They shipped us a walled clear board that's short by about 25mm when installed on the roof tried both small squares. The other 3 long wall boards for the roof fit perfect 😔😢
thanks Bill, we managed to get it sorted, the woman who sold us it came back and helped by letting me know what all the different parts were for. its ok now. but i read you insulated one. is bubble wrap ok and will it keep the heat in better as i live in perth scotland and its usually pretty cold lol.
+michael mcleod I used twinwall bubble insulation to slow down heat loss over winter. I used the following product. (mid way down - "Greenhouse Bubble Insulation 4 1/2' x 25' (112 sq. ft.) "). The advantage over standard bubble wrap: it has two films of plastic sandwiching the bubbles so it insulates much better than open-faced bubble wrap. If you can't find twinwall then standard bubble wrap would be better than no second layer though. www.littlegreenhouse.com/accessory/plastic.shtml
thank fuck i found this. THANKS FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. 😀, my stupid girlfriend bought a second hand partially disassembled green house that has no manual and was delivered from a car boot. it has dun mu fkn nut in tryng to figure it out. but now i have seen your 6x4, i think it may help lotts and lotts.
+michael mcleod The Palram Hybrid 6x4 green house instructions are here. However I've got to say, they are not easy to follow! If you have some other type of Palram greenhouse then you should be able to find the instructions of the same web-site. www.palramapplications.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Palram_Greenhouses_Hybrid_6x4_FR_EN_DE_General_IM.pdf
No slower version. It’s a still-shot timelapse and not a video, so all frames are shown in the video. The window was troublesome! I remember that much. It took me a while to work out how to hinge it but don’t remember the details.
I did have problems getting the window seated! You can see in the video I mess around with it for quite a while. It’s been so long ago now I forget what the exact problem was. I recently dissembled the greenhouse as it was in the way of a construction project in my backyard so I can’t look and see how it’s seated.
Couple of reasons. Convenience of fastening down the frame. It’s on a concrete slab so I could use concrete bolts to fasten the wooden sill boards then just use regular wood screws to attach the frame to the sill. Also I put in a rigid foam floor to insulate from the cold concrete slab in freezing weather. The sill gives me 1-1/2-in height so the floor surface is level with the framing.
@@steladimi4785 I used EZ Base - it's a paver base. I bought the Sakrete brand from Home Depot however it looks like that brand is dropped. It might be available under the manufacturer's brand Techniseal. Use their locator to find a distributor. This paver base has drainage holes which is perfect for a greenhouse. There are pro and cons to insulating the floor. The ground is potentially a source of warmth during winter for example. However as I was using a small fan heater in winter I thought insulating was the best approach. techniseal.com/pro_en_us/all/accessories/ez-base-panels-paver-installation-219-003
It depends on your needs. It’s quite robust although to be honest I’ve never had any serious windstorms to test its strength. It’s well designed, everything fits well, although some aspects of it were fiddly to put together. If you don’t like putting IKEA together you will not enjoy this. In my climate it was good for transitional seasons between freezing and hot weather. However the size is too small for effective temperature control in winter and during 90 degree summer weather. I think it’s good for late winter/early spring early-starts. For more of a year round greenhouse you would need something much larger and with insulated glass.
@@lostlakeOR awesome! I live in Dallas and we have crazy weather and I just don’t want to find it destroyed after a freak storm and be out 500 bucks , I’ll keep looking then. Thanks for the honest answer.
RC Colorado apologies for the slow reply. It was a thin rigid foam paving underpayment I got from one of the hardware retailers - perhaps Lowe’s. Under that is 1/2” of rigid XPS foam. The idea was to insulate the greenhouse better for winter heating. If you are not heating then perhaps no insulation might be better for some ground heat effect? Not sure on that though.
