"Ornata" wrote in message
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Happymeow

I go along with the advice to fix your greenhouse to a brick base. I
have a 10 x 8 ft greenhouse with fairly good ridge height, which is
fixed to a 2-course brick wall and with its base. Even so, I find
myself wishing it was even higher (and bigger all round, to be
honest!) Not only does extra head height give you more room for tall
plants, shelving, etc., it also improves air flow (ventilation is
important for greenhouse plants in summer and winter).


But the guy has already got a metal base so it would be better for him to
make use of it.
The area seems to be preslabbed so rawlbolts down to those would be quite
suffient.
If a brick wall is introduced as well he would need two steps - not just
one !
I contrived using my metal base in a way that involved no steps - but there
again I am a shortarse !!
My updated 90 x120 ft is also constructed stepless.

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

Thank you for everyone who repsonded. The mini green house that i have is 158cm in height and yes they are against the fence - I am planning to put my greenhouse in the exact same spot for the 2 mini green houses and put the mini greenhouse inside. I've contacted the company who sold us the greenhouse and they suggested us to cut the anchor into four pieces and use three of them as bracket and drew onto the ground. I have also bought a hacksaw today. Hopfully my husband can help me to cut them into pieces - so at least I can attached my greenhouse into the steel base... depend on how robost it is after it is completed and decide whether i will stick the base onto the concrete - even though my husband would hate this idea!!! but at least it is one step further!! Thank you so much for everyone's help!

The message
from Charlie Pridham contains these words:

If you do not anchor it the frame can flex in a high wind which will
break the glass, an unpredicted storm could be highly dangerous if it is
completely unsecured.

A predicted one can do just as much damage...

--
Rusty
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says...
The message
from Charlie Pridham contains these words:

If you do not anchor it the frame can flex in a high wind which will
break the glass, an unpredicted storm could be highly dangerous if it is
completely unsecured.

A predicted one can do just as much damage...


I got the impression the OP was not expecting high winds!!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

"Happymeow" wrote in message
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I go along with the advice to fix your greenhouse to a brick base. I
have a 10 x 8 ft greenhouse with fairly good ridge height, which is
fixed to a 2-course brick wall and with its base. Even so, I find
myself wishing it was even higher (and bigger all round, to be
honest!) Not only does extra head height give you more room for tall
plants, shelving, etc., it also improves air flow (ventilation is
important for greenhouse plants in summer and winter).

Thank you for everyone who repsonded. The mini green house that i have
is 158cm in height and yes they are against the fence - I am planning
to put my greenhouse in the exact same spot for the 2 mini green houses
and put the mini greenhouse inside. I've contacted the company who sold
us the greenhouse and they suggested us to cut the anchor into four
pieces and use three of them as bracket and drew onto the ground. I
have also bought a hacksaw today. Hopfully my husband can help me to
cut them into pieces - so at least I can attached my greenhouse into
the steel base... depend on how robost it is after it is completed and
decide whether i will stick the base onto the concrete - even though my
husband would hate this idea!!! but at least it is one step further!!
Thank you so much for everyone's help!


No problem - good luck with the project - it sounds as though you will need
it, with no resident hacksaw
already on the premises !
Feel free to come back to us if you hit any unexpected snags.

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:13:05 -0000, "Pete Stockdale"
wrote:


"Happymeow" wrote in message
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I go along with the advice to fix your greenhouse to a brick base. I
have a 10 x 8 ft greenhouse with fairly good ridge height, which is
fixed to a 2-course brick wall and with its base. Even so, I find
myself wishing it was even higher (and bigger all round, to be
honest!) Not only does extra head height give you more room for tall
plants, shelving, etc., it also improves air flow (ventilation is
important for greenhouse plants in summer and winter).

I erected a 10 x 8' greenhouse. raw plugged on to a low brick-built
base and then wished that I had allowed for more headroom.

I dug out a central path 12" deeper than the soil layer, concreted the
footpath and put in some narrow upright surrounds for the beds.

