Chance for a free greenhouse!

[Mrs Dobby]

Hi all, Mr Dobby hasnt been feeling too well today, so spent the day trawling the net for any greenhouses local to us, and found a 'free' one about 10 miles away, its aluminium, has about a quarter of the glass panels broken and is 8'x8'.

We are going to go and have a look on Wednesday, and if its at all salvageable then will arrange to collect it (got to hire a van unless we can fit it into his car!), but with all the broken glass we were just wondering if anyone has any good contacts for cheap greenhouse glass? We are Manchester based, but dont mind travelling up to 50 miles if the price is right!

Any info or suggestions will be of great help!

[Lesley Jay]

Give me the sizes of the panes of glass that need replacing and how many there are. My OH works in a glass factory so he will get you a good price.

[Mrs Dobby]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a star!!!! Thanks very much LJ!! Will let you know as soon as we've had a look!

[Lesley Jay]

No problem Mrs D.

[nick the grief]

In that case LJ can you supply him with a sarnie box that is Dutch light sized as I would like about 32 sheets

[Lesley Jay]

Nick if you ever want glass my OH will get it for you at a discounted price. I haven't found a sandwiche box big enough yet!

[nick the grief]

Actually that is worth knowing as a friend of mine has been offered a greenhouse but a lot of the glass is cracked but still in place. we counted up the sheets neeted & by the time we had taken it down, built a nwe base & re glazed it, it was nearly as much as buying a new one !!

[Lesley Jay]

So what you are saying is that I am worth knowing Nick???

[nick the grief]

sometimes

[dexterdoglancashire]

How did you get on today Mrs D? DDL

[Mrs Dobby]

Went to see the 8' by 8' greenhouse today, it was in Irlam, about 2 miles away as the crow flkies, but the wrong side of the Manchester Ship Canal, so had to drive round via the toll bridge, a total of 8 miles!

We got there at 10am, knocked on and were shown into the back garden, past the koi pool and 2 lovely sheds to a poorly neglected greenhouse, thankfully clear of weeds, but 8' by 10', not the 8' by 8' that we'd been told! It looked like there were about 16 panes of glass broken, in 3 or 4 different sizes, and we agreed straight away to have it, Mr Dobby deciding he wanted to dismantle it right then and there, in the rain!!

Took us a couple of hours to get all the glass out, and another couple of hours to dismantle the frame (labelling it up as we went), then the fun part, getting it into the car!

We went in Mr Dobby's car (a 54 plate Fiat Panda) as it holds more than my MINI, and had no problem with getting the glass or smaller frame in at all, but when it comes to the 10' lengths there was no chance! Being in a rush we forgot to take any bungy straps or rope, so we cadged some string and tied all the longer frame members together inside a picnic basket, before strapping to the roof rails on the Panda with string and Dobby's trouser belt!

8 miles home with a 10' greenhouse strapped to the roof was a little unnerving, couldnt go faster than about 40mph as it was bouncing everywhere, and this meant we had a tailback in the 50 zone! We managed it though, and got to tha plot with everything intact, so it couldnt have been as bad as we thought!

Now got to clear the bed we are going to put it into and sort out some footings for the lightweight base, so hopefully we will get these ready and be able to errect it on our next weekend off, a week on Saturday!

Just got to hope for some decent weather and get a few more aluminium nuts / s clips and w clips, then measure up what glass we are missing and replace it!

All in all a good days work, specially as it was free!!

[Mrs Dobby]

How did you get on today Mrs D? DDL

Lol DDL, I was just writing it up as you posted!!!

[Dobby]

Hi Mrs Dobby forgot to tell you where I found the add its one i havent seen before! Dont know if it will be of use ot anyone, but just in case....
http://www.friday-ad.co.uk/AdRef/YI6...lAdDetails.asp

There is a call charge if you ring them, its 25p a min, but for a call of less than 2 mins its not too bad!

We've never heard of Friday Ads before, and I dont think many folks have, so I think thats how we got it

[dexterdoglancashire]

It sounds like a worthwhile day Mr & Mrs D! Just got visions of Mr D with no belt around his trousers! (sorry!)
Despite having an estate car, we picked up my large bench on the sunday and strapped it to the roof - needless to say we came back to Preston from Cleveleys via the A class roads - and yes, quite slowly! well worth it though!
Have fun putting it back together again! DDL

[Dobby]

Have fun putting it back together again! DDL

Are you volunteering? DDL