greenhouse staging
 

Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK

I have used treated roofing slats and 75x20mm treated wood, availble cheap
from Wicks, to make simple benches. These can be taken out in the summer
what I want to grow tomatoes and cucumbers etc.

FWIW.

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Brian
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"KK" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to
optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh
shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK

I have used treated roofing slats and 75x20mm treated wood, availble cheap
from Wicks, to make simple benches. These can be taken out in the summer
what I want to grow tomatoes and cucumbers etc.


I used the same for the staging in Joan's greenhouse. I used the same
throughout, legs, bearers and slats. As I didn't fancy hammering in nails in
the vicinity of all the glass ;-) and as I didn't fancy drilling and
screwing all the shelf slats, I glued them down with an ordinary mastic :-))
3 years later, no problem :-))

Mike

"KK" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to
optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh
shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK



I have used those metal shelving units that were designed for storage in
garages etc .......they were very cheap

I have not seen them lately in likes of DIY stores but maybe they are
available mail order

of course you might also try E Bay

Mike wrote:
I have used treated roofing slats and 75x20mm treated wood,
availble
cheap from Wicks, to make simple benches. These can be taken out
in
the summer what I want to grow tomatoes and cucumbers etc.


I used the same for the staging in Joan's greenhouse. I used the
same
throughout, legs, bearers and slats. As I didn't fancy hammering in
nails in the vicinity of all the glass ;-) and as I didn't fancy
drilling and screwing all the shelf slats, I glued them down with
an
ordinary mastic :-)) 3 years later, no problem :-))

I wholeheartedly endorse the use of treated "two-be-one" sawn
slater's battening for this and innumerable other things. Bang two
together in an L-section, and you've got a surprisingly stiff chunk
of timber: add a third, and it's as good as 4x2 for many jobs (the
centre of a length of wood, I understand, serves little engineering
purpose). This way you don't have to worry about how much of each
size to order, and it comes out cheaper. Easy to handle, too.

The last shed I built was on a flimsy 2x1 frame which went rock solid
when skinned with exterior ply: good for fifty or a hundred years,
I'd say, like a pump-house I built on the same principle but skinned
with aluminium.

Mike.

When I moved into my second factory, I ordered the partitions and offices to
be built of 2 x 1 and clad in Fibre Board. "Won't be strong enough the
joiners told me"..

"DO IT"

They ate their words and were quite happy to do the same in the third
factory I fitted out :-)) The 8 x 4 fibre boards both sides provide the
rigidity

Sorry Sacha, just another case of I was right again. God don't you HATE me
;-))))))))))))

Mike

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:01:02 -0000, "KK"
wrote:

Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK

The frame is a matter of finding what you can get strong enough and
cheap enough. We got cheap galvanised angle iron from a scrapyard and
welded up frames. The top is weldmesh and on top of that are 50mm
thick polystyrene slabs sold for cavity wall insulation. Then
polythene (to keep the polystryrene clean, capilliary matting covered
with thin black perforated polythene sheet (to keep the matting
relatively clean.)

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Rod

Weed my email address to reply.
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html

In article ,
Mike Lyle wrote:

I wholeheartedly endorse the use of treated "two-be-one" sawn
slater's battening for this and innumerable other things. Bang two
together in an L-section, and you've got a surprisingly stiff chunk
of timber: add a third, and it's as good as 4x2 for many jobs (the
centre of a length of wood, I understand, serves little engineering
purpose). This way you don't have to worry about how much of each
size to order, and it comes out cheaper. Easy to handle, too.

I disagree. Get PAR (planed all round). Just plain sawn tends to
be poorer quality (i.e. lots of knots, some structural) and is
the devil to clean - the roughness is an ideal place for pests to
lay their eggs. Other than that, I agree.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Rod wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:01:02 -0000, "KK"
wrote:

Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK



I tried this question on Rec.DIY because I thought they might have
some good answers based on lateral thinking but no one answered.