A quick and easy extra 9" headroom. It's no hardship to have to go
down 2 shallow steps into the house (and it gives the spiders more
head space too)

--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²

The message
from Charlie Pridham contains these words:
In article ,
says...
The message
from Charlie Pridham contains these words:

If you do not anchor it the frame can flex in a high wind which will
break the glass, an unpredicted storm could be highly dangerous if
it is
completely unsecured.

A predicted one can do just as much damage...


I got the impression the OP was not expecting high winds!!

Expect the unexpected...

--
Rusty
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk
Separator in search of a sig

In article ,
says...
The message
from Charlie Pridham contains these words:
In article ,
says...
The message
from Charlie Pridham contains these words:

If you do not anchor it the frame can flex in a high wind which will
break the glass, an unpredicted storm could be highly dangerous if
it is
completely unsecured.

A predicted one can do just as much damage...


I got the impression the OP was not expecting high winds!!

Expect the unexpected...


Exactly :~)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

"Pete Stockdale" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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(We scrapped the metal base BUT built a small brick wall to mount the
greenhouse on and with Masonry drills, fixed it to the bricks. That was
about 10 years ago and it has not moved an inch. Brick wall was one brick
on edge.)


Whichever of the two suggested methods you use
- do not forget to ensure to ensure you start off with a level playing
field.
(recently discussed here at length !)
I would go for the metal base alternative myself but if you lay a mean
brick, then Mike's alternative is worth considering.

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com


For what its worth...

When i did mine (not Argos) i used the steel base, but was putting it on a
concrete base. I cut off the spike part of the corner fitting with a
hacksaw, and bolted the base down with anchor bolts. Where i am is a bit
exposed, and i do exect high winds.

John

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:34:09 +0000, Happymeow
wrote:
Thank you for everyone who repsonded. The mini green house that i have
is 158cm in height and yes they are against the fence - I am planning
to put my greenhouse in the exact same spot for the 2 mini green houses
and put the mini greenhouse inside. I've contacted the company who sold
us the greenhouse and they suggested us to cut the anchor into four
pieces and use three of them as bracket and drew onto the ground. I
have also bought a hacksaw today. Hopfully my husband can help me to
cut them into pieces - so at least I can attached my greenhouse into
the steel base... depend on how robost it is after it is completed and
decide whether i will stick the base onto the concrete - even though my
husband would hate this idea!!! but at least it is one step further!!
Thank you so much for everyone's help!

Instead of drilling holes to hold the brackets down, perhaps you could
lay a couple of heavy slabs on each one. That should have a similar
effect without any drilling.

"John T" wrote in message
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For what its worth...

When i did mine (not Argos) i used the steel base, but was putting it on a
concrete base. I cut off the spike part of the corner fitting with a
hacksaw, and bolted the base down with anchor bolts. Where i am is a bit
exposed, and i do exect high winds.


I immersed most of my steel base in the wet concrete as I laid it.
No second chance to ensure it was level and square though .
Absolutely no chance of it blowing away either !

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

"Fuschia" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:34:09 +0000, Happymeow
wrote:
Thank you for everyone who repsonded. The mini green house that i have
is 158cm in height and yes they are against the fence - I am planning
to put my greenhouse in the exact same spot for the 2 mini green houses
and put the mini greenhouse inside. I've contacted the company who sold
us the greenhouse and they suggested us to cut the anchor into four
pieces and use three of them as bracket and drew onto the ground. I
have also bought a hacksaw today. Hopfully my husband can help me to
cut them into pieces - so at least I can attached my greenhouse into
the steel base... depend on how robost it is after it is completed and
decide whether i will stick the base onto the concrete - even though my
husband would hate this idea!!! but at least it is one step further!!
Thank you so much for everyone's help!

Instead of drilling holes to hold the brackets down, perhaps you could
lay a couple of heavy slabs on each one. That should have a similar
effect without any drilling.

My first greenhouse a 10 x8 i dug down about 20 " and shuttered the sides
and filled with concrete.This was all a after thought about a year later !

Keith