[garddwr]

Hi

There is a 9x17ft aprox. greenhouse for sale about 3 miles from my house and I'm sure I can get it for £60 but the only problem is its in a house backyard and looks very hard to dismantle.
Has anyone dismantled a greenhosue before  ? Is it hard ? Would you hire a builder to do it ? If I hired a builder it would probably cost as much as the new greenhouse!

[Nogger]

greenhouse £6o its a bargain, is it an alluminium one :roll:

[garddwr]

aluminuim but the trouble is dismantling it in one piece its no bargain if you don't get it out in one piece

[Nogger]

the hardist part is getting all the glass out,once thats done its as light as a feather,i have done it with a 10x8 and then carried it down a main street through a housing astate then into my allotments,if you have room for manouvering and can get some chaps to give you a lift, with it been 17' long i don't think you will have a problem

[garddwr]

its actually 2 greenhouses stuck together so it would be possible to carry it probably. How heavy are they

[home made pie]

We moved a 4m x 3m greenhouse from my dad's garden to our garden.  Took two of us about a day to dismantle, this would have been quicker but we spent ages scaping off all the moss so we could remove the glass.  The glass unclips easily and the aluminium frame unscrews into lengths, which are very lightweight.  Some of the glass was already broken and we broke a few more in transit but it only costs about £2 for a greenhouse glass pane so it's not a big problem.  Best advice I can give is take photos from all sides before you dismantle then you have a record of it to help you put it back together

It's well worth it go for it  

[richyrich7]

There dead easy to dismantle like it has been said worst bit is the glass, take some WD40 with you and a few good tools any bolts that wont undo over tighten them to shear off, it's easier and quicker than faffing about.

Hardest part is remembering which bit went where when you are rebuilding    a few pen marks may help and pics of course.

[Nogger]

don't be frightened of damaging any of the bolts or glasing clips! you can purchase new ones from any good garden center, and the greenhouse frame without glass is very light,if you had four women one on each corner they could carry it them selves no trouble  

[Gwiz]

theres a few threads in the equipment shed about doing this.
http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=21531

Heres one. I think there are a few more on the "back pages"

good luck, and what a bargin!!! £60. lucky Devil!!

[home made pie]

don't be frightened of damaging any of the bolts or glasing clips! you can purchase new ones from any good garden center, and the greenhouse frame without glass is very light,if you had four women one on each corner they could carry it them selves no trouble  

     
why not leave the glass in the roof so the guys can walk underneath and stay nice and dry  

[wellingtons]

... take photos of the thing in it's entirety from different angles.

Taking it down it easy, putting it up without a clue is not so easy.

Now I've started posting I can't see where you are, but if you're near me (Surrey) I've got a few bits of glass that might fit if you break one or two.

I've got a complete greenhouse ... in bits ... and I am putting it up in Spring.  I have photos and drawings and a bit of help to put it up!!

[lincspoacher]

The one  i bought had the problem the glass was siliconed in, i had to use a wafer thin knife to slice between the glass and the frame to break the seal, in the end  i only broke 4 pieces, £4 each to replace, plus a packet of glazing clips and a packet of new nuts and bolts. I left the front and back in one piece and just removed the lateral cross pieces, and moved it on a flatback lorry cos its was too far to walk with it. The glass  i stacked vertically leaning backwards on the back seat of the car, with a few sheets of newspaper between each piece of glass to prevent cracking. I think that you can stack no more than 20 pieces of glass like that, because the weight on the back one is starting to get a bit extreme by then. I also had a sheet of marine ply the same size as the glass right at the back so that the glass  wasnt flexing.

One piece of glass will be smaller than the rest - the piece that goes in the roof vent, make sure you keep track of that bit.

[Nogger]

lincspoacher ,I don't think garddwr is with us any longer he may be on other buseness,but you are spot on at what you are saying

[Zak the Rabbit]

take an indelible black pen with you, and number all ends of the pieces, with the corresponding number on the piece it joins to (does that make sense?), start at the bottom, work through the corners etc, then putting it back together is just a case of following the numbers!