OK so you decide to buy a greenhouse, the first decision is where to put it, the optimum position will be somewhere to the south of the house so its not in the shade of the house (northern hemisphere) a greenhouse would look silly in the front garden so house orientation has to be considered..........basically where it would fit best with maximum sunlight.
Next would be size, how big to fit the space, and the cost must be considered, first priority is cost, how big can I afford, second priority can I fit it in the space I have
OK with that decided, and I would recommend buying the biggest you can afford that will fit the space you have.
the next thing is to order one, there are lots of ways to do this, garden centres sell them, or you can buy them on the web.
A google search will find thousands of places willing to sell you one
OK so you already decided on what you can afford ............. don't forget to add the cost of foundations, never included in the cost of buying, does your property slope? what type of floor do you want? do you want to insulate the base? all these factors can add a huge amount to your budget
OK so you factor that in to the cost, time to order and build..............
foundations will need to be levelled and square or things will not fit
you might need to brick up to get the foundations level
next stage would be to add insulation if you want to
after that you need to add a floor, in this case concrete
the big day arrives and your greenhouse is delivered first read the instructions twice if you need to get some help
lay out all the bits and prepare to assemble
follow the instructions
assemble as required
another cost to factor in is where to put the plants ...............
so now you have a shiny new greenhouse, where do the plants go
right back to stage one, did you add the cost of staging and shelving ? ......................no? ok can you build your own? if not you need to factor this in too
time to add the glass, choices when you bought .............. horticultural glass, comes in small sections with clips in-between............cheaper than toughened glass which can be bought full length.......... metal clips or bar capping
bar capping holds the glass more securely but costs more
the finished item can cost a lot more than you budgeted for
but can add a big smile factor
if you have to worry about the money you can't afford it .........if you love the plants you can
buying and building a commercial greenhouse
buying and building a commercial greenhouse
incurable cactoholic
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
Is that the green house you built first? I noticed in the other post that you had wood benches in the other greenhouse. Have you noticed a difference between those and the aluminum shelves in this post? Does the metal help by reflecting light on the lower shelves, or is shading a problem?
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yes that's the first one built in 2006, the lower shelves are mainly used to store spare pots ect.Harriet wrote:Is that the green house you built first? I noticed in the other post that you had wood benches in the other greenhouse. Have you noticed a difference between those and the aluminium shelves in this post? Does the metal help by reflecting light on the lower shelves, or is shading a problem?
i made this topic to show others some of the methods and pitfalls in buying and building a commercial built greenhouse kit.
incurable cactoholic
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.