As you like it- bespoke in Stratford

Heh - spring is here!  The weather is wonderful and look at that beautiful sky.This one is bespoke (again) - built to fit an existing base.  The customer also wanted it far enough away from the adjacent shed that it doesn’t cast shadow on their solar-panelled roof.

It’s 3.2m by 3.2m.  Given the extra width I made the glass panes narrower than normal giving more rafters and added bracing under each rafter to give greater overall strength to the structure.  I also lowered the pitch to 35 degrees - to make sure it didn’t over-shadow the shed - and the extra strengthening helps again.

On the last day I lay along the ridge line to add a lead cover-flashing over the windows - no-one saw me but it would have made a great picture.  The greenhouse didn’t make a sound - if it can cope with me laying along the ridge it’s up for anything!

Another greenhouse with a cat-flap.  This feature could take off don’t you think?  I haven’t seen cat-flaps on any of the other greenhouse websites anyway.

It’s nice to know that you can just ask me to add these details to make your greenhouse work for you - and it didn’t cost them anything other than the cat-flap.

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Click here for earlier base-building entry...

A couple of “work in progress” photos.  It took me about 2 days (really long days!)to build the greenhouse structure on to the walls I had built earlier.

I love the way these greenhouses just blend in to the existing garden and other buildings as if they’ve always been there...

The customers asked for crested ridge which I hand-cut from oak floor-boards.

The picture below is taken at my home before Sarah painted them up.