• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Consider building a base upon which this can sit so you don’t have to stoop too much. Also recommend a solid floor, wood or bricks work. This plus the base, then anchor your kit to it. The lifespan of polycarbonate panels is 5-10 years, and you can reach the upper limit of that if they aren’t blowing out all the time; this is nothing that can’t be resolved by a generous bead of silicone sealant in the channel you slid them in to.

    Edit: to add, I love it and gardening and I’m happy for you. Good luck and bountiful harvests.

    • ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nlOP
      7·
      3 days ago

      Before assembly I graded the footprint and sunk 6x6 beams into the ground. You can’t tell from the picture but the yard is highly sloped due to living on the side of a mountain. The greenhouse is anchored to the 6x6 foundation frame with aluminum brackets. Inside the foundation frame I’ve removed a few inches of soil. I was planning to lay down mulch so after watering I can water the floor mulch to keep some humidity in the enclosure until the next watering. It’s very dry and high altitude here so humidity and sun intensity are a problem for some plants. Thanks for the well wishes, my daughter really wants to grow watermelons and strawberries.

  • Bluewing@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 days ago

    I used to have a similar green house until a 20+" snowfall took it. I got 5 years use out it though.

    My gardening fanatic Daughter learned from my mistakes and had her supremely talented husband build her green house.

      • Bluewing@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        The stained glass was hand made by an uncle of my son in law. And the brown bit on the left side of the building you can just see is a door made from a dead ash tree along my drive that I felled for him. We cut it in 10ft lengths and he then milled it into lumber, air dried it, and then made the door of the green house from it.

        And that’s just the start of his wood working skills. AND he cooks too.

  • numbermess@fedia.io
    7·
    3 days ago

    I put one together that looks just like that. I admire your perseverance in pushing through with fussing/re-fussing with absolutely everything all at once while putting it together and then actually completing it. My kids have essentially destroyed ours with errant kicks from soccer balls. The panels are kinda hard to put back in after it’s assembled.