Greenhouse staging

[teakdesk]

And any wood used in humid conditions need some preservative, to be positive and to make suggestions about a limited budget that neither oak nor teak could meet, instead of telling us what not to use, suggest something positive

Ok, since I'm getting pilloried here I'll change tack.

You asked for a positive suggestion... I've already suggested Oak.

Whilst risking labouring the point... my positive suggestion would be to use either:

A/ One Tanalith E impregnated decking board from B&Q @ £13.48 from here.

or

B/ Two untreated sawn oak fence rails at £10.78 from somewhere like here.



I don't think I am patronising you or being a zealot if I say; untreated Oak,from the little I have read, seems to be healthier, does less damage to the environment and, if you shop around, is cheaper.




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[tiachica]

Is there not a health concern about breathing in bonemeal dust? can't quite remember what it was.

And for indigestion, I am sure this was discouraged due to heavy metal contamination and or possible infection risks for BSE, etc.?

[teakdesk]

Is there not a health concern about breathing in bonemeal dust? can't quite remember what it was.

And for indigestion, I am sure this was discouraged due to heavy metal contamination and or possible infection risks for BSE, etc.?

Just so no one sues me after thinking I was advocating a ridiculously unsafe practice... I was emphasising a truth by using irony.

It is a very common part of debating.

I am not suggesting you should breathe or drink blood, fish and bone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aberdeenplotter]

I will now avoid this thread until a modicum of civility returns. The flounce post is both offensive and unacceptable.

[teakdesk]

...and now my olive branch is thrown back in my face. Ho Hum.

At least I can sleep peacefully knowing I tried.

[Potstubsdustbins]

TD,

I for one will not throw your olive branch back in your face or any where else for that matter.

I like to think I have a sense of humour and anyway I like cats as long as their digging on someone else's garden.

My question now is regards gender cos I certainly am not going to KISS and make up if your a guy. A hand shake would do.

Colin

[Kristen]

Is there not a health concern about breathing in bonemeal dust? can't quite remember what it was.

I was always told to use gloves, as a kid, when helping Mother with it in the garden. But that was then ... it may be sterilized, or somesuch, now.

[Potstubsdustbins]

There are health concerns and dangers about many things that we use or come into contact with in this life.

But I usually find a common sense approach to their use and good working practices reduce the risks to an acceptable level.

Colin

[Aberdeenplotter]

Having allowed my better half to install two of my 4ft lengths of B&Q alluminium 2 tier staging in her 6ft x 4ft greenhouse last summer I should have realised that getting it back when I needed it was going to be an issue. Give her her due, she did tell me to take it if I needed it but I saw the writing on the wall and told her I would manage without it. I've spent the last couple of days cobbling together some staging from aluminium angle I had in my plot waiting for a use and I've actually managed to create something better than the original. Nothing wrong with B&Q's staging for most purposes but I use it to hold my onion and leek plants being grown for exhibition and when they get to the 2 ltr pot size, b&Q's staging sags noticeably. This staging I have made is of much heavier guage materials and will not sag.

[Miss Sunshine]

Look in Argos, the green house staging pack £24.99 I have four of these, plus I have a a 4 tier mini greenhouse £29.99, with several different covers. I also have a old base kitchen cupboard with no doors for storing my pots. Wikinsons is another place to look, especially for the greenhouse with different covers. £15.00 Covers from £4.48

[Pickle]

I'm a bit shocked by the turn this thread has taken after asking what I thought was a simple question!
Anyway, I thought I'd come back and let you know that I had some success on free cycle Having asked on Saturday if anyone had any staging going spare I got an e-mail on Sunday offering me some. It's not quite as big as I'd hoped but it is better than nothing and it hasn't cost me a penny. Can't grumble at that

[radioactive]

I'm a bit shocked by the turn this thread has taken after asking what I thought was a simple question!
Anyway, I thought I'd come back and let you know that I had some success on free cycle Having asked on Saturday if anyone had any staging going spare I got an e-mail on Sunday offering me some. It's not quite as big as I'd hoped but it is better than nothing and it hasn't cost me a penny. Can't grumble at that

Hip Hip HORRAY,
I just love happy endings yep Solutions are the best things to use and to think that another persons junk is someone else's treasure to-boot
On the subject of the wood preserve I like to go around thinking that you can not really better some good old fashioned water based pink or white primer it really is pretty inert stuff and does a marvelous job or another one I like is just bog standard beeswax anyhow its just a comment, I have only just spotted this thread 15 or so mins back and can see its a real positive outcome
cheers and kisses to the gals handshakes to the guys or whatever Lol

[nick the grief]

I posted this yonks ago but as I can't remember where it was I'll re-do.

All my staging is built out of tanalised lath about 2" x 1" and I've had it 5 or 6 years now so it's good to go, for esthetics I bought some of the cheapest green fence guard type stuff (Focus I think) and coloured it green but it's not really needed.

Just wash it down each year (you used to be able to use a teaspoon of ***** or Armillartox to a gallon of water, but I can't tell you that now or a 5% bleach solution and it will kill bugs etc.

[Jimmy]

How about a scrooge least effort approach.
Two pallets on end and one across the top.
Perhaps a bit of wood as a cross brace.
Easy to dismantle when not needed.

Also I often use an old decorators table with a couple of bits of wood to prop up the middle.
Cover with polythene as they don't like damp.

Jimmy