Greenhouse - Goodbye Old Friend, Hello New

We wonder what is beneath those slabs, just soil, or did you use some mortar or some thicker depth of concrete ?

We know from experience how important a level and square base is even on our smaller greenhouses we have errected over the years.
They intially go up ok but when all the sides and roof come together you can have all sorts of problems like the glass not fitting.

With such a big and expensive greenhouse, to ensure the installation goes smoothly it might be worth sending those Base pics to the Installers and see what they say ?

Thought Robinsons might have the option of a extra strong base kit that is often available on smaller greenhouses which helps overcome uneven areas, but no, they seem to rely on having a perfect base.

 

I think you are in the hands of the installers @shiney, its different if you are doing it yourself, at least you have comeback, if things should go wrong in the future, I dont actually understand the skim idea as its would probably break up after a while anyway, but shims would work as long as its not too far out.

You can probably get away with a small amount out of level just as long as its out of level on both sides, ie not twisted, it would then be slightly out of plumb but not really noticeable.

 

You can flex the frame, but not once the glass is in.

 

My greenhouses are small but I, by myself, put them together in one day. I have the luxury of the panels being polycarbonate so very flexible and the framing being solid means you can make adjustments even after they're together. I even pushed one 6 six to a new location!

Heavens, the way people are talking, you'd think the glass was sugar glass! I'm pretty sure those installers will be highly skilled and experienced. Little "bumps" etc will be handled by them easily and with little fuss.

@shiney do we get a slide show of the erection? No, not your excitement, the structure going up?

 

Is delivery still on schedule as far as you know?

 

Fingers crossed for a successful unload, @shiney.

 

Wow. That's a lot of components. I remember when I put my tiny greenhouses together that it took me almost 2 hours to lay all of the parts out in numerical order so that it would be easier to follow the step by step instructions.

They're lucky you have a good place to store them in an orderly fashion.