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Advice - building a greenhouse

Job description

Glass Houses Thorndon, Wellington

Published on 5th June 2025

Looking for comprehensive advice about building a freestanding greenhouse - approx 4.6m long by 1.5m wide. I have collected a of old windows and some doors, so far I have 30 cedar windows (15 600mm x 1200mm and 15 600mm x 450mm) and one large double glazed window (approx 87cm x 207cm). I was thinking of doing a mono pitch roof with either clearlite or twinwall polycarbonate.

Because I am renting the property from a family member I don't want to do a concrete base or have it drilled/piled into the ground. I am unsure whether I should use gravel, a waterproof membrane and then a wooden base/floor.

Because my skills are in gardening and plants rather than woodworking I feel as though I could really use some advice on planning, materials and executing the build.

I am based in Wellington and would be happy to seek advice from someone locally if it would be easiest to come to the property initially or alternatively I am also happy to meet with someone over zoom etc.

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Quality of work	5.0	The quality of workmanship provided
Cost	5.0	How well they kept to the quoted cost
Schedule	5.0	How well they kept to schedule
Communications	5.0	Their professionalism and responsiveness

"David was really quick to get back to me and very easy to communicate with. There were no delays in getting the final work completed and he was great to work with!"

Work carried out by the owner/operator

Review posted by Molly on 27th June 2025

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