Help! We have to dismantle a 35 year old wooden framed greenhouse as it is
on the verge of disintegration - some panels missing; some wood on the
outside rotten although the frames inside look sounder. Where do we start
top down or bottom up? I have searched the archive via Google groups and
have not found anything there. Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks
Julia

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Help! We have to dismantle a 35 year old wooden framed greenhouse as it is
on the verge of disintegration - some panels missing; some wood on the
outside rotten although the frames inside look sounder. Where do we start
top down or bottom up? I have searched the archive via Google groups and
have not found anything there. Any advice gratefully received.

Take all the glass out first.
Then remove any stagings, lights and doors.
Then the upper framework, and the lower parts will come away easily.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

photographs..............

don't start from the bottom and work up otherwise the up will have very
little down to stand on.

H

"JBB" wrote in message
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Help! We have to dismantle a 35 year old wooden framed greenhouse as it is
on the verge of disintegration - some panels missing; some wood on the
outside rotten although the frames inside look sounder. Where do we start
top down or bottom up? I have searched the archive via Google groups and
have not found anything there. Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks
Julia

"Eric Shune" wrote in message
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photographs..............

don't start from the bottom and work up otherwise the up will have very
little down to stand on.

H

"JBB" wrote in message
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Help! We have to dismantle a 35 year old wooden framed greenhouse as it
is
on the verge of disintegration - some panels missing; some wood on the
outside rotten although the frames inside look sounder. Where do we
start
top down or bottom up? I have searched the archive via Google groups and
have not found anything there. Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks
Julia

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Careful with that broken glass!, Some of the edges are as sharp as razors
and wrist veins, sometimes arteries are seriously at risk,- and I mean that.
Watch out for catching arms on broken pieces in situ and never pull a stiff
piece out by force, - the arm can backswing across with force and be
damaged on another broken pane. better to shatter them with a
hammer.(Wearing goggles - natch!) and keep children away.
Wear thick gauntlets and a thick jacket with the wrists under the gauntlet
cuffs.
Alright, have a laff, but I've seen it all, missis. I wasn't a safety
Ossifer for 10 years fer nowt and saw nowt.
Anyone for lifting lessons?, - mark this. - and for the proper way to use a
digging spade correctly?, or how to wield a heavy narrow pole-hole spade-
and-spoon?. And how to use the legs to lift and to keep the chin in and
spine
straight. Just like a professional weight-lifter, whose methods and stance
indicate what I am talking about.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating and when those lessons were
introduced the number of men reduced to permanent bedrest and agony was
reduced by 75 percent.
I'm talking of G.P.O Comms Engineers, of whom there were many thousands in
those days, so the effect on mens' lives as well as productivity, was
colossal.
Doug.
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"............. Watch out for catching arms on broken pieces in situ and
never pull a stiff piece out by force, - the arm can backswing across with
force and be damaged on another broken pane. better to shatter them with a
hammer.(Wearing goggles - natch!) .........."

If you start breaking up the glass with a hammer or anything else to shatter
it then you will have small shards of glass in your soil for years to come.
Just treat the glass (Broken or not, with care and respect)

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

"David Hill" wrote in message
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"............. Watch out for catching arms on broken pieces in situ and
never pull a stiff piece out by force, - the arm can backswing across
with
force and be damaged on another broken pane. better to shatter them with
a
hammer.(Wearing goggles - natch!) .........."

If you start breaking up the glass with a hammer or anything else to
shatter
it then you will have small shards of glass in your soil for years to
come.
Just treat the glass (Broken or not, with care and respect)
--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

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You make a point there, but it is minimised because you don't go slashing a
hammer about, you knock it downwards, and the shards (small and big pieces
of broken glass) fall within the controllable ambit of the greenhouse inside
base and it is better to cover the glass with a piece of blanket to keep
small splinters - not shards off your clothing and body.
And carefully clean up the debris. though the sharp edges of small pieces of
glass soon weather-blunt.
Nevertheless it has to be conceded that any pieces of glass in the worked
soil is bad news for workers who have to put their hands into it,-
especially in these days of rampant compensation cases.
None of the above detracts in any way from your thoughtful and correct
observations.
B.T.W.; Have you ever heard of the clematis Nursery at Woodplumpton Lane Nr.
Preston, Lancs?
He was my brother and a world Authority who travelled a lot, lecturing -
sometimes as far as Poland, where as you know quite a few new clematis were
bred.
Do *you* specialise or trade generally?.
Best wishes!.
Doug.
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Any reason you can't carefuly remove the glass? Sorry if you've already
ansered this - only saw the end of this thread!

If not, try buying a glass cutting tool and scoring each pane with a cross
beforehand as this will encourage the glass the break into largish pieces.
Then hit it gently (full protection of course for you!) in the centre of the
cross and from the other side - so score the INSIDE and hit gently inwards
onto the groundsheet/old matting etc. that others have suggested.

Start at the roof (obviously) and work downwards.

FYI, I have managed to dismantle an aluminium greenhouse, losing only two
panes of glass. You just need to be slow and methodical and if you are
going to reuse it, or know someone who can, mark EVERY pane of glass with a
unique number and sketch a plan before dismantling anything. Thanks to a
friend and a couple of summer afternoons, I got a nice greenhouse for next
to nothing.

Take care!
Paul DS.

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"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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Any reason you can't carefuly remove the glass? Sorry if you've already
ansered this - only saw the end of this thread!

If not, try buying a glass cutting tool and scoring each pane with a cross
beforehand as this will encourage the glass the break into largish pieces.
Then hit it gently (full protection of course for you!) in the centre of
the
cross and from the other side - so score the INSIDE and hit gently inwards
onto the groundsheet/old matting etc. that others have suggested.

Start at the roof (obviously) and work downwards.

FYI, I have managed to dismantle an aluminium greenhouse, losing only two
panes of glass. You just need to be slow and methodical and if you are
going to reuse it, or know someone who can, mark EVERY pane of glass with
a
unique number and sketch a plan before dismantling anything. Thanks to a
friend and a couple of summer afternoons, I got a nice greenhouse for next
to nothing.

Take care!
Paul DS.

Thanks to you all, some useful stuff there. I am hoping to recycle some of
the glass for cloches but the frame itself is rotten - it's a case of
getting it down before it blows down !

Julia