Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof... ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife, spanners) Anything else?

On May 4, 11:36*pm, Tractorboy
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. *I've just bought a secondhand *8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg *should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. *Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) *Anything else?

--
Tractorboy

You will need to take all the glass out. If your van is big enough
you may then be able to transport the larger sub-assemblies which
would save a lot of work. (Or on roof rack?) If not, you will have to
completely dismantle it.


The main problem is transporting the glass without breaking it. It
needs to be clean and stacked on it's edge. You will need something to
prop the glass up and cushions or carpets to stand it/on wedge it to
stop it falling about.
Cardboard boxes, rope, bungey ropes, small tyres?

"harry" wrote in message
...
On May 4, 11:36 pm, Tractorboy
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

--
Tractorboy

You will need to take all the glass out. If your van is big enough
you may then be able to transport the larger sub-assemblies which
would save a lot of work. (Or on roof rack?) If not, you will have to
completely dismantle it.


The main problem is transporting the glass without breaking it. It
needs to be clean and stacked on it's edge. You will need something to
prop the glass up and cushions or carpets to stand it/on wedge it to
stop it falling about.
Cardboard boxes, rope, bungey ropes, small tyres?
.................................................. .................................................. ..................

Take lots of photos as you dismantle it. Lots and LOTS of photos from EVERY
angle.

I put one together which had already been dismantled without tooooooooooooo
much trouble. Common sense is more important than anything. "Do I take the
walls out first? No dummy, the roof!!""

As the previous poster said, it really is best to take all the glass out
first unless you can take the greenhouse down into only 6 sections and
transport them whole .................... CAREFULLY !!

Mike


--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................

On 05/05/2011 07:39, 'Mike' wrote:
wrote in message
...
On May 4, 11:36 pm,
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

--
Tractorboy

You will need to take all the glass out. If your van is big enough
you may then be able to transport the larger sub-assemblies which
would save a lot of work. (Or on roof rack?) If not, you will have to
completely dismantle it.


The main problem is transporting the glass without breaking it. It
needs to be clean and stacked on it's edge. You will need something to
prop the glass up and cushions or carpets to stand it/on wedge it to
stop it falling about.
Cardboard boxes, rope, bungey ropes, small tyres?
.................................................. .................................................. .................

Take lots of photos as you dismantle it. Lots and LOTS of photos from EVERY
angle.

I put one together which had already been dismantled without tooooooooooooo
much trouble. Common sense is more important than anything. "Do I take the
walls out first? No dummy, the roof!!""

As the previous poster said, it really is best to take all the glass out
first unless you can take the greenhouse down into only 6 sections and
transport them whole .................... CAREFULLY !!

You can probably get away with transporting any opening windows and
doors as entire subassemblies, but everything else needs to be broken
down. Expect to have to deal with broken glass and have some suitable
non-slip gloves for handling it. Also worth having a wrench and the
right socket set for the bolts as well as a couple of adjustables.

The bolts do tend to have corroded/seized even if they are aluminium -
particularly the ones near the ground. Apart from that it should be
obvious that the order to dismantle is glass out first - especially from
the roof. Hard hat not a bad idea here. The structure is quite
vulnerable to wind damage during this stage if it is in an exposed
location. As the other poster said take lots of pictures and if possible
mark the corners with numbers before taking it apart. It will almost
certainly go together more easily in the same configuration.

Regards,
Martin Brown

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
...
On 05/05/2011 07:39, 'Mike' wrote:
wrote in message
...
On May 4, 11:36 pm,
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

--
Tractorboy

You will need to take all the glass out. If your van is big enough
you may then be able to transport the larger sub-assemblies which
would save a lot of work. (Or on roof rack?) If not, you will have to
completely dismantle it.


The main problem is transporting the glass without breaking it. It
needs to be clean and stacked on it's edge. You will need something to
prop the glass up and cushions or carpets to stand it/on wedge it to
stop it falling about.
Cardboard boxes, rope, bungey ropes, small tyres?
.................................................. .................................................. .................

Take lots of photos as you dismantle it. Lots and LOTS of photos from
EVERY
angle.

I put one together which had already been dismantled without
tooooooooooooo
much trouble. Common sense is more important than anything. "Do I take
the
walls out first? No dummy, the roof!!""

As the previous poster said, it really is best to take all the glass out
first unless you can take the greenhouse down into only 6 sections and
transport them whole .................... CAREFULLY !!

