Blog from a greenhouse builder

Reinforcing a competitors greenhouse

24/10/2019

On the deck

15/10/2019

Relentless rain for weeks on end have made it difficult to build outside but I had a clear day today - so I laid timber over the pad stones I use to mock up greenhouses to form a temporary deck. Knowing that it is perfectly level I used this to build up the gable ends of a complicated greenhouse. This one has two varying pitches - a 40deg short roof at the front and a long, shallow 30deg at the rear.

I'm excited about this interesting build. I'll be building this one on site shortly.

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Back to the "Mark" in Cheshire

11/10/2019

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Here's the base as I left it a couple of weeks ago...

and the "Mark" greenhouse now completed this week.

This one is built in standard tanalised timber (structural grade) painted with a German made breathable polycarbonate paint (Profilan Impra) in a Farrow & Ball colour (De Nimes). I hand lathed the finials from timber stock and made everything from stock timber back in the workshop in Wales.

Above - I've just got the first part of the structure in place and now time to get the roof on.

I used bricks which the customer already had on site from the building of their home here (which saved them some money but ties it in with the other building).