Build a Halls Popular 8x6 Greenhouse With Us!
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Well, what an epic week it’s been!!
In seven days Clare and Duncan, with the invaluable and extensive help of their cousin Andrew, have built not one but two greenhouses on their kitchen garden and home allotment vegetable plots.
Watch the video to see some footage of the build of the Halls Popular 8ft x 6ft greenhouses, including how the footings were constructed, and hear a few pointers along the way to make a DIY project greenhouse build go smoothly. One of the greenhouses is constructed brand new, the other is a free marketplace greenhouse.
One greenhouse is fitted with beautiful staging from @copagrey, and Clare talks briefly about the ease of making it and her plans for that glass house
There’s amini tour of the new greenhouse on the lawn, which will be used for seed starting/potting on. A great project that will take Clare one step closer to achieving a goal of part time self suffici ency as part of a “grow your own food” project.
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Greenhouse Staging: www.copagrey.com
Greenhouses: www.greenhousestores.co.uk/8x...
For those who don’t know, the instructions are available on the Halls website. The images are much better quality. Plenty of useful info in this video too.
Thanks for that info. Pinned
You are such a good grafter Clare. (And Duncan and Andrew😂)
Always makes me smile watching your vids 😊
The staging is amazing, the best thing was the photo of the rubber sealing 😂😂
Get that fella a pair of full length trousers 🫣😂
😂😂😂 6:24
I wonder, did you know that the rubber was going to be the main of your life?
Good team work ❤ lovely when it was all finished 🙂
Enjoyed this Clare 🌷👏🏽
We had NO IDEA that rubber would come back to haunt us so much 😂
Imagine there being people in the world who install these things for a living. They must be patient souls
@@TheFarmyardGarden haha eeee it was so funny when you showed it all slumped on the floor 😆😆
You did a fab job though 😁
I wish I'd seen this a couple of weeks ago befoer I assembled/fitted our Popular! Thanks for the video
Those instructions definitely leave a lot to be desired. Bet you love the space now it’s up. Happy growing season. ☺️
This is reassuring. I’ve spent three weeks building a concrete footing and mini brick wall, plus central and external granite slab paths on concrete footings. The 10 by 6 greenhouse goes up next week. Building a brick base accurate to about 1 mm was fun! The frame goes directly on the brick, no galvanised base.
As long as you’ve accounted for the fact the door runner sits under the greenhouse frame, so you need at least 4mm clearance or the door won’t run properly?
@@TheFarmyardGarden Thanks, yes, I left a 4” gap at the front between the wall and the external path. However, it will be a relief when it is fitted on the base.
@@StillAliveAndKicking_ excellent! It’ll be so good when it’s up. Exciting times. ☺️
Wow, Clare Well done getting the greenhouse up, and you have it fully stocked already 🤩 the shelving looks amazing. You're well prepped for this year now 😊💚🌿
No messing about! My old greenhouse is destined to move next to this on the lawn in the next few weeks too 😅
@@TheFarmyardGarden self-sufficiency - here we come! 💪😀 💚 🌿
@@spudsandroses I’m aiming for at least part time self sufficiency in some produce for sure. We have a new freezer for this too.
No doubt stressful and tricky but you both definitely did a good job and got it up in no time 👍🙂. Such a nice space you have now in your greenhouse with the staging with everything you need at hand 🌱🌱
I adore the greenhouse staging. It’s reminiscent of the time I bought a brand new car and couldn’t stop looking back to admire it as I walked away. Oh how times have changed 🤭😂
I’m going to sow my first things in it later. The excited giddiness is next level 😍
ha ha ha divorce solicitor - YUP! I remember that with our first greenhouse
.. or a therapist. Not sure which we needed more 🤭🤪
We are going through much the same putting up a Keder Greenhouse. Where did you get those lovely bins?
@@stampgalaxy Good luck with yours. Here’s hoping no divorce lawyers or therapists are required after your build.
They’re from Wham recycling.
Here’s a link to the bigger 50l one.