+Michael Eng - I used twinwall bubble insulation to slow down heat loss over winter. The standard Palram clear plastic panels are okay for retaining heat on spring and fall nights however over winter the heater was running pretty much all the time. So I insulated to reduce heating costs. It also diffuses light which might be good or bad depending what you're growing. I used the following product. (mid way down - "Greenhouse Bubble Insulation 4 1/2' x 25' (112 sq. ft.) "). The advantage over standard bubble wrap: it has two films of plastic sandwiching the bubbles so it insulates much better than open-faced bubble wrap. If you can't find twinwall then standard bubble wrap would be better than no second layer though. www.littlegreenhouse.com/accessory/plastic.shtml This link shows how to install in a Palram Greenhouse using Palram plastic clips: www.littlegreenhouse.com/resources/D1571-Bubble-Installation.pdf
Nope. Still going fine. If you intend to heat it through winter then some form of insulating wrap is needed to reduce heat loss. I improvised my own however it would be nice if there Palram provided an option for pre-made double-walled paneling. It gets very hot in 100+ degree summers so I added an automatic ventilation fan. You should get the largest size that will fit. I got the 8x4' which is all the space I had although a larger size would have worked better.
Anne Cglnse There have been several hailstorms and no damage to the panels. Mind you no huge hail stones however the panels are strong and flexible. There will be some limit to what they’ll take. The structure is light however and it must be bolted down or a wind storm will take it away. I bolted down a mud sill made from pressure treated lumber to the concrete slab, then screwed the frame down onto that. Overall it’s well made. The #1 problem is it’s small size which means it has little thermal mass. This means in mid summer it’s not useful due to 100+ degree heat inside. I mitigated this to some extent by putting a lot of stone on the floor to absorb/release heat and a temperature activated misting system. Even so it’s in unusable for a 4 week period in July/August
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Thank you so much for sharing this video ! could you please give an update on the green house?
They shipped us a walled clear board that's short by about 25mm when installed on the roof tried both small squares.
The other 3 long wall boards for the roof fit perfect 😔😢
thanks Bill, we managed to get it sorted, the woman who sold us it came back and helped by letting me know what all the different parts were for. its ok now. but i read you insulated one. is bubble wrap ok and will it keep the heat in better as i live in perth scotland and its usually pretty cold lol.
+michael mcleod I used twinwall bubble insulation to slow down heat loss over winter.
I used the following product. (mid way down - "Greenhouse Bubble Insulation 4 1/2' x 25' (112 sq. ft.) "). The advantage over standard bubble wrap: it has two films of plastic sandwiching the bubbles so it insulates much better than open-faced bubble wrap. If you can't find twinwall then standard bubble wrap would be better than no second layer though.
www.littlegreenhouse.com/accessory/plastic.shtml
thank fuck i found this. THANKS FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. 😀, my stupid girlfriend bought a second hand partially disassembled green house that has no manual and was delivered from a car boot. it has dun mu fkn nut in tryng to figure it out. but now i have seen your 6x4, i think it may help lotts and lotts.
+michael mcleod The Palram Hybrid 6x4 green house instructions are here. However I've got to say, they are not easy to follow! If you have some other type of Palram greenhouse then you should be able to find the instructions of the same web-site.
www.palramapplications.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Palram_Greenhouses_Hybrid_6x4_FR_EN_DE_General_IM.pdf
Thank you for a great video, do you have a slower version? I'm having problems with the roof section with the window. Thank you.
No slower version. It’s a still-shot timelapse and not a video, so all
frames are shown in the video.
The window was troublesome! I remember that much. It took me a while to work out how to hinge it but don’t remember the details.
Hiya! Thank you for this. How did you get the window on? We’re really struggling to get it to sit on/clip in to the roof.
I did have problems getting the window seated! You can see in the video I mess around with it for quite a while.
It’s been so long ago now I forget what the exact problem was. I recently dissembled the greenhouse as it was in the way of a construction project in my backyard so I can’t look and see how it’s seated.
If you don’t mind me asking, what are the dimensions of the wood you used for the bottom frame support ?
2x4 pressure treated
Great job. Why did you use a wooden frame at the base? Is there any particular reason?
Couple of reasons. Convenience of fastening down the frame. It’s on a concrete slab so I could use concrete bolts to fasten the wooden sill boards then just use regular wood screws to attach the frame to the sill.
