Greenhouse Base
 

Hi

I've inherited a nice old greenhouse from my neighbour, cedarwood frame &
10' x 8'.

I was planning on siting it on a concrete frame base & I've removed the box
rectangle of turf & dug down about 2".

Question is, how deep should the foundations for the base be. Bearing in
mind it will only need to hold the weight of the greenhouse & keep the
timber off the earth.

I was thinking about 2" of crushed hardcore & then 2" of concrete so in the
end the base is about 1" off ground level & about 12" wide.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

David

Greenhouse Base
 

David,

Hi,

When we erected our greenhouse 10' x 8' (metal) greenhouse three years ago
we put down 9 inches of hardcore and 4 inches of concrete. That seemed to be
a general reccomendation.

The ground here is approx 18 inches of quite good topsoil, on clay. I guess
there must be stone soon underneath that (as we live at Portland).

It was quite a big job and I had some help from a builder friend to do it.

It has all been well worth it.

Good luck with your project.

Keith



"Beer Rock" wrote in message
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Hi

I've inherited a nice old greenhouse from my neighbour, cedarwood frame &
10' x 8'.

I was planning on siting it on a concrete frame base & I've removed the
box
rectangle of turf & dug down about 2".

Question is, how deep should the foundations for the base be. Bearing in
mind it will only need to hold the weight of the greenhouse & keep the
timber off the earth.

I was thinking about 2" of crushed hardcore & then 2" of concrete so in
the
end the base is about 1" off ground level & about 12" wide.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

David

Greenhouse Base
 

I bought some concrete posts about 6" by 1" and rested mine on them. No
Probs so far, though someone told me I ought to have put some sort of
dampcourse in.


"Beer Rock" wrote in message
...
Hi

I've inherited a nice old greenhouse from my neighbour, cedarwood frame &
10' x 8'.

I was planning on siting it on a concrete frame base & I've removed the
box
rectangle of turf & dug down about 2".

Question is, how deep should the foundations for the base be. Bearing in
mind it will only need to hold the weight of the greenhouse & keep the
timber off the earth.

I was thinking about 2" of crushed hardcore & then 2" of concrete so in
the
end the base is about 1" off ground level & about 12" wide.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

David

Greenhouse Base
 

"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message
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David,

Hi,

When we erected our greenhouse 10' x 8' (metal) greenhouse three years ago
we put down 9 inches of hardcore and 4 inches of concrete. That seemed to
be a general reccomendation.


That's what ours sits on too. I laid it in 1982, and until last year it was
used for parking a pickup truck on. It seems to support the greenhouse
equally well :-}

Steve

Greenhouse Base
 

shazzbat wrote:
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message
...
David,

Hi,

When we erected our greenhouse 10' x 8' (metal) greenhouse three years ago
we put down 9 inches of hardcore and 4 inches of concrete. That seemed to
be a general reccomendation.


That's what ours sits on too. I laid it in 1982, and until last year it was
used for parking a pickup truck on. It seems to support the greenhouse
equally well :-}

Steve

This sort of relates to the question I asked last night, as we already
have a solid concrete base, but the greenhouse we are thinking of
purchasing comes supplied with a base. I presume that from your query,
a concrete base will be preferable to anything supplied by B & Q!
Perhaps the one we are thinking about is cheap enough to discard the
purchased base?

On this note, will you be using gro-bags, or building in beds?

LW

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"Little Weed" wrote in message
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shazzbat wrote:
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message
...
David,

Hi,

When we erected our greenhouse 10' x 8' (metal) greenhouse three years
ago
we put down 9 inches of hardcore and 4 inches of concrete. That seemed
to
be a general reccomendation.


That's what ours sits on too. I laid it in 1982, and until last year it
was
used for parking a pickup truck on. It seems to support the greenhouse
equally well :-}

Steve

This sort of relates to the question I asked last night, as we already
have a solid concrete base, but the greenhouse we are thinking of
purchasing comes supplied with a base. I presume that from your query,
a concrete base will be preferable to anything supplied by B & Q!
Perhaps the one we are thinking about is cheap enough to discard the
purchased base?

On this note, will you be using gro-bags, or building in beds?

LW


The plan is to grow in beds - the footings will be just a box frame & a path
up the middle -

Greenhouse Base
 

On this note, will you be using gro-bags, or building in beds?

LW


The plan is to grow in beds - the footings will be just a box frame & a path
up the middle -

Thats what I would like to do - looks much better than bags! and offers
much more space (my greenhouse being the same size as yours)
will stand my corner on this one methinks....
LW

Greenhouse Base
 

My dad put his 8 x 6 in a layer of bricks, 2 wide x 2 high, layed on
compacted ground. 20 odd years ago. It has outlived him.
--
ßôyþëtë

Greenhouse Base
 

Little Weed writes


This sort of relates to the question I asked last night, as we already
have a solid concrete base, but the greenhouse we are thinking of
purchasing comes supplied with a base. I presume that from your query,
a concrete base will be preferable to anything supplied by B & Q!
Perhaps the one we are thinking about is cheap enough to discard the
purchased base?

Assuming your base is a solid greenhouse sized block of concrete which
will also form the floor of the greenhouse, what you are likely to get
with the greenhouse is a rectangular metal 'wall' about 6 inches high.
If you fasten that to your concrete base, with the greenhouse on top, it
will give you a little extra height, which is well worth having
--
Kay

Greenhouse Base
 

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:02:47 +0000, wrote and included
this (or some of this):

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:09:36 -0000, "Beer Rock"
wrote:



The plan is to grow in beds - the footings will be just a box frame & a path
up the middle -

Our greenhouse is sat on a bed of engineering bricks so the earth can
be used, its sat there for 10 years without a concrete bed.

Ours is set on proper foundations with a one course layer of bricks on
top. Quite OTT, I suspect, but I was younger and dafter then and
quite fancied myself as a rufty-tufty brickie. Perhaps
Time-watch will get their hands on the base some time in the future
and wonder which grubby artisan built it.


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Greenhouse Base
 

K wrote:
Little Weed writes


This sort of relates to the question I asked last night, as we already
have a solid concrete base, but the greenhouse we are thinking of
purchasing comes supplied with a base. I presume that from your query,
a concrete base will be preferable to anything supplied by B & Q!
Perhaps the one we are thinking about is cheap enough to discard the
purchased base?

Assuming your base is a solid greenhouse sized block of concrete which
will also form the floor of the greenhouse, what you are likely to get
with the greenhouse is a rectangular metal 'wall' about 6 inches high.
If you fasten that to your concrete base, with the greenhouse on top, it
will give you a little extra height, which is well worth having
--
Kay

Hi Kay
Thankyou so much for that - I will take this on board and am very
likely to use this idea. We will wait until the January sales now
though :)
Best Wishes
LW