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You've put the fear of god in me now Clare. I'm going to need to be nice to some people so they'll help me when it comes to putting mine up 🙈🙈 Great job you two 👍
Thank you Kerry. Really pleased they’re both up. Had a big afternoon of sowing. Need a bigger greenhouse already 😂
Plot greenhouse party at your allotment site in summer? We do have a camper after all 🤪😂
@@TheFarmyardGardenlike 'painting parties' - they never fooled me!! 🤣
@@dogontheplot ha!! You are so wise
Very nice Greenhouse Clare, now all i have to do is put my Green Greenhouse together, i saw the tiny nuts and bolts and i hate them i always say to Tracey (my wife) that "these nuts and bolts are for people with small thin fingers not sausage fingers like mine" we did laugh at the time but by halfway through the build which was one of those metal sheds that we bought years ago for the bikes to go in, we were not laughing.
I have feeling that i'll be looking for a divorce solicitor myself when we do the Greenhouse 🤣Take Care.
Barry (the Wirral)
At the very least you’ll need some therapy and a stiff drink!
It really wasn’t that bad. The instructions could be more comprehensive but we got there in the end. Duncan has farmer shovels for hands too, so I’m sure he’d sympathise.
I have every faith in you and Tracey for your build. If Duncan and I can do it, I know you can too.
Thanks for watching and supporting us, as always. ☺️😉🤗
Blooming amazing 🎉 I’m so drooling over that staging 🤤🤤🤤
I love it! I’m so happy with it. Ridiculous to think it cost as much had the actual greenhouse for Jo though 🤣
@@TheFarmyardGarden but will pay for itself hun
@@Garden-of-weeden oh yeah. A one off purchase I hope 😍
@@TheFarmyardGarden it will stand the test of time for sure 😄👏🏻
I found it was easier to fit the glazing rubbers before assembly. I also found that applying a little vaseline to the aluminium profiles helped enormously.
We did read that you could/should apply the rubbers before assembly but that was in small print and very much overlooked. A bit of washing up liquid in the hot water helped. It was really cold too. I think it’d be much easier to do it now the temperature are warmer.
Fun project though
this was so helpful thank you, it's looks amazing and I love the shelving its so organised
Thanks for stopping by my channel to watch. If we can do it, anyone can.
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Thanks for the video. I am in the process of building my halls 8 by 6 greenhouse. You are right the instructions are poor with poor diagrams. At least now I should be able to finish the greenhouse with the help of your video. Regards Richard
I’m glad we could help. We didn’t film the glazing of the one, as we had a family member help us. It’s pretty straight forward though. Good luck with your build.
We’ve added to our greenhouse haul now
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Wow Clare! I keep looking for a second hand greenhouse for my home garden on Gumtree and EBay, instead I need to get a new flat packed one and invite you and Duncan for a weekend at ours and we could have a Build-A-Greenhouse Party!!! 😂🤣 Your staging looks fantastic! You have done an amazing job! Love it! 😄👍🌸💕
Greenhouse party! Duncan just said it’s feel more like a wake 😂😂😂😂
It’s honestly not that difficult to build. I was pleasantly surprised. We were just cold and tired and frustrated at that darn rubber trim. Funnily enough it went on easy in the bit we did film doing it 😂😂
Well done with the greenhouse - and the marriage 😂 staging looks fantastic! Bet you’re excited to get sowing now 🎉
The marriage survived but we may need therapy! 😅🤪
Been sowing in there today. Felt a bit posh for me 😂
So pleased you had our old greenhouse Clare. It looks fantastic. Love the bins for your soils etc. I have staging envy🤣
Thank you so much Jean, and Mike too. It’s blooming perfect. I’m so excited to have it and very grateful for your generosity.
I am equally excited to see your new greenhouse when it arrives. Good luck with it all 🤗🤗
I'm going to start building my halls popular 8X6 later this afternoon, could take a few days. hope its not to hard to do 😐glad I found your vid on building it 👍
It was honestly not as taxing as I thought. That rubber trim though.. oh my.. the pits! Don’t forget to loosen those roof struts to help fully square it when you come to glaze it.
