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Friday, 30 March 2007
Rotten greenhouse base
Boy, did I have fun today!
Despite the weather.
The task today was to replace the rotten wooden base of a 8x6 greenhouse.
The greenhouse had never been anchored to the ground, and so, in the high winds of this winter, looked like a flexible Triclinic crystal, and had waltzed half way across a very large garden. As you can see in the picture, it was just a matter of jacking the whole thing up; moving it back onto it's concrete platform; removing the old base; installing a new base, and then screwing and bolting it all down so that short of a major earthquake (which doesn't happen very often in Eastbourne) it ain't going to move anywhere for some time to come. It wasn't too much for two people to do - the only trouble was - I was on my own! It took most of the day, but in the end I got the job done! Despite all the winter storms buffeting, all of the waltzing across the garden, and all the moving I did with it, only three panes of glass were broken, and in case you don't know it - greenhouse glass is very thin and fragile!!!
Despite the weather.
The task today was to replace the rotten wooden base of a 8x6 greenhouse.
The greenhouse had never been anchored to the ground, and so, in the high winds of this winter, looked like a flexible Triclinic crystal, and had waltzed half way across a very large garden. As you can see in the picture, it was just a matter of jacking the whole thing up; moving it back onto it's concrete platform; removing the old base; installing a new base, and then screwing and bolting it all down so that short of a major earthquake (which doesn't happen very often in Eastbourne) it ain't going to move anywhere for some time to come. It wasn't too much for two people to do - the only trouble was - I was on my own! It took most of the day, but in the end I got the job done! Despite all the winter storms buffeting, all of the waltzing across the garden, and all the moving I did with it, only three panes of glass were broken, and in case you don't know it - greenhouse glass is very thin and fragile!!!
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