Also I put in a rigid foam floor to insulate from the cold concrete slab in freezing weather. The sill gives me 1-1/2-in height so the floor surface is level with the framing.
@@lostlakeOR Do you have a link for the floor insulation material? Thanks
@@steladimi4785 I used EZ Base - it's a paver base. I bought the Sakrete brand from Home Depot however it looks like that brand is dropped. It might be available under the manufacturer's brand Techniseal. Use their locator to find a distributor.
This paver base has drainage holes which is perfect for a greenhouse.
There are pro and cons to insulating the floor. The ground is potentially a source of warmth during winter for example. However as I was using a small fan heater in winter I thought insulating was the best approach.
techniseal.com/pro_en_us/all/accessories/ez-base-panels-paver-installation-219-003
will you come do mine? DAMN!
Thinking of buying this model,
Would you recommend it ?
It depends on your needs. It’s quite robust although to be honest I’ve never had any serious windstorms to test its strength. It’s well designed, everything fits well, although some aspects of it were fiddly to put together. If you don’t like putting IKEA together you will not enjoy this. In my climate it was good for transitional seasons between freezing and hot weather. However the size is too small for effective temperature control in winter and during 90 degree summer weather. I think it’s good for late winter/early spring early-starts. For more of a year round greenhouse you would need something much larger and with insulated glass.
@@lostlakeOR awesome! I live in Dallas and we have crazy weather and I just don’t want to find it destroyed after a freak storm and be out 500 bucks , I’ll keep looking then. Thanks for the honest answer.
does it leak water in the rain??
Great video - what are you using for the flooring at the end around 1:22? Thanks!
RC Colorado apologies for the slow reply. It was a thin rigid foam paving underpayment I got from one of the hardware retailers - perhaps Lowe’s. Under that is 1/2” of rigid XPS foam. The idea was to insulate the greenhouse better for winter heating. If you are not heating then perhaps no insulation might be better for some ground heat effect? Not sure on that though.
what did you put on the windows to make it not transparent ?
+Michael Eng - I used twinwall bubble insulation to slow down heat loss over winter. The standard Palram clear plastic panels are okay for retaining heat on spring and fall nights however over winter the heater was running pretty much all the time. So I insulated to reduce heating costs. It also diffuses light which might be good or bad depending what you're growing.
I used the following product. (mid way down - "Greenhouse Bubble Insulation 4 1/2' x 25' (112 sq. ft.) "). The advantage over standard bubble wrap: it has two films of plastic sandwiching the bubbles so it insulates much better than open-faced bubble wrap. If you can't find twinwall then standard bubble wrap would be better than no second layer though.
www.littlegreenhouse.com/accessory/plastic.shtml
This link shows how to install in a Palram Greenhouse using Palram plastic clips:
www.littlegreenhouse.com/resources/D1571-Bubble-Installation.pdf
Greenhouse is just too tiny for my needs. I would says it cute greenhouse but I would wants something bigger.
How did it hold up? Any issues?
Nope. Still going fine. If you intend to heat it through winter then some form of insulating wrap is needed to reduce heat loss. I improvised my own however it would be nice if there Palram provided an option for pre-made double-walled paneling. It gets very hot in 100+ degree summers so I added an automatic ventilation fan.
You should get the largest size that will fit. I got the 8x4' which is all the space I had although a larger size would have worked better.
Hi, isnt hard to break if theirs a hill storm?
Anne Cglnse There have been several hailstorms and no damage to the panels. Mind you no huge hail stones however the panels are strong and flexible. There will be some limit to what they’ll take.
The structure is light however and it must be bolted down or a wind storm will take it away. I bolted down a mud sill made from pressure treated lumber to the concrete slab, then screwed the frame down onto that.
Overall it’s well made. The #1 problem is it’s small size which means it has little thermal mass. This means in mid summer it’s not useful due to 100+ degree heat inside. I mitigated this to some extent by putting a lot of stone on the floor to absorb/release heat and a temperature activated misting system. Even so it’s in unusable for a 4 week period in July/August
The directions on this model sucked. Some of my number labels were off talk about a nightmare! Most didn't come with numbers at all. :(
Can you do faster? Mf.