing

The bottom half of the frame might have been squared, but the eves/roof wasn't, and this took a couple of hours to resolve and a phone call to tech support.

As hubby isn't supposed to be doing any heavy lifting, I had to do the main handling, just using him inside the greenhouse to support the glass as I handled it, which when glazing the roof, was a little disconcerting as the sheet was pretty in line with my neck if it slipped.

Proceedings were stalled, with the Louvre window, oh why, put 1/2 inch self threading screws in, when 1/4 inch self threading screws would do... more so when said 1/2 inch screws are so tight fitting that you are stripping the head as your're trying to screw them on

This meant that the last of the panes went in using torch light, and we had to leave putting on the door and roof vent, and tightening up the screws until tomorrow morning. Which hopefully won't take us long, and I want to put some extra clips in, as panes are held in with 4 clips, but I've got more than enough to put 3rd clip on the larger panes.

When we started glazing we were concerned about how flimsy the frame felt, but now the glazing all in, it' solid and feels a lot better than the more expensive greenhouses we looked at in our local garden center...

The staging I think after the greenhouse, is going to be so easy I could build it with my eyes closed

 

You've brought back memories of mine with the above. I remember now that after I placed mine on it's concrete base that we (my son assisting) loosened all bolts and screws to align the whole thing before tightening everything up again. Because of inclement weather during the winter months here it had to be bolted to the concrete before putting the glass in, that was worrying too, knowing that if it all wasn't square glazing was going to create problems, luckily it went well!

I presume that is one clip per side of glass, I find that a little economical with toughened glass. My instructions were two per side, the clips will rust with time and if one breaks that could be the loss of a pane of glass, with two a side there is a bit of insurance.

You're right about it all feeling flimsy before glazing, it's scary knowing that the glass alone is creating that feel of it being solid, also that the toughened glass is not going to break into lethal shards should an accident happen.

You've done well to put it up so quickly, I took four days over mine needing to thaw out in between as well, it was built in February.

With just the staging left I bet you're excited about getting it up and running as we gardeners do, it makes such a difference having this outside space for growing instead of having every window sill indoors cluttered in early season with seedlings and plants!

Good luck and we'll look forward to seeing any pictures along the way.

 

@Sheal

It was two clips each side, but I have enough to put a 3rd clip in, I'm going to order up a packet or two of spare clips, but pondering at the moment whether to swap to the bar capping or not at £61 needs some thought.

The staging would have been a breeze if two of us put it together, I did it on my own, wasn't difficult far from it, just fiddly doing single handedly. Do need some more staging though but I will probably now wait until the new year and decided between fold down, free standing, and what sort of shelves if any I want.

The automatic vent opener is pretty cool, I shall have to have a look at how to make the fine adjustments so it's opening up and closing at the right temperatures, and I'm thinking of investing in one for the louve window...

I'm finding that the concrete flooring though gives off a lot of dust, so pondering whether to seal this with concrete floor paint...

 

It's all up and just about running then, great news! I didn't buy staging for mine but bought the stacking shelving that you can get for garages, it's made of heavy rigid plastic and worked out cheaper. A four shelf pack with slot in legs that I split in two to stand side by side in the greenhouse. It's nice and light to lift out too when the greenhouse needs a clean.

The dust will eventually disappear from the floor and when you are watering in there that will help damp it down. I'm not sure about the floor paint, I'm wondering if it will eventually start to peel off, the choice is yours of course.

 

Great job Ellie J....I've got 'fold down' staging in mine,I find it really useful for all the seed trays and pots and easily folds down ready for the tomatoes and cucumbers