Staines Upon Thames, London

There used to be a greenhouse here but it gradually rotted away and the owners had it removed when it became unsafe.  I'm replacing it with an accoya greenhouse, which should never rot and had a guarantee for 50 years and a life expectancy in excess of 60 years.  The glass is toughened so it's also safe and very secure - and allows me to glaze the roof in one sheet rather than overlapping smaller sections as you would with normal glass.

The tricky bit was building the greenhouse to line up exactly with the line left against the wall so I made a first visit to check the roof angle measurements and to undertake the leadwork.  For the first sheets of glass meeting the wall I had them cut so they go around the chimney breast - thankfully they were a perfect fit.

The greenhouse has lots of ventilation - 4 auto-opening roof windows and 4 manual windows along the sides.  I re-used the aluminium ridge cresting which had been salvaged from the old greenhouse.

I also added steel bars under the roof to support hanging baskets and built 2 long potting benches along both sides.