You’ll be fine. Happy building. It’s exciting! What will you be growing in it over summer?
@@TheFarmyardGarden definitely tomatoes will try a melon and cucumber, probably leave my peppers in there as this weather is not great. I went with polycarbonate instead of glass
@moviehub80s it will be perfect for all of those. Hope you have a successful growing season and harvest ☺️
I love the greenhouses!!! 😍😍 the staging inside as well is a lovely touch 🤗🤩 I am thrilled for you that it feels all snug and firm! 🙌🤗
Thank you Laura. I’ve nearly filled all the shelves! Debating something for the other side after all 🤣😅😅😅
Absolutely amazing. I’ve got greenhouse envy for sure. I bet that greenhouse stays immaculate throughout the growing season having followed you for a few months! Well done team Clare and Duncan with a little help from friends.
Thank you, lovely.
You’d think my house was tidy too.. nope. 😂😂
😂 no F’in and blindin then, on camera anyway. Sir Duncan of the Shorts is sporting trainers 👟 too very stylin. I’d have probably been in the house by now 😅😅. But you worked great together and Kerry is sending bus fare for Duncan 😂. Have a awesome week and oh exciting times ahead, Ali 🌥️🇨🇦
Ha!! I could pimp him out to other damsels in greenhouse build distress, for sure! 😂
It’s very exciting. I’ve been sowing in there today. Felt surreal. Hard to believe it’s my greenhouse. Can’t wait for Jo and Emily to see theirs too
Hope the weather is behaving for you x
And now onto the 3rd 😂 🤗
Hat trick! 😍
A great weeks work, well done Clare. I’ll be sure to watch this video again when I get my greenhouse
I hope you find a second hand one that already has those glazing strips fitted 🙏🏻😊
Great teamwork Clare, fab greenhouses 👍😁
Love your new staging and containers are fab, great idea and looks so neat and tidy. ❤
How long will it stay tidy for? I fear this is the ultimate question
Thanks Linda, as always for the support x
Greenhouses look wonderful, very nice staging and the storage bins look perfect 😊
Thank you Christine. Hope you have a fabulous gardening week 😍
🙌🏼 thanks for watching 😊
Hi Clare, I built my own greenhouse about 3 years ago, very fiddly, the frame went up really quickly but the roof, door and windows took the longest along with the window beading. I'm only tiny so I did struggle a bit building a 10x6. But now it's the hub of the garden and I get so much enjoyment out of it. I hope you and the family enjoy your new spaces. Let the growing commence 👍👏
Wow.. that is amazing that you did it yourself, especially leaning over to glaze the top sections of the roof. Well done, I could not have done it on my own. Impressive
They make so much difference to our growing space. I’m excited to have a second greenhouse alongside my polytunnel.
Here’s to a brilliant season for us all 😍
@@TheFarmyardGarden Oh I felt like it was an amazing feat, but I do think I'd want to do ever again 😂 I would rather pay someone to erect it.
I built an 8x8 polycarbonate greenhouse 95% by myself. I needed help with the ridge pole. Drove me wild! Never again, I hope. Great video
Never again for us too, I hope! The frame wasn’t too bad really. The instructions could just have been a bit better.
The polytunnel from First Tunnels was great because at every stage there was a QR code to go and watch a short video snippet to help if you couldn’t make sense of the written/pictorial instructions. More companies should do that
There’s just no way I’d attempt that build with my wife. Definitely would need a takeaway for peace and reconciliation afterwards!
I like to think I have a more logical brain to solve some problems and Duncan is the muscle. He disputes my theory but we usually get there in the end.
He and our daughter, Isobel, did have a huge takeaway that night. Sadly I am currently intermittent fasting, so I’d missed my eating window. It did smell nice though 🤣🙈
Absolutely fantastic video Clare, your sister owes you and Sir Dunc of the Shorts a good drink for that. the greenhouse and base look great, i also like how you showed people of the snags they may come across with the centre bolt on the cross brace and also the roof braces, then the tip of the caribiner as well to act as an extra lock on the door. Love the staging, just love the full layout of the greenhiouse, oh and your soil/compost bins
Thoroughly enjoyed this video Clare x
Thank you Jimmy. There was a lot of editing of some vocabulary Duncan discovered during the build, but we got there in the end 😂
It really was simple to put the frame together. Easier than we thought but definitely helped by us having the other one on the lawn as a point of reference.
