On Dec 18, 11:25�am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:09:56 -0800, Jack Schmidling >
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> >We have always dreamed of having a green house. This one isn't exactly a
> >dream come true but it was a place to start.
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> >I have put together a Greenhouse page for more background, pictures and
> >a place to post futures pictures of our activities therein.
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> >We decided to invest "a bit more" money into the program and came up
> >with this one after much shopping around. The 4 hours estimated assembly
> >time turned into more like 4 days due, primarily to the very poor quality of
> >hardware supplied with the kit.
> >The actual structural parts and glazing are very nice but it's like the kingdom
> > that was lost because of a faulty horseshoe nail. For some reason, the
> >Chinese just can't get the nuts and bolts right and the crude instructions
> >didn't help much either. I definitely would not recommend this model to
> >anyone without a gift for improvising.
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> Great pictures Jack. �The whole DIY thing is rather silly. �I can't
> tell you how many kits I've bought and had to get replacement
> hardware. �I bought a New Braunfels smoker years ago and had to drill
> all the holes out bigger and use bigger and better nuts and bolts. �I
> had to have a bit of welding done because the wheels would have fallen
> off. �

I've had the same experience with DIY kits, often terrible
instructions and poor fasteners... the last one was a simple trash can
cart, cost like all of $16, took me about four hours to figure it out
and retool to make the parts fit.

> Anyway �I'd love to have your greenhouse.

I wish I could have something so simple but I doubt it would last very
long in this climate. I've been tossing around the idea of a sort of
greenhouse for the five years I've been here and finally decided it
would make more sense for me to have something like these:
http://www.patioenc.com/Products/Conservatories.aspx

http://www.greenhousesetc.com/conservatories.shtml

SHELDON