Storm Damage

[jackie j]

I hope you have all stayed safe during the recent storms. The only casualties on our allotment site is a huge oak tree came down, thankfully no one injured as it must have happened at night. My shed is still intact but the fencing was damaged, next doors shed took the full damage and was completely flattened, they also lost all the timbers and netting that covered the whole plot as it was a fruit cage. The plot next to them now has the tree resting on the roof and has made a hole in the roof as well as other damage. We have managed to clear it off my plot but we now need an expert to come and remove it without doing much more damage to the plots. That may be a problem. The shed in the background is mine.

[chris]

I lost yet more glass in my GH. But, that's it.

[AllInContainers]

I hope you have all stayed safe during the recent storms. The only casualties on our allotment site is a huge oak tree came down, thankfully no one injured as it must have happened at night. My shed is still intact but the fencing was damaged, next doors shed took the full damage and was completely flattened, they also lost all the timbers and netting that covered the whole plot as it was a fruit cage. The plot next to them now has the tree resting on the roof and has made a hole in the roof as well as other damage. We have managed to clear it off my plot but we now need an expert to come and remove it without doing much more damage to the plots. That may be a problem. The shed in the background is mine.

Yikes, that's a biggun! Glad nobody was hurt. It's never nice when you get property damage, but people matter far more than sheds and fruit cages.

I lost yet more glass in my GH. But, that's it.

My Jostaberry bush fell over. I stood it back up.

[snohare]

Well, I suppose this is why allotments have insurance ! (Not too sure about the jostaberry claim, though... )

[Nicos]

top 25 ft of a 50ft fir tree.
No damage to anything else thank goodness!

[Scarlet]

I lost yet more glass in my GH. But, that's it.

I've got more on the floor than in the GH at the mo - wondering whether it's worth putting more in!

[SoulBroNo1]

Our GH used to be same, the slightest amount of wind and panes would be breaking all over the place.

After a couple of years, a general moss / green slime built up between the joints of the panes and the frame, and now it is as solid as a rock. Not lost a pane in about 10 years, we don't even think about it when there is storm brewing.

[WendyC]

Our GH used to be same, the slightest amount of wind and panes would be breaking all over the place.

After a couple of years, a general moss / green slime built up between the joints of the panes and the frame, and now it is as solid as a rock. Not lost a pane in about 10 years, we don't even think about it when there is storm brewing.

What did you change?

[lottie dolly]

What did you change?

It reads like he left the green moss do the work of a sealent,

[SoulBroNo1]

Yeh, we didn't change anything. Just had to keep replacing the broken panes for the first 2 - 3 years. After that the green moss just seems to hold everything together. So I guess just be lazy and don't clean it, ever

Thinking about it, I don't think we applied any sealant between the panes when we first built it, we just used the metal clips. It maybe worth investing in some clear outdoor silicone? Only a few quid down a builders yard.

[dogsbody]

A few fence panels here (lost count but about 6) everything else inc the 2 GHs OK. Feeling for everyone worse off than me.

[Veggielot]

We were quite badly hit on my site. We had some trees down, shed roofs blown off and greenhouse demolished. I was relatively lucky had a door blown off one greenhouse and my second which I was I building got partially blown over. Fortunately no glass in it so just some bent framework.