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Alton Greenhouse dismantling advice
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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? |
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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? |
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"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. .................................... |
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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 |
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"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. .................................... |
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"'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. .................................... |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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. .................................... |
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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. |
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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! |
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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. -- Jeff |
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"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. .................................... |
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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 |
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"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 |
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