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Post by daylilydude on Mar 10, 2018 16:20:10 GMT -5
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 10, 2018 16:26:28 GMT -5
We have had a bunch of rain so haven't been able to get out there until this afternoon and the wife helped me set the greenhouse on the base and wouldn't you just know I missed it by an inch, not to bad for just eyeballing it me thinks, so the wife is going to help me tomorrow with getting the base trimmed up so it will fit then I can move on with getting it put together... I'm off all next week for Spring break so me thinks with all luck I should have it finished up by next weekend...
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 13, 2018 18:35:36 GMT -5
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 14, 2018 18:39:58 GMT -5
Pretty much done with the construction... couple more screws I'm putting on the bottom of each panel to make the panels a little more secure... Tomorrow afternoon I'll start taking some of the PVC pipe I have from the other greenhouse and start making some shelves/tables to put plants on. Now to be honest this thing was a beast to put together mainly because the instruction booklet needs to be updated... lol!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Mar 14, 2018 18:59:01 GMT -5
You did a very nice job with it. Well done!
What are your thoughts on it so far?
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Mar 15, 2018 10:09:20 GMT -5
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Post by september on Mar 15, 2018 11:42:36 GMT -5
You got that thing up fast, daylilydude , and it looks wonderful. I bet you will enjoy having it. Have you read any of Mudhouse's Harbor Freight Greenhouse blogs? She kept track of problems solved and enhancements to her 10x12 greenhouse. The original blog is from 2007, but she has added a lot to it, and still is around answering questions on Houzz Greenhouses forum. hfgh10x12.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-is-greenhouse-we-bought-link-it.html She answers questions after each section of text, and the next parts of her blog are linked at the very end of the page.
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 14, 2018 17:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 14, 2018 19:05:38 GMT -5
What a fun project.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 14, 2018 19:40:41 GMT -5
Looks great, daylilydude! Don't you love those instruction manuals, that have been poorly translated to English? I had a bunch of those years ago, when buying machinery from Mr Howe (that was LONG ago!) that was made in Taiwan - before everything was coming from China. After a while, I would just throw the manual away, and wing it. So how are you controling the temp in there? Being 84° here today, it seems that would be almost too hot in the greenhouse down there, without a fan or something like that.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Apr 14, 2018 21:16:53 GMT -5
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 15, 2018 4:51:27 GMT -5
pepperhead212, I just loved the instruction manual... there were more than a few times I gave up on trying to figure the manual out and just went to a few of the u-tube videos and figured it out that way...lol! Now as far as the heat goes, in my greenhouse there are 2 roof vents, some people only have 1 so I'm guessing the newer ones have 2, but all I have done is open both of those and left the door open a few inches (worried about the neighbors ginnies getting in there) with that and the little breezes we have had so far it has kept it down. I'm thinking that when the full blown summer gets here that it probably won't be that easy, but I'm new with this greenhouse thing so I'm gonna figure it out hopefully. I'm mainly gonna use it to start seeds in and as you know I didn't get it up until March I think it was, so I didn't have to heat it during the really freezing temps... the few times I needed heat I used one of the oiled filled electric heaters on low and with that the lowest it got in there was 45°F. plus I did have my seed starting trays on the heat mats, so I'm thinking that helped a lil also.
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Post by september on Apr 15, 2018 9:06:44 GMT -5
Your plants are looking great, and sounds like you are having fun using your greenhouse to it's potential. Waiting for more pictures of how you have arranged everything inside!
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 15, 2018 9:26:04 GMT -5
Don't you love those instruction manuals, that have been poorly translated to English? My brother works for a large company and last summer during a thunderstorm and subsequent power loss it displayed the following message. Wouldn't you think that if you were selling million dollar equipment that you could afford to hire some proficient in English? I guess not! IMG_20170803_095858441_HDR[1] by Brownrexx, on Flickr
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 15, 2018 12:29:11 GMT -5
You're going to be glad of that greenhouse tonight, daylilydude!
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