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[Blackrocksrock]

Spent hours to-day in the greenhouse - emptied it lots of pots just left with withering plants last autumn - went to power wash it and the power washer I think froze in the bad weather so it leaked out the front. Switched of quickly and just used the hose - I was soaked and I washed pots and tubs etc and had an awful job with the girls - Harriet wanted to eat the polystyrene boxes and indeed she had quite a much before I noticed - I went mad with her but she kept coming back until I put the boxes up high out of her way - she was even in the green house and found bits there - I do hope she is ok after that!.

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However have had a shower and am nice and clean now too and absolubely done in - away to look at seed catalogues now!.

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How are your preparations going for greenhouse/polytunnels

[Valkyrie]

Gradually working my way along the greenhouse and filling up the spaces as I go. I always wonder why I end up with so much junk in there that should be in the shed! I think I will delegate the window cleaning though.

I have read that the polystyrene will go through the girls without any harm, luckily mine aren't interested - so far.

[Olly]

oh golly that's a job on my list, I allow the girls to dustbathe in there in winter, so the floor needs good sweep, but I too have a pile of random rubbish in there, how does that happen? Perhaps I need to install a bin!

[Blackrocksrock]

Gradually working my way along the greenhouse and filling up the spaces as I go. I always wonder why I end up with so much junk in there that should be in the shed! I think I will delegate the window cleaning though.

I have read that the polystyrene will go through the girls without any harm, luckily mine aren't interested - so far.

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Ooh good oh regarding the polystyrene - I was a bit worried and she was determined to get it and pecked at the large boxes I have with lids which I use for seeds and cover at night time.

My bin is full from rubbish and broken pots from the greenhouse and I vow never to let it get like that again!

[Daisy & Hattie]

Glad to know that I'm not the only one who lets the greenhouse get messy. I cleaned mine last week. It was harder than normal as I had to clean the soot from the glass, left by the RUBBISH greenhouse heater.

[missuscluck]

Im in and out of mine like a yo-yo at the moment. Keep doing a bit. Mine has been scrubbed out with Jeys fluid and as its wood I am in the process of treating it with wood preserver which is taking ages. I never get enough spare time to just get on with it and get it done.

 

I have washed all my pots though ready for the great planting session. Im going away in 3 weeks so I will have to get planting as soon as I get back so I want everything ready to go.

[redhotchick]

Apologies if this counts as hijacking a thread, but it is about greenhouse cleaning!

Can anyone explain to me how to get panes of glass out? Where the panes overlap there is a trapped layer of algae, and around the edges is a layer of moss. (very neglected greenhouse! ) To give it a good clean I feel like I need to take all the panes out, plus a couple of panes need replacing so I thought that I could measure more accurately if I could get a pane out.

I know there are W clips around the edge and S clips where 2 panes meet, I just can't budge anything!

[Blackrocksrock]

Mine is a wooden one so has putty to hold in the glass but the aluminium ones come with clips to keep them in and I cannot remember how to take them out without losing a lot - maybe someone will come along with the right answer.

[Valkyrie]

Our old greenhouse was like that - you need to unclip the metal springy bits. Be careful though, they have a habit of slipping down really quickly which results in a trip to the glass merchants! Try and get someone to lend a hand to keep their fingers under the glass while you unhinge. I well remember that yukky green goo, I wonder if you would be able to get it out with a power hose without removing the glass?

[redhotchick]

Our old greenhouse was like that - you need to unclip the metal springy bits. Be careful though, they have a habit of slipping down really quickly which results in a trip to the glass merchants! Try and get someone to lend a hand to keep their fingers under the glass while you unhinge. I well remember that yukky green goo, I wonder if you would be able to get it out with a power hose without removing the glass?

 

3 panes are missing completely and another 7 are damaged, serviceable, but ideally I will replace them at some stage. One way or another I'm going to have to work out how to take the glass in and out. Not looking forward to that or to getting soaked when I clean it out.

[mostin]

Our old greenhouse was like that - you need to unclip the metal springy bits. Be careful though, they have a habit of slipping down really quickly which results in a trip to the glass merchants! Try and get someone to lend a hand to keep their fingers under the glass while you unhinge. I well remember that yukky green goo, I wonder if you would be able to get it out with a power hose without removing the glass?

 

3 panes are missing completely and another 7 are damaged, serviceable, but ideally I will replace them at some stage. One way or another I'm going to have to work out how to take the glass in and out. Not looking forward to that or to getting soaked when I clean it out.

 

Make sure who ever is standing and waiting to catch the glass has really thick gloves on . Some of the panes in my greenhouse were so old they broke with the shock of being released from the clips.

[redhotchick]

Thanks, I was thinking thick gloves, also, I was wondering about getting a suction holder. I wonder were I might get one of those from? They are quite expensive to hire, and a bit heavy duty for what I would want

 

A ha! suction holder

[Valkyrie]

Oh yes, definitely gloves just in case. I wonder if it is possible to get thick plastic instead to replace the panes. Or just give up and put heavy duty plastic over the top and turn it into a polytunnel instead. You could always use the spare panes for cloches or coldframes.