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Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: fluffypebble on February 23, 2007, 09:21

Title: Can you alter the size of an aluminium greenhouse?
Post by: fluffypebble on February 23, 2007, 09:21

I have a green house that I am donating to another allotment user (my plot is too small for one and my garden is unsuitable) anyway they have a restriction on size of greenhouse allowed.

Can you saw bits off the aluminium and not fix all of the panels in so that you turn say an 8 x 6 into a 6 x 6.

Title: Can you alter the size of an aluminium greenhouse?
Post by: legendaryone on February 23, 2007, 09:23

Don't see why you cannot, you would need a saw and a drill but it shouldn't present any problems  :D

Title: Can you alter the size of an aluminium greenhouse?
Post by: fluffypebble on February 23, 2007, 09:29

Thats what I thought but then there may be some technical reason that I wasn't aware of, so I thought ask the experts.

Thank you.

Title: Can you alter the size of an aluminium greenhouse?
Post by: Celtic Eagle on February 23, 2007, 12:42

Just have a good look at it first and make sure the measurements a r spot on Shortening is not a problem only 5 pieces to cut two bottom rails two top rails and the apex rail then miss out two side bars and two roof bars .

Like i say be careful with the measurement aliminium is easy to cut doesn't glue back very well though :)

Title: Can you alter the size of an aluminium greenhouse?
Post by: purplebat on February 23, 2007, 17:02

measure twice - cut once

Title: Can you alter the size of an aluminium greenhouse?
Post by: muntjac on February 23, 2007, 20:12

take the bars off and cut them in a vice ,making them square  drill ina pillar drill using a stable bit of wood to drill through the metal into the wood i put a vent in a greenhouse roof doing just this . the double check ur measuring is crtical .but you can get new bits from the site i addresed on another recent post on greenhouses