You can probably get away with transporting any opening windows and doors
as entire subassemblies, but everything else needs to be broken down.
Expect to have to deal with broken glass and have some suitable non-slip
gloves for handling it. Also worth having a wrench and the right socket
set for the bolts as well as a couple of adjustables.

The bolts do tend to have corroded/seized even if they are aluminium -
particularly the ones near the ground. Apart from that it should be
obvious that the order to dismantle is glass out first - especially from
the roof. Hard hat not a bad idea here. The structure is quite vulnerable
to wind damage during this stage if it is in an exposed location. As the
other poster said take lots of pictures and if possible mark the corners
with numbers before taking it apart. It will almost certainly go together
more easily in the same configuration.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Martin's post above has just reminded me of marking corners etc. I was Stage
Manager of a play which when the run was finished at one theatre
http://www.apollo-theatre.org.uk/ we moved it to another theatre
http://www.friendsofshanklintheatre.org.uk/ for a further run. I numbered
each of the joints of the 'flats' (the 'walls' of the set) and it all went
together so easily. Start at one corner of your greenhouse and mark
everything '1' with a felt tip pen, the next joint '2' the next '3' etc.Then
take close up photos ;-) Now when you start to assemble and you pick a
piece up if it has a '10' at one end and '14' at the other, you will get a
'rough' idea of where it is going. In my case at the theatre, a flat with
'1' on one edge and '2' on the other was downstage left, '7' and '8'
somewhere in the middle. "Where's flat '2' and '3'?"

Treat it all as an engineering project not a gardening project

Mike
--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 4 May 2011 22:36:51 +0000, Tractorboy
wrote:


Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

Number all the angles where struts, beams, cross members, side members
etc come together: 1,1,1,1; 2,2,2; 3,3,3,3; 4,4 etc. so that you know
which bits go together in which corners etc. Take a felt pen or two.

--

Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales

Chris I think you put it just as well as I did in ......

You can probably get away with transporting any opening windows and doors
as entire subassemblies, but everything else needs to be broken down.
Expect to have to deal with broken glass and have some suitable non-slip
gloves for handling it. Also worth having a wrench and the right socket
set for the bolts as well as a couple of adjustables.

The bolts do tend to have corroded/seized even if they are aluminium -
particularly the ones near the ground. Apart from that it should be
obvious that the order to dismantle is glass out first - especially from
the roof. Hard hat not a bad idea here. The structure is quite vulnerable
to wind damage during this stage if it is in an exposed location. As the
other poster said take lots of pictures and if possible mark the corners
with numbers before taking it apart. It will almost certainly go together
more easily in the same configuration.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Martin's post above has just reminded me of marking corners etc. I was Stage
Manager of a play which when the run was finished at one theatre
http://www.apollo-theatre.org.uk/ we moved it to another theatre
http://www.friendsofshanklintheatre.org.uk/ for a further run. I numbered
each of the joints of the 'flats' (the 'walls' of the set) and it all went
together so easily. Start at one corner of your greenhouse and mark
everything '1' with a felt tip pen, the next joint '2' the next '3' etc.Then
take close up photos ;-) Now when you start to assemble and you pick a
piece up if it has a '10' at one end and '14' at the other, you will get a
'rough' idea of where it is going. In my case at the theatre, a flat with
'1' on one edge and '2' on the other was downstage left, '7' and '8'
somewhere in the middle. "Where's flat '2' and '3'?"

Treat it all as an engineering project not a gardening project

Mike
--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................

On 05/05/2011 06:02, harry wrote:
On May 4, 11:36 pm,
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

--
Tractorboy

You will need to take all the glass out. If your van is big enough
you may then be able to transport the larger sub-assemblies which
would save a lot of work. (Or on roof rack?) If not, you will have to
completely dismantle it.


The main problem is transporting the glass without breaking it. It
needs to be clean and stacked on it's edge. You will need something to
prop the glass up and cushions or carpets to stand it/on wedge it to
stop it falling about.
Cardboard boxes, rope, bungey ropes, small tyres?

Don't forget that old glass is a lot more brittle than new glass, and
can crack and chip very easily.

--

Jeff

In message , Chris Hogg
writes
On Wed, 4 May 2011 22:36:51 +0000, Tractorboy
wrote:


Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

Number all the angles where struts, beams, cross members, side members
etc come together: 1,1,1,1; 2,2,2; 3,3,3,3; 4,4 etc. so that you know
which bits go together in which corners etc. Take a felt pen or two.


Take some photos as well. It aids in reconstruction. We laid ours our on
the lawn when we did it, and then put it together in the right place.

