Odd-shaped greenhouse offered

Living_proof

We have now dismantled and picked up the greenhouse and it looks a very robust bit of kit indeed and although it was a lot of work to clear the site before the windy weather came, I am looking forward to getting it re-erected this spring.

I assumed it had been owned by a really keen gardener but the executor of the estate told me that she didn't remember her father actually growing anything in it and that he used it as a sun-room and just had a chair out there! The glass is very dirty and moss encrusted particularly the roof glasses but they will clean up well with a little patience and elbow-grease.

I know the aluminium forms some sort of oxide and that you have to be very careful in cleaning it. The struts are full of insect cocoons and will need disinfecting, but does anyone have any advice about how to do the best job on this - after all it will be the best chance it will ever have to be clean and sanitised? Could it be pressure washed before it goes up?

lisa110rry

Jeyes Fluid, Living Proof, and a softish brush. Then the hose pipe. That's what I do.

Congratulations!!!!!

Living_proof

lisa110rry wrote: »

Jeyes Fluid, Living Proof, and a softish brush. Then the hose pipe. That's what I do.

Congratulations!!!!!

Thank you! As an update we needed around a dozen panes of glass to replace the broken ones. I put an ad on Freecycle and almost immediately I was offered as much glass as I needed from a greenhouse which is being disposed of. It certainly had been patched and was pretty abandoned but we managed to retrieve 18 sheets of the right size and transport them home. Although they are very moss-encrusted I am very grateful to have them as it has saved me around £70. We did all this on Saturday and not a day too soon considering the sort of winds we have right now!

I am now on the lookout for staging - already have the integral guttering and drainpipe. Oh and we have to put it all back together, of course!

lisa110rry

You are going to have so much fun with that! I have an Elite 6x8 and get so much pleasure from it (I don't have an allotment). It was difficult to erect alone and I initially made some mistakes. I put the sides together and a friend helped me connect the sides and roof structure together and then it was a question of moving over 100 panes of glass, mostly one at a time, from the garage to the greenhouse as I couldn't lift a pack alone. I often use it in Spring as a sunroom, sitting there among the hanging baskets getting ready for display (the baskets, not me). I either potter or just sit and watch the wildlife, listen to iPlayer radio, and sometimes even have a little glass of sloe gin from the previous year.