How easy (or hard !!) is it to dismantle an aluminium greenhouse ?

Hi 'nFrost'

I was the original poster for this item

I was lucky, in the fact that the greenhouse I got was less than a mile from my own house, which in itself was only another mile from the allotment, where I eventually placed the greenhouse. This meant I didn't have to dismantle everything and just carried the sides / ends home. My two kids helped ... promise of a McD did the trick. A hired van would also work

As above, the glass should all be removed with care. Don't bother trying to save the W clips (to hold glass in place) or the Z clips (to support glass) as all are readily available online, as are the bolts.

In my case, I loosened / cut off / broke off the nuts supporting the 6 angled roof bars (the bolts are wedged inside). the roof bars were then removed. The bolts, from the inner slot were removed too.

Before I removed the top ridge section, I undid the bolts holding the greenhouse to its aluminium base. If no base was fitted, I would have unscrewed the base from the small brick wall.

Remove the ridge ... two bolts and nuts at each end.

Remove the sliding door .... just lift off the runners ... leave actual door intact

I then removed the 3 bolts at each corner, to free up the two sides and 2 ends.

Unscrew aluminium base and that was that !

Taking each side / end fully down would have been a long job, made worse by fact less than 50% of the nuts would come off. Some would break off (quick bash with a cold chisel) but some needed to be hacksawed off.

Putting up ... the reverse

 

If you decide to dismantle it all I suggest you take pictures first. It's helpful when you forget where parts go.

 

Depending on how old the greenhouse is these may be really rusty so I would suggest in investing some new ones when you come to reassembling it.