If you are hiring a transit sized van, then you can probably leave it in
large bits, eg the ends, and sides etc. (without glass of course).
Otherwise you can move it with a car. It's the glass that takes up the
space. The frame in bits will mostly go inside. The longest members
would be best on roof bars. As has been said, stack the glass on end,
ideally with something between the panes, though when we did ours I
don't think we did. It might actually be easier to move the glass in a
car as you can put it behind the seats etc.

An electric screwdriver with a suitable socket (10mm probably) is handy
for assembly/disassembly. The bolts are generally aluminium so either
come undone easily, or just snap if corroded.


--
Chris French

.................................................. .................................................. ..................

"chris French" wrote in message
...
In message , Chris Hogg
writes
On Wed, 4 May 2011 22:36:51 +0000, Tractorboy
wrote:


Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

Number all the angles where struts, beams, cross members, side members
etc come together: 1,1,1,1; 2,2,2; 3,3,3,3; 4,4 etc. so that you know
which bits go together in which corners etc. Take a felt pen or two.


Take some photos as well. It aids in reconstruction.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++===

I sometimes wonder if people read previous posts!!!


Take lots of photos as you dismantle it. Lots and LOTS of photos from EVERY
angle.

I put one together which had already been dismantled without tooooooooooooo
much trouble. Common sense is more important than anything. "Do I take the
walls out first? No dummy, the roof!!""

As the previous poster said, it really is best to take all the glass out
first unless you can take the greenhouse down into only 6 sections and
transport them whole .................... CAREFULLY !!

Mike


--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................







We laid ours our on
the lawn when we did it, and then put it together in the right place.

If you are hiring a transit sized van, then you can probably leave it in
large bits, eg the ends, and sides etc. (without glass of course).
Otherwise you can move it with a car. It's the glass that takes up the
space. The frame in bits will mostly go inside. The longest members would
be best on roof bars. As has been said, stack the glass on end, ideally
with something between the panes, though when we did ours I don't think we
did. It might actually be easier to move the glass in a car as you can put
it behind the seats etc.

An electric screwdriver with a suitable socket (10mm probably) is handy
for assembly/disassembly. The bolts are generally aluminium so either come
undone easily, or just snap if corroded.


--
Chris French

On 04/05/2011 23:36, Tractorboy wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?




If you have the assembly instructions then reverse them to dismantle.

You must remove the glass (apart from the door and as otjers have said,
ould glass is very fragile. You will probably need new beading and
spring clips - they are easy to remove but where they end up is in the
lap of the gods

Malcolm

"Malcolm" wrote in message
...
On 04/05/2011 23:36, Tractorboy wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?




If you have the assembly instructions then reverse them to dismantle.

You must remove the glass (apart from the door and as otjers have said,
ould glass is very fragile. You will probably need new beading and spring
clips - they are easy to remove but where they end up is in the lap of the
gods

Malcolm


""as others have said""

How nice that some people read previous posts and don't repeat what has been
said and make fools of themselves :-))

Mike

--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................

What a helpful lot you are!
Thank you so much for all the advice. I'm hiring a transit van, but until your unanimity re removing glass, I had planned to move it in sections, fully glazed. Now I think I'll wrap each pane in corrugated paper or bubble wrap. I won't have time to collect it until end of the month - but might crack on with the footings before then.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
...
On 05/05/2011 07:39, 'Mike' wrote:
wrote in message
...
On May 4, 11:36 pm,
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.
I'd like advice about the best way to do this... eg should I remove all
glass or transport the panels with glass in situ?
I've ordered a complete set of assembly hardware from Alton so I can be
savage when dismantling and use new screws etc when reassembling.
What sequence should I dismantle - eg roof....walls... ends. Or roof...
ends...walls?

I've downloaded the assembly instructions from the Alton website and
notice that there is mastic used along the ridge. Is this easy to
access and cut through with a Stanley knife?

I will be hiring a van to transport the greenhouse and will need to
bring all the tools I'm likely to need (screwdrivers, saw, knife,
spanners) Anything else?

--
Tractorboy

You will need to take all the glass out. If your van is big enough
you may then be able to transport the larger sub-assemblies which
would save a lot of work. (Or on roof rack?) If not, you will have to
completely dismantle it.


The main problem is transporting the glass without breaking it. It
needs to be clean and stacked on it's edge. You will need something to
prop the glass up and cushions or carpets to stand it/on wedge it to
stop it falling about.
Cardboard boxes, rope, bungey ropes, small tyres?
.................................................. .................................................. .................

