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Electric Garage Doors: Maintenance and Repair
Garage doors are virtually the only moving parts in a garage although if they are electric there are a fair few components that can go wrong. Repair is possible, but, as with anything mechanical, regular maintenance makes repair less necessary. [...]
What Size Greenhouse Should You Choose?
It’s said that size is everything but is that true with a greenhouse? Well, yes it is, although that doesn’t necessarily mean that bigger is better. It means that getting the right size for you, your garden and your gardening [...]
Glass or Plastic Panes for Your Greenhouse?
A greenhouse is a great way to grow flowers and other plants all year round. If you are considering buying a greenhouse, you will probably know there are many different options when it comes to deciding what type of greenhouse [...]
An Unusual Function for Our Lean-to Shed: Case Study
"Of course, this story is really anything to do with us," said Ian Baker*, as we stood in his walled garden in the Cotswolds. We were looking at the right-hand side wall, as it ran down the hill, in a [...]
Storage in Your Greenhouse
We've already written about shelving in greenhouse, so this article is more about closed storage, cupboards and the like. Shelves are more popular in greenhouses for many reasons, not least that they allow more light into the growing space. But [...]
Patio Awnings and Canopies
If putting up a garden building isn't a possibility where you live, have you considered putting up a patio awning or canopy? Garden Building not an Option? For many people there aren't the funds for a garden building, conservatory or [...]
Is a Lean-to Greenhouse Right for You?
Building a lean-to greenhouse may be an excellent solution if you are trying to fit a greenhouse into an awkwardly shaped garden or back yard. The idea is to use a wall, either a garden wall or a free standing [...]
Choosing the Right Greenhouse
There is a huge variety of greenhouses on the market and the right choice depends a great deal on budget and size. But when it comes to the materials, with a few exceptions the choice tends to come down to [...]
Enclosing a Side Return
The side return is the name for the wide path that runs down the side of the kitchen in many terraced properties built in the first half of the previous century and the latter half of the nineteenth century. They [...]
Lean-to Sheds
Erecting a lean-to shed can be a great use of space, particularly if you have a narrow passageway or side return in your garden. You can either make it from scratch or adapt a self-assembly shed, effectively splitting it in [...]
Heating, Cooling and Ventilating Your Greenhouse
First time greenhouse owners might be a little confused by the need to heat a greenhouse. After all, isn’t the main point that they make use of the sun's rays to heat up the inside, to grow plants earlier in [...]
Kitting Out a Greenhouse
So you've decided whether to have a wood framed or aluminium greenhouse, you've chosen between glass or plastic for the glazing, you've picked the site, laid the foundation and erected the greenhouse. Job done, right? Well, not exactly. Depending on [...]
Small Glass and Plastic Garden Buildings
If you don't have the room for a full-size wood or aluminium framed greenhouse you can still get the benefits on a smaller scale by putting up any one of a number of small glass or plastic glazed constructions. It [...]
Selecting and Building an Aluminium-framed Greenhouse
As we pointed out in our article on the selection and erection of wooden greenhouses, many of the issues are the same regardless of the choice of material. The factors surrounding the location, size, price and shape of any greenhouse [...]
Choosing and Erecting a Wooden Greenhouse
There's no doubting that a wooden greenhouse looks better and more traditional than an aluminium framed one. It's also intrinsically warmer so it's more pleasant to be in. But what sort of wooden greenhouse do you want in your garden [...]
Marquees for the Garden
It might be because of the uncertain summer weather in the United Kingdom that we are more likely to try things that will allow us to enjoy the garden, even if the heavens open. But it's not just rain we [...]