Oh My! I've just bought a greenhouse!

[Mark_Riga]

The seals I see that are similar sizes all are rounded at the top and are around 7mm high. Wondering if it would matter, can I just kinda squash it in?

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You want one that can be held in the slot and be thick enough that the glass doesn't touch the metal. It doesn't need to be a tight fit in the slot as the glass clips will squeeze the seal between the glass and the frame. The rounded ones should be OK as long as they are not too thick for you to get the clips in. You could put a likely sample in and but a bit of one of your broken panes on top and weigh up that the glass clips can go in and also the seal is squashed a bit at least.

[Stan79]

And when it comes to putting it back together, make sure the timber base is the right size for the base, totally square and level.

Put the frame together and then blast it with a pressure washer, then lift it onto the base and screw the base down. Check the uprights are vertical and then start fitting the glass. Very good idea to buy new clips. I ended up using the old clips and then having to unclip the rusty ones and replacing with new when i had got around to buying the new ones! Would have been better to just have the new ones to hand. I found Amazon to be the cheapest for my clips. Local garden centre was extortionately expensive!

Oh, and don't plant too much stuff in there... you (well, me anyway) can get quite carried away. We had soooo many tomatoes, cucumbers and the odd pepper plant in ours it was like a jungle. It was amazing but a bit overgrown!!! Have fun!

[gardening_gal]

Again, thank you all.

I now have new clips ( W ones and also the Z glass overlap ones), I have new nuts and bolts and also the crop headed bolts all got from Amazon, All I need now is the seal and some glass.

'Seal Lady' wasn't able to help identifying or suggesting a replacement type of seal but she did pass me on to a chap who deals with older model greenhouses so I have sent my 'artwork' to him also. I am now suspecting I may just need to buy some of the self adhesive wide rubber or foam strip to lay over the channel where the old seal would have gone into iyswim. Other than that I have no idea.

Imagine being beat by a thin strip of rubber.

[self-contained]

You're not beat yet!

[Mark_Riga]

You could look at this in B&Q if there is one near you. They do white as well.

https://www.diy.com/departments/dial...1802901_BQ.prd

[Stan79]

Just to clarify, is the seal between the frame and each pane of glass? I just used the sticky putty when I put mine back together. Again, Amazon was cheap.

[gardening_gal]

Just to clarify, is the seal between the frame and each pane of glass? I just used the sticky putty when I put mine back together. Again, Amazon was cheap.

Yes, it slots into a groove in the frame, this holds it in place and the rest of it acts as a buffer for the glass to lie against.

I'll go Google sticky putty, thanks.

[gardening_gal]

You could look at this in B&Q if there is one near you. They do white as well.

https://www.diy.com/departments/dial...1802901_BQ.prd

That's quite similar to the stuff I was looking at actually, thank you.

[Stan79]

This is what i used: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00O457VP4/

[gardening_gal]

Well the other glazing chap never replied to my email so I went ahead and bought generic sticky foam seal that is supposed to suit all manner of older frames. Looks similar to what was in stan's link except it's foam and only sticky on one side.

So, all I need now is decent weather that lasts long enough to actually start work on the thing! Although we haven't had snow, it's been really cold and it rains every day on and off so it's not practical to start a big project in that! I havent even got the shed emptied yet so I can move it out the way. Impatient to get going.

Also, I found this greenhouse in the picture below up for sale, (asking price £300 which makes me feel better about paying £100 ) the seller stated it was an 8 x 12 Eden greenhouse. It looks identical to the one I bought but after Googling Eden seals, I still didn't find anything that looked the same. I'm beginning to wonder if the seal has already been changed at one point and it didn't have the original seal when I bought it. Not to worry, the stuff I have bought seems like it will do anyway.

[Scarlet]

I used this sticky foam rubber stuff for mine - I never bothered trying to find out what make the greenhouse was. It worked fine for me.

https://www.greenhousepeople.co.uk/p...r-glazing-15m/

[Scarlet]

How are you going to fix it to the ground?

[gardening_gal]

Yes, pretty much the same foam stuff Scarlet.

It's going on a slabbed base.

There will be 6 x 2 wood framing anchored to the slabs then the greenhouse base frame will be screwed to the wood.

I might also have a layer of breeze blocks cemented to the slabs first, then the wood etc but this might make everything a bit too high so not sure yet, I'll wait until I start to make a final decision.

[Scarlet]

I did a row of bricks ( had them here) but remember if you add a course of bricks you will have a step up to get in. Not so good if you want to barrow in or out or when you are carrying stuff and have to step over.

[veggiechicken]

I might also have a layer of breeze blocks cemented to the slabs first, then the wood etc but this might make everything a bit too high so not sure yet, I'll wait until I start to make a final decision.

Extra height in a GH is good, especially at the sides
BUT
there will also be a higher threshold to step over at the entrance, which isn't so good.

EDIT - I wrote this and was distracted before posting. Not copying you Scarlet, honest.