Raising my greenhouse?

[Bigmallly]

When you have finished, you will wonder what the fuss was all about.......

[chris]

I dropped my floor down a bit too, if I had to do it again I'd defo raise it up on blocks. I wanted to drop mine benath a fence, but got half way down (12" and just couldn't be bothered to do it anymore).

[mrbadexample]

Started today as the weather's good, not much wind forecast, and I had the day off work.

I've managed to lay a nearly-square course of blocks, and it's damned near crippled me. I had dodgy back before I started, and it's well and truly jiggered now. It didn't help that the slabs were nowhere near level.



Anyway, it's close to square, close to level, and close to the right size. Shouldn't be too difficult to affix the timber and screw the greenhouse down. Need to give the mortar plenty of time to set before I start drilling and fixing though.

Next time I'm paying a professional.

[mrbadexample]

Job done.



I know what I've done is pretty basic stuff, but I've never tried to do anything like this before, so I'm pretty pleased with the result. I've still got to fix the blocks to the slabs with some right-angled brackets I've got, but apart from that it's done. I have a greenhouse I can stand upright in.

[Thelma Sanders]

Well done - I want to do that with mine now

[Currysniffa]

Looks like you've done a good job there, well done

[Sanjo]

Started today as the weather's good, not much wind forecast, and I had the day off work.

I've managed to lay a nearly-square course of blocks, and it's damned near crippled me. I had dodgy back before I started, and it's well and truly jiggered now. It didn't help that the slabs were nowhere near level.

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Anyway, it's close to square, close to level, and close to the right size. Shouldn't be too difficult to affix the timber and screw the greenhouse down. Need to give the mortar plenty of time to set before I start drilling and fixing though.

Next time I'm paying a professional.

Ah, but would you have felt the same satisfaction eh? It looks great, well done you.

[Bren In Pots]

I have a greenhouse I can stand upright in.

It'll make all the difference to using your greenhouse

[Bigmallly]

I wouldn't bother fastening the blocks to the paving. It will be sturdy enough..........Fastening the greenhouse to the blocks is more important.......... Good job.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Nice one MBE wait till summer and its full of life. When you can stand there and say to yourself I did that, me on me own. You will be so glad you did not pay some one to do it.

Colin

[mrbadexample]

Nice one MBE wait till summer and its full of life. When you can stand there and say to yourself I did that, me on me own. You will be so glad you did not pay some one to do it.

Colin

I'm already glad. Even as I approached the end of the block-laying I was thinking "if someone offered to do these last blocks for me, I'd say no, because this is MINE!"

One of the additional bonuses is that the bit of staging fits in perfectly - i.e. just about scraping the blocks. Which is lucky, since I didn't think about measuring it - if I'd have put the blocks ½ inch closer together then the staging would be outside.

Now that my back's stopped aching, I'm delighted with the whole venture.

[sparrow100]

Genius - this is just the thread I needed. Though my blocks are going in on the ground, not on slabs.