Greenhouse staging

[Pickle]

I have a greenhouse already but for the 2 years since we put it up I've had to do everything on the floor. So this year I've decided to invest in some greenhouse staging. I don't have a huge budget so can anyone recommend some good, sturdy staging up to 6foot in length please.

Many thanks
Chloe

[Kristen]

It expensive although you might find a bargain on eBay.

I made some out of Dexion (angle iron with holes, corner brackets, bolts etc. used to make "industrial" shelving). Not pretty! but cost very little.

[Aberdeenplotter]

It expensive although you might find a bargain on eBay.

I made some out of Dexion (angle iron with holes, corner brackets, bolts etc. used to make "industrial" shelving). Not pretty! but cost very little.

Excellent suggestion and unlikely to sag in the middle like expensive aluminium staging which come in 4ft lengths.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I have two heavy duty joiners saw horse's that I lay planks over This gives me a work bench some 6` x 2`.

I find two major advantages (1) When I have finished planting etc it takes about two minutes to take it down and store it else where, great when you only have a 6 x 8 green house. (2) IN early spring I remove one plank to leave spaces between the rest leave my seed trays on the bench and put my parafin heater underneath, that way I only have to light one burner to keep everything cosy.

I got my saw horse's free but they are about £25 a pair from the Depot then all you need is a bit of planking.

Colin.

[Two_Sheds]

I use those blowaways (minus the plastic cover, although you could keep it for plants that like the extra warmth)

[Bigmallly]

There is a thread here pickle which may give you some ideas.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ave_51201.html

[SarahStrawberry]

I use those blowaways (minus the plastic cover, although you could keep it for plants that like the extra warmth)

I do the same, we have a tall and a small one, also an old folding kitchen table that can be stored easily at one end of the tunnel once all my seedlings have moved on.

[solway cropper]

I'd do as the others have suggested and improvise something. When we moved here there was an old table in the conservatory but it wasn't a comfortable height for working standing up so I screwed a couple of 3x3 battens on to it and laid an old kitchen worktop across it. Perfick!!

[jojo2910]

We're looking to get some staging. Does wooden staging rot from watering? What is the best thing to protect it?

[Potstubsdustbins]

JoJo,
If your looking to build your own make sure the timber has been pre treated using a pressure treatment method. This ensure the active ingredients are 'bound' or fixed to the timber for life. It will give many years of service and won't harm your plants.

Colin

[jojo2910]

Cheers Colin, I was looking at buying as neither me nor OH are particular DIY friendly. How long does wooden staging last. I am wondering whether to spend the extra and get aluminium or buy wooden??? Help much appreciated.

[teakdesk]

Buy anything made from OAK.

Oak is naturally resistant to rot and will last up to and beyond 2 or 3 thousand years - watch Time Team on TV if you want a reference...


Please do not use wood impregnated with chemicals.

The last swathe of supposedly "safe" chemicals have now been banned for general use, after creosote and its derivatives were banned beforehand. The new supposedly "safe" chemicals have not been used as long as the banned ones but will surely be banned as well once the health problems are identified.

By which time you and your family will have ingested them.

Every now-banned treatment for wood originally claimed it was tested and safe but was eventually found to cause massive harm to living things. Do not believe the claims made by the new chemicals - they are nasty and unproven.




If you put any store behind your family's health by growing organically you will not use use tannalised or other treated wood, nor treat wood yourself with chemicals.

Treated wood rots slower than non-treated but slowly releases the injected chemicals into the soil; which either goes into your plants or the water system for people to drink.

Either way it is FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR more harmful than any chemicals on supermarket food - please, please, please take care with wood treatments in the garden.

[Kristen]

Buy anything made from OAK.

Or Cedar ?

[Potstubsdustbins]

I hate to tell you TD but tannalised timber is used in every new building project and most refurbs and as been for many years.

If what you claim is true then we are all dead anyway.

Colin

[Aberdeenplotter]

I think we have to remember that not all substances that have been banned have been so because they are harmful. It is simply the case that the manufacturers and distributors have not been inclined to spend the huge amounts necessary to obtain approval for their products. I have no idea if that is the case with wood treatment products but anyone with any concerns should make their own investigations and come to their own conclusions.