In terms of lateral ideas, I solved this problem extremely cheaply a
number of years ago (10 to 15 ?) whan a B& Q superstore was opened in
Edinburgh. They had in stock long plastic covered wire shelves, like
dish racks; they were called 'laundry shelves' and have been ideal
just suspended from the roof members with stout wire and hinged off
the wall struts. Has anyone seen anything like these recently as they
are no longer stocked as I could well do with a couple more ?

Having trawled through this thread I really don't see anyone
suggesting anything as cheap, totally effective and as flexible as
this.

Rob

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Rod wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:01:02 -0000, "KK"
wrote:

Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to
optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh
shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations
for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK



I tried this question on Rec.DIY because I thought they might have
some good answers based on lateral thinking but no one answered.

In terms of lateral ideas, I solved this problem extremely cheaply a
number of years ago (10 to 15 ?) whan a B& Q superstore was opened in
Edinburgh. They had in stock long plastic covered wire shelves, like
dish racks; they were called 'laundry shelves' and have been ideal
just suspended from the roof members with stout wire and hinged off
the wall struts. Has anyone seen anything like these recently as they
are no longer stocked as I could well do with a couple more ?

Having trawled through this thread I really don't see anyone
suggesting anything as cheap, totally effective and as flexible as
this.

Rob


I think Focus Do It all had some like that recently

of course if you are going to the USA every DIY store sells them cheap

I have just recently made staging out of a wooden pallet.It was about 8ftx
3ft.I made the legs out of 3"x1/2" treated wood,but I only fixed them with
one fixing so they can be twisted down so the staging can be easily taken
out & tucked beside the shed.Giving space to grow toms in summer.
I must admit it is not as sturdy as a permanent one I made for my orchid
greenhouse but
This was free,easy to make(10 minutes)and does the job.


--
Thanks Keith,England,UK.
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Rod wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:01:02 -0000, "KK"
wrote:

Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to
optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with
with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh
shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations
for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK



I tried this question on Rec.DIY because I thought they might have
some good answers based on lateral thinking but no one answered.

In terms of lateral ideas, I solved this problem extremely cheaply a
number of years ago (10 to 15 ?) whan a B& Q superstore was opened in
Edinburgh. They had in stock long plastic covered wire shelves, like
dish racks; they were called 'laundry shelves' and have been ideal
just suspended from the roof members with stout wire and hinged off
the wall struts. Has anyone seen anything like these recently as they
are no longer stocked as I could well do with a couple more ?

Having trawled through this thread I really don't see anyone
suggesting anything as cheap, totally effective and as flexible as
this.

Rob


I think Focus Do It all had some like that recently

of course if you are going to the USA every DIY store sells them cheap

"Rob Graham" wrote in message
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Rod wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:01:02 -0000, "KK"
wrote:

Hello,

I have a small greenhouse and find the commercially available staging
unsuitable & expensive. I want to design & build my own in order to
optimise
the available space. I am thinking of using aluminium tubing with with
nylon/plastic corner fittings for the frame, and wire or steel mesh
shelves.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice or suggestions? Any recommendations
for
suppliers?

Many Thanks

KK



I tried this question on Rec.DIY because I thought they might have
some good answers based on lateral thinking but no one answered.

In terms of lateral ideas, I solved this problem extremely cheaply a
number of years ago (10 to 15 ?) whan a B& Q superstore was opened in
Edinburgh. They had in stock long plastic covered wire shelves, like
dish racks; they were called 'laundry shelves' and have been ideal
just suspended from the roof members with stout wire and hinged off
the wall struts. Has anyone seen anything like these recently as they
are no longer stocked as I could well do with a couple more ?

Having trawled through this thread I really don't see anyone
suggesting anything as cheap, totally effective and as flexible as
this.

Rob

You won't believe this but I have done just the same this afternoon.
I got the shelf racks at B&Q as they were reduced to £1 each.

I've got some where to put my new bedding plants etc now.

On 14/2/05 17:09, in article ,
"Davy Murray" wrote:

snip Which begs the obvious question - just which B&Q ?


Ellen MacArthur's? ;-) Sorry... I'm going....
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Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)