Lean to greenhouses

[VJay]

I'm after an alluminim 6x4 lean-to greenhouse and was wandering if anyone can recommend a good quality one, which is robust, easy cleaned and combates rust.

Does anyone own such a greenhouse, or know of one, I'm willing to pay extra for quality?

Thanks

[Maddie106]

I'm after an alluminim 6x4 lean-to greenhouse and was wandering if anyone can recommend a good quality one, which is robust, easy cleaned and combates rust.

Does anyone own such a greenhouse, or know of one, I'm willing to pay extra for quality?

Thanks

I've just bought a cheapish(£230) Gardman polycarbonate glazed lean to and am having problems errecting it.Borrowed a hammer drill
I'll let you know how it turns out!

My first choice was an Elite Windsor, but I couldn't afford it.
My advice to you is to take VERY careful measurements. My biggest problem was the height of where I could fit my lean to. The ideal place was over a house window,next to the back door. Needed a base wall plus safety glass, so the price became too high for me I'm afraid.

AND, unless you are really good and very confident with DIY, get somebody in to put it up. I understand if you buy from "The Greenhouse People" they offer a list of people to put up your greenhouse.

Good luck in your search!

[VJay]

Thanks for that Maddie. What do you think of your polycarbonate Gardman? does it let in enough light? etc

[Snadger]

If money was no object a cedar wood lean to would be my choice for looks and usefulness!

[Maddie106]

If money was no object a cedar wood lean to would be my choice for looks and usefulness!

The stuff of dreams Snadger!
Don't they look and smell wonderful?
Perhaps when I win more than £10 on the Lottery!!

[Maddie106]

Thanks for that Maddie. What do you think of your polycarbonate Gardman? does it let in enough light? etc

News VJ!
After much effort and a LOT of help from our neighbours, we got the Guardman lean to up and running. I have a tapering gap where it fits on the side of my garage which will get filled with a timber battern before winter. The greenhouse is as solid as a rock!

Yes, the light coming in IS less than glass, but this hopefully means no shading needed in summer.I've grown the tomatoes on in my glass cold frame and now moved them on into the greenhouse.
I'm so glad I went for poplycarbonate and not glass!

The instructions were not good. I've managed Ikea flat packs with ease, but this was 10 times more difficult for me!
The polycarbonate sheets fit onto the glazing bars with stainless steel clips, which you fit under plastic push-on strips, top and bottom of the polycarb panels.
2 science graduates and 2 post graduates couldn't get this to work!!!!!
We eventually left out the clips and I sealed the panels in with a silicone gun. ( Try a local builders merchant if you need this....it was HALF the price of B&Q)

Yes, I'd go for it again, but would seriously think about getting a quote from a local handyman to put it up for you. I bought a kit to fix the base to the floor from the greenhouse Warehouse on e-bay, but I hadn't got the muscle to drill the slab base!( It needs a bloke with muscles, as did drilling the bricks to attach the uprights to the garage wall!)

[VJay]

The instructions were not good. I've managed Ikea flat packs with ease, but this was 10 times more difficult for me!
The polycarbonate sheets fit onto the glazing bars with stainless steel clips, which you fit under plastic push-on strips, top and bottom of the polycarb panels.
2 science graduates and 2 post graduates couldn't get this to work!!!!!
We eventually left out the clips and I sealed the panels in with a silicone gun. ( Try a local builders merchant if you need this....it was HALF the price of B&Q)

Just bought one Maddie, it was quite awkward to erect at times. The clips were difficult to install, you had to bend the poly-carb to get them in. The outer spring wire keep the panels locked in place, even if you don't use the clips.

[Kevstir]

oh how i had fun today building my gardman lean to, only built the sides,door and front as iv still to prepare the base where its to sit, man those instructions are crap, crapper than a crappy thing on a very crap day lol

at 1 point i thought to myself "i cant do this", but i soldiered on and managed it lol.

Just got to perpare the base, bolt the panels together then glaze it, not looking forward to the glazing part as the instructions for that look just as bad.

Im glad i only paid £130 for it from eBay cause if i had paid retail (£250) i would have felt a tad annoyed with myself.

Kev