Northwich - a "Richard"

I'm building the base for a "Richard" greenhouse this week.  This greenhouse doesn't take up much room - admittedly, it's really small, but it's still tall enough that you can grow a lot in there; either on the 2-tier shelving or in bags or pots on the ground, and still have enough room to sit with a glass and enjoy the garden.

I'm re-using bricks again this week.  Dave had salvaged some from recent work on the house.  The bricks look like original Cheshire pre-war commons - no frog in them but really thick and heavy and will loads of character (not one being exactly the same).

I dug a trench around half a metre deep and filled it with a wet slurry mix of concrete before adding solid concrete blocks and two courses of engineering bricks - which you can just see at ground level in the picture above.  The engineering bricks will root the structure to the foundations and protect the bricks above from possible rising water, and frost damage.

I added a few extra courses to this wall giving it a little more height and I think the proportions will look better once the top is added.  The ground around the greenhouse will be paved by others later on.

"Hi Robin. Just wanted to say that it was great to spend some time with you. Many thanks for your hard work and skills. Your application was even more than I was expecting and the base is great."  Dave P