Replacement Blow-Away Cover, or a Greenhouse?

Coooeee, where are you Scrungee ????

 

thats how we ended up getting our green house

 

FC if £25 per month is not going to stretch your budget in the foreseeable future then I would say go for the greenhouse only you know what you can afford best.

 

Id go for the greenhouse if faesable beats blow aways any day

 

I've had a 'blowaway' up in an open exposed location for about 15 months (so over winter in gales) and the only damage is a door zip which is no big deal as when I erected it I set timber framework in readiness for replacing the zippered panel with a framed door.

You mentioned turning the cover round, which isn't easy if you've buried all the edges - has that been done to the taughten the cover and help prevent it rubbing on the frame? (reading again I guess not if it's situated on the patio)

What size is it for £500? The cheapest place I found for new (somebody's going to suggest 2nd hand from ebay) greenhouses was Tesco Direct.

And is the polycarbonate glazing those thin single skin panels? (that loads of people complain about blowing out, which might be a problem if located where your 'blowaway' is being blasted to bits by wind))

 

Money well spent IMHO FC. Enjoy,
Jenny

 

A comparison between Summer Garden Buildings and Tesco Direct prices for the greenhouse I bought:

Tesco £372 including (£3) delivery & base http://www.tesco.com/direct/10x6-aluminium-greenhouse-horticulture-glass/207-4323.prd plus there's normally a £10 to £20 money off code available. I got mine a short while ago using 'double up' of clubcard vouchers, but there was another offer early in the year when it was on 'special' with a £100 off (I think you had to spend another £31 on 'accessories' to get the spend up to the required amount, and it was 25% off greenhouses over £400).

Summer Garden Buildings £436 including delivery & base http://www.summergardenbuildings.co.uk/products/greenhouses-6ft/aluminium-greenhouses-4001023.html

So also taking account of such things as clubcard points, the latter would be about about £80 (22%) more expensive on that model.

If you can pay cash it's worth looking around and waiting for a 'bargain'. So I'd put that £25/month away, wait until Spring and buy a good value glass glazed greenhouse.

 

me me me me me ME !!!

Or FreeCycle.

If you are not in too much of a hurry I think it is worth setting up an eBay search (the type where it sends you a daily email of any matches) based on your criteria. There are loads on eBay, so setting up a "narrow" search will be the tricky part - choosing the right keywords, and so on. Setting a Distance will help narrow it down, and you probably need to exclude all the shops selling brand-new as well (e.g. by excluding Buy-it-Now, although some private sales are sold that way).

If you are DIY enough to erect one, and have a vehicle you can beg/borrow/steal that will take the longest bit (usually the base rails & gutter), then de-construct and re-erect is not hard. Take lots of photos before you start dismantling, and during.

If the rubber seals have perished use the one-sided-adhesive foam for Window & Door draught-proofing instead (I used the Brown rather than White as I think that is more likely to have better UV inhibitors)

From memory my 12'x10' was about £200, and the 30-ish x 10' was £400. Both are Eden brand, which is not in the El Cheapo camp.

 

Reviewing those photos of plants growing in every nook and corner of your house FC (#10)....
it's a wonder you weren't ordered to leave home !!

 

What a grand item to spend your staffs' gifts on. It will last longer than your blowaway did (lawd, what a hellish bloomin windy spell that was) and you will be as happy as Larry in there. Envy you a bit FC. Never had a GH...