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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 |
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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. 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 ... 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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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"Little Weed" wrote in message ups.com... 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 - |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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