Take lots of photos as you dismantle it. Lots and LOTS of photos from
EVERY
angle.

I put one together which had already been dismantled without
tooooooooooooo
much trouble. Common sense is more important than anything. "Do I take
the
walls out first? No dummy, the roof!!""

As the previous poster said, it really is best to take all the glass out
first unless you can take the greenhouse down into only 6 sections and
transport them whole .................... CAREFULLY !!

You can probably get away with transporting any opening windows and doors
as entire subassemblies, but everything else needs to be broken down.
Expect to have to deal with broken glass and have some suitable non-slip
gloves for handling it. Also worth having a wrench and the right socket
set for the bolts as well as a couple of adjustables.

The bolts do tend to have corroded/seized even if they are aluminium -
particularly the ones near the ground. Apart from that it should be
obvious that the order to dismantle is glass out first - especially from
the roof. Hard hat not a bad idea here. The structure is quite vulnerable
to wind damage during this stage if it is in an exposed location. As the
other poster said take lots of pictures and if possible mark the corners
with numbers before taking it apart. It will almost certainly go together
more easily in the same configuration.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Martin's post above has just reminded me of marking corners etc. I was
Stage Manager of a play which when the run was finished at one theatre
http://www.apollo-theatre.org.uk/ we moved it to another theatre
http://www.friendsofshanklintheatre.org.uk/ for a further run. I numbered
each of the joints of the 'flats' (the 'walls' of the set) and it all went
together so easily.

It would appear that I should have added here ........ "This is not my idea,
but the usual practice, especially with touring theatre groups. As our flats
were well and truly marked from previous productions, I used a code T.O.D.
1, T.O.D.2 etc T.O.D. standing for the play, 'Touch of Danger', the story of
where an agent I think he was, was killed by a jab with an umbrella which
had Ricine (sp) on the end. But I doubt if your greenhouse has been moved so
many times that each end of the section has multiple markings and you need
to use your own code to differentiate from others"

Sorry if it appeared to you that it was my idea. Certainly not. An old
pracice.


Mike
--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................








Start at one corner of your greenhouse and mark everything '1' with a felt
tip pen, the next joint '2' the next '3' etc.Then take close up photos ;-)
Now when you start to assemble and you pick a piece up if it has a '10' at
one end and '14' at the other, you will get a 'rough' idea of where it is
going. In my case at the theatre, a flat with '1' on one edge and '2' on
the other was downstage left, '7' and '8' somewhere in the middle. "Where's
flat '2' and '3'?"

Treat it all as an engineering project not a gardening project

Mike
--



--

....................................
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
....................................

Well I've now transported the greenhouse from Sussex to Suffolk and thought I'd post one or two tips to help others undertaking a similar project:

1. The Alton 8' Amateur range does NOT fit in a regular Ford Transit. In particular, the gable ends don't fit! We had to leave those behind and make other arrangments.

2. Fit the bolts into the kerbs after dismantling so that the threaded holes don't get filled with dust and dirt.

3. Expect some minor rot even if the greenhouse superficially looks good. On close inspection of the joints, we found a couple of instances of wet rot. Easily fixed with wood hardener and filler.

4. When we got the greenhouse home, we set the glass out on the lawn and washed it all with soapy water and a floor mop. Then dried with a squeegee. It was a sunny day and although the glass was only on the lawn for about 90minutes, the grass underneath got badly scorched. We live and learn! We now have a lawn with bizarre patterns!

5. It was a surprisingly quick (about 5 hours) operation to sand all exposed timber surfaces with 40grit paper on an electric sander. It quickly removed old coloured wood treatment and made the whole thing look like new. We then treated the wood with a colourless preservative. The quickest way to sand the glazing bars was to clamp the sanding machine upside down in a workmate and run the bars over the sanding surface.

The footings are dug and the concrete poured. I made shuttering so the footings are a couple of inches above ground and I'm going to set the kerbs on a mortar bed. This will lift the whole house about 2.5" so I don't have to duck to avoid the door frame!

On 05/06/2011 12:15, Tractorboy wrote:
Tractorboy;919965 Wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here. I've just bought a secondhand 8x10 Alton greenhouse
and now must go and dismantle and collect it from the seller.

Well I've now transported the greenhouse from Sussex to Suffolk and
thought I'd post one or two tips to help others undertaking a similar
project:

It's always good to get useful feedback.

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Jeff