Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: NellyCB on August 31, 2011, 23:50
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I've finally got a greenhouse...! :D
Well, not yet I haven't, but I will be collecting one soon. How long do they take to dismantle and then re-erect?
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you lucky thing :D i am desperate for a greenhouse but they are so expensive even secondhand then as you say dismantle and reassemble but i have a plan
sounds a bit stupid but have done this kind of thing before but didn't have a plan so have learn't
stickers and a bit like assembling the Christmas tree lable alphabetically from a - z each part (maybe add some other stuff on sticker) and the assemble z - a (working backwards) and don't forget clips and screws etc not sure if this would help but its got to be better than looking at the pile of stuff and thinking what bit do i start with??????
hope this helps if it doesn't at least i'll know :D
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Don't forget to take photos or draw a plan as well as the above. With the right tools and fair weather a few hours to dismantle and slightly longer to put back together with two people.
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I used a felt tip perminent marker and lables which bit joins to what. It worked very well.
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I guess it depends on the greenhouse, but not that difficult as most of the frame sections are identical to one another, so it doesn't matter if they get swapped around. And 95% of the nuts & bolts are the same as well.
If you've got a decent sized van or roof rack, you won't need to dismantle it completely. When I collected my (Halls) 8' x 6ft, I just removed the door and roof vent intact, and all the glass, the ridge bar & roof struts, and that left the four sides. Remove the corner bolts (about 4 or 5 in each corner) & then you can transport the front, back, & side sections complete. You will, of course, also have to detach it from the base if it's joined on, but mine wasn't.
It took less than an hour to dismantle and load it up, somewhat longer to put it all back together but only because I thoroughly cleaned every piece as I went including the frame sections and the glass. You'll need to buy a bag of new nuts & bolts as some will shear off when you undo them, you may wish to replace some of the 'W' clips as well and you'll probably lose some (if you're not careful they'll spring out of your hand as you undo them - so watch your eyes), and you may also have to replace the rubber sealing strips as the old ones may have gone hard & brittle.
Good luck with it, look forward to the piccies. And, well done, btw ;)