Drooping greenhouse
 

About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has crept up
on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean over
slightly.

Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and take
the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.

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gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has crept up
on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean over
slightly.

Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and take
the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.

I'd suggest posting in uk.d-i-y for this sort of hardware thing. A very
active group full of knowledgeable people.

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:09:14 -0000, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:

About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has crept up
on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean over
slightly.

Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and take
the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.


It sounds like your greenhouse foundations are on soft ground and one
side has sunk faster than the other. I had a DIY greenhouse like that
but I've now got one with a partial concrete base.

Steve

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"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:09:14 -0000, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:
About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has crept up
on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean over
slightly.
Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and take
the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.

Are you sure it's not just settled on that side due to soft
foundations?

Not when the old wood comes away in handfuls if you do so much as to breathe
on it :-)

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:09:14 -0000, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:

About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has
crept up on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean
over slightly.

Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and
take the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.


It sounds like your greenhouse foundations are on soft ground and one
side has sunk faster than the other. I had a DIY greenhouse like that
but I've now got one with a partial concrete base.

No, the wood has rotted away, I had one like this years ago, pulled it down
eventually and rebuilt it on a 3 course brick wall.
The bottom wooden rail rotted away on this too...

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On 03/03/2016 15:56, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:09:14 -0000, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:
About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has crept up
on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean over
slightly.
Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and take
the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.

Are you sure it's not just settled on that side due to soft
foundations?

Not when the old wood comes away in handfuls if you do so much as to breathe
on it :-)



Surely the glass would not allow it to subside so it must be the
foundations?

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www.roselandhouse.co.uk
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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On 03/03/2016 15:56, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:09:14 -0000, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:
About 20 years old, we have a cedar greenhouse where the soil has crept
up
on one side over the
lowest board and it is rotting, causing the whole structure to lean
over
slightly.
Is there any way of resolving this? I can only think of propping up
the ridge with a pole and a couple of acrojacks to bring it back and
take
the weight off the bottom whilst remedial action is applied.
Are you sure it's not just settled on that side due to soft
foundations?
Not when the old wood comes away in handfuls if you do so much as to
breathe
on it :-)
Surely the glass would not allow it to subside so it must be the
foundations?

Not sure what you mean, but as one side subsides due to the rotting
wooden base, then the distortion of the frame on that side causes the glass
to crack
and then the resultant distortion on the rest of the structure causes
further panes to crack.

_HOWEVER_ having just picked up the anniversary edition of Gardener's World,
and seen the insertion from the www.greenhousepeople.com inside, we've
decided to cut our losses and order an aluminium (aluminum for any Yanks
reading
this :-) ) replacement from their double discount offers.

..

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"gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" wrote:

inside, we've
decided to cut our losses and order an aluminium (aluminum for any Yanks
reading

Not my fault if you Brits use alternate spellings, and the aluminum frame
would make a dandy counterpoise!



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In message , Gary Woods
writes
"gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" wrote:

inside, we've
decided to cut our losses and order an aluminium (aluminum for any Yanks
reading

Not my fault if you Brits use alternate spellings, and the aluminum frame
would make a dandy counterpoise!

We don't use 'alternate' spellings (swapping between one spelling and
another). Ours are 'alternative' (ie 'not the way you spell it').




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Ian