I’m sure my sister and niece will be very excited to see their new greenhouse when they visit this weekend. It’s going to really make a difference to their growing season.
Thanks for such a lovely comment and supporting the channel x
@@TheFarmyardGarden always a pleasure to comment Clare, Love supporting your channel.
@Jimmy.Plot.41.b thank you so much. I’m in a backlog of video watching, as we’ve been so busy with the builds. I will be watching your latest videos soon xx
Lovely job done, I too hated putting the rubber strip on . Nice staging by the way I ve never heard of that company I got Two West and Elliot staging it's silver aluminium
I have a little Two West & Elliot shelf from my original greenhouse. It’s lovely.
Just saw these and liked them, so went with it for a change.
That rubber trim really was the worse part. Not fun. Glads it done now.
It's very nice staging Clare
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Really thorough video Clare, and Duncan (who talks 😮).
I am so glad we are not the only couple who struggle to work together on projects. I am definitely the one to stomp off before I scream or break something. 😅
Wishing your sister many happy years gardening. She must be super excited.
Great plans and set up in your new greenhouse too. Have a good Wednesday, Jane
Oh yes.. Duncan talks.. sometimes swears too.
I hadn’t realised I’d built this in my farm/horse/dog walking on the farm coat 🤣🤣
I think my sister and niece will love it when they see it. It’s going to change things massively for them both. Exciting for us all.. and you with your new greenhouse too ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGardenI love the fact you both look like you actually work on your plot and farm. Don't ever feel you need to change (literally).
We definitely swear. 😂 And doing projects like this bring the worst out in us. 😂
We've been plodding along on base prep our end. So hopefully we can get it set up soon. 🤞Rain has yet again stopped play, we've been under a flood warning. I can't wait to have a greenhouse to sit in to escape from the rain.
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@@GardenMyselfHappy the weather is really not playing ball is it? I can’t cope with the notion that this kind of wet weather is our new normal.
It’ll soon be built and you’ll be enjoying that space ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden it really has been a hard winter this year. I had a mini melt down about mud. I slipped over too so that didn't help my feeling. Must be hated with the horses.
We seem to have mostly rain with a couple do droughts spring and summer. So we'll see how this year pans out. Your poly tunnel and now 2 greenhouses will really help.
great video hun
He said he looked as fed up as he felt 😅🤪
The instructions aren't as hard to see as The Invisible Sister. Duncan - are both sisters as demanding😂? I bet your livestock are a lot less trouble😂 Interestingly that the black rubber outfitting was tricky😂 WHAT A BRILLIANT TEAM YOU TWO MAKE - divorce is expensive : composting is cheaper😂
If I go missing, ask the police to test the compost or dredge the pond 😂😂😂
Your comments never fail to make me howl! Brilliant 🤣
That black rubber stuff was the pits. Probably not helpful that it’s not light in the junk shed.. aka Duncan’s workshop.
Just showed him your comment.. he’s in stitches too. Apparently not all cows are equal. Some cows are more demanding than others. Charming 😅😂
You made it look so easy to build the frame. Both so calm and composed. I know from experience how difficult they are to build. I struggle for hours on my own putting mine together and then I had to cut the polycarbonate and Perspex to suit as were not allowed glass on the allotment.
Although it was a bit of a pain to build its totally worth the effort.
Absolutely worth the effort. Top job doing it on your own. I may have had to edit out a couple of sweary tantrums from Duncan along the way. 😂
@@TheFarmyardGarden if you ever need any replacement glass let me know as I still have all of the pains that came with mine.
I think you did an amazing job with the base and that greenhouse isn’t going to blow away any time soon 👍🏻.
You see so many videos where people’s greenhouse are destroyed. It must be heart breaking after all the time and effort spent building them.
