Polycarbonate greenhouse

[bathjobby]

Hi Minnie,
Thanks for taking time to answer. I too now have it finished and am pleased with the end result although I have to say I wouldn't buy another one due to the build problems.
There is an email address in the assembly instructions (did you spot the 2 assembly errors ?) and I got a very quick response. My most difficult bit (after I had rammed the bottom of the corner pieces in like you) I found was getting the roof panels into the horizontal extrusions while trying to hold them in place and having nothing to leverage on. What I did on advice from the email guy was go along those horizontal extrusions with a wide blunt chisel and lever them open slightly, this helped a lot. But I also remembered I had some better lubricant than WD40 (Halfords own brand silicon/rubber lubricant in yellow can) and that did the trick along with the chisel and mallet.
I had made a wooden base frame out of 3" fence posts anchored into the ground and have it screwed to that. It has been windy here on the south coast UK this week and it is very steady on that. Once again, thanks and lets see what we can grow.

[afrench108]

i have just erected 2 6x6 polycarbonated gh in my small garden. I was worried for my little girl and the glass so went down the safer route. i fixed them together to create a 12ft gh, leaving the front of one out and the rear of the other. I screwed them on a base of 2 deckboards and are solid as could be, the roof pulled them in and helped them strengthen so i am very happy.. might be worth the extra work on a base to give the gh height and more secure footings. Also very suprised how glass like looking the plastic is and mine has uv special thick carbonate roof to shade in hot sun and insulate in winter. well worth the effort so good luck with yours, was a norfolk gh and took 2days from start to finish, hardest part working out all the different bits and diagrams!!!

[lumpyjumper]

We've just put up a Palram 8x6 polycarbonate greenhouse from B&Q.

I laid out all the parts in numerical order (based on the instructions diagram) this saved us loads of time and identified the different types of nuts,bolts and screws etc.

Then it took two of us, two hours to put up the frame and 4 further hours to put in the polycarbonate panels! There is a definite technique for putting in the panels and sealing them with the rubber strips.

We found that we had to trim two of the metal parts in order for them to fit ( the ones under the triangular shaped windows, there are too many other parts on the same screw that they won't fit together unless the corner is taken off!)

Also, it is soooooooo important to only loosely tighten the nuts on the frame as they need to move considerably to fit the polycarb panels.

We are really pleased with it though and I spent last night out there sowing more seeds now I'm not reliant on windowsill space

[Cloud]

I have a 6x6 Norfolk Greenhouse which is now in its 3rd year and have had no problems with stability,it is bolted to a concrete base.
As it seems with most of you,I wish I had got a bigger one!!