@@adamdaykin4052 oooo YES! We do need replacement glass as we’re moving the original greenhouse next. That has some cracked panes.
Happy to buy some from you to add funds to your garden for this season
@@TheFarmyardGarden you can quite happily have the lot. It’s just sat in the garage gathering dust and getting in the way. I’ll never use it so if someone else can make use of it that’s great.
@adamdaykin4052 wow! That’s brilliant. If you find the email in my channel description thing (under my channel name on the main page), send me and email and I’ll make contact with you off UA-cam. Thank you so much ☺️
Looks FANTASTIC ❤
Thank you ☺️
I put a 6ft X 6ft Halls Greenhouse together in January, I ended up with very sore fingers trying to get those black rubber strips on. very pleased with it though
Hi Haydn, I have full sympathy for your fingers and thumbs over the black strips. I got a blister 😅
Glad you’re pleased with your greenhouse. Hope it’s full of greenery now. What are you growing in it? ☺️
@@TheFarmyardGarden I have sown quite a lot, beans, peas and various flowers, trouble is it is so cold that it is barely warm enough.
@@haydngreenow8407 our forecast is looking up for this next week, overnight temps 8-9°. Things will soon catch up I hope 🙏🏻
Hi Clare, the way you are going you'll be opening a farm shop soon.
Staging looks really nice, I did laugh at you insta when you said it had been nearly divorce, those rubbers look fiddly.
I’m pretty sure we need therapy after those rubber trims. Didn’t help that the metal was cold too, I don’t think. At least it’s done now. Proud of us (and Andrew) for getting the project sorted. Couldn’t have done it without him.
Absolutely love the staging. It’s such a game changer. It’ll definitely outlive me 🥹🙈
Great video thank you
Thanks for stopping by and commenting 😊
I love your green house ❤
Thank you so much ☺️
You made that build look really easy, it would have taken me a week 🤣🤣
It wasn’t tricky at all. I couldn’t film putting the glass in as Andrew was doing that, with us passing him the panes and clips. It was much easier than I thought it would be. Not sure why we were so scared of doing it now 😅
I would have helped you Jamie, so it would have taken 2 weeks 😂😂😂
@@Jimmy.Plot.41.b 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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I can't watch this. I gave myself overuse tendonitis last weekend trying to build my 3x6 polycarbonate tunnel style greenhouse alone and have got half the frame and very little more progress. But at least my arm is mostly better now. I literally could not do any more and it's pissing me off!
Oh no.. I can imagine it’s quite fiddly on your own. I’m sorry you hurt yourself doing it. Don’t suppose you’re in Staffordshire and I could volunteer to help you finish it?
@@TheFarmyardGarden what a lovely offer! But I haven't been local to you for many years (used to live in Stoke, decades ago). I'm in N Germany! I'll get there. Slowly.
@kirstypollock6811 Stoke isn’t far away at all from me. Sending you positive thoughts for your project 🤗
BEWARE...These greenhouses are not 6x8. They are over that size. I built my slab base to 8x6 and it was too small
Yes, the overall dimensions are 8ft 5” x 6ft 4”. We noted that at the time of purchase but made our bases to fit the greenhouse base anyway. So luckily not a problem we encountered.
Annoying for you if you’d not noticed the spec sheet when buying.
You should become an English teacher, like your pronunciation, Lost of parts of those green houses! thanks for sharing!
I did once write a children’s novel in my younger years. 😅
I always think I have a terrible northern accent 😭🥹
Thank you for a lovely comment
@@TheFarmyardGarden keep creating content! Thanks
@eduardoHMYT as long as people keep watching, I’ll keep creating. Thank you for your support ☺️
don't buy a Halls green house they are over priced and the instructions are 18 pages of photo copied smudge ! there are much better greenhouses out there !
It’s not a bad greenhouse now it’s up. Our other one has stood since 1987. No complaints ☺️
The instructions are available online at the Halls website, and the photos are much better quality. My neighbour Reg’s Halls greenhouse is 20 years old, t’other neighbour Sue’s is 15+ years old.