Great video! It's great that you show us how it really feels, don't be tempted into the social media trap where you're always singing and dancing on screen, if you do that we all feel inadequate because we're all sat looking at our job with our head in hands and wanting to cry! 😂 it feels good to see that things are sometimes a pain in the arse and we are not the only ones! Keep it real for us JB! 😊👌 I love every vid, no matter what the content! Bloody lovely result with the greenhouse! Sweet as a nut! 👌👌
Haha I'm pretty sure it must have been frustrating needing to do that, but the time lapse when moving the bricks looked awesome! Getting those slabs to fit (in the middle of the video) sure looked like a giant slide puzzle 🤪At least it looks like you had some nice weather 😎
Hey JB, the greenhouse looks fabulous and like any job worth doing, it always seems to get worse before it gets better but this is a project that is most definitely much better and may I agree it’s bloody huge greenhouse compared to the other one. I think the shingle on the floor idea is a good one slabs are great, but not always ideal. You are so lucky to have all this indoor space to grow in now. PS have missed you over the last week and all of the potty mouth gang. Look forward to seeing you all together again soon. X
Well done JB, a great example of perseverance! You know the joy will come and it will be all the sweeter because of the effort you have put in, keep going! ☺
I did my similar size greenhouse at home with membrane then a few inches of sharp builders sand and then a few inches pea shingle. I don’t get any weeds, have excellent drainage and great aesthetics! You can use the slabs to make clean step onto paths at the front of both greenhouses.
I feel your pain, JB. Today, I dug out a 6ft x 3ft x 2ft deep pond in the freezing Glasgow wind. My lungs and muscles were burning by the end. But the benefits will always out do the pain. Looking good, pal.
Could you just put a few bags of sand on the main section for stability of slabs. Then the gaps between the slabs and the bricks add pea shingle to the level you need. Any left over sand mix in with the pea shingle as it will help stabilise it a little. You then don't have to spend a small fortune on extra materials. Plus loads of people this time of year are doing garden refurbishment so you may even be able to get some free. Just wash with wite vinegar and rince well you then have no chance of bringing in any unwanted bugs or disease from someone else's garden.
JB you are so lovely, I know when I play you vlogs that you're going to make me smile. I've taken to calling you the giggling gardener, hope you don't mind. Re levelling of the greenhouse, sand is your friend along with a plank of wood and a spirit level, good luck with however you do it, hope it's not too taxing.
When my seeds are slow to germinate, I have to try really hard not to go "bandicooting" with a wee twig, trying to see if anything is happening under there. I don't always manage to resist 😄
Great to see the greenhouse back on a base and with glass in it. I think you would be better using sand under the slabs as it is easier to get a level than pea gravel.
JB you are doing a fantastic job - the poly tunnel is ready to go it just needs a bit of a tidy, nothing major - the beds have got their raised boarders in place - the raised beds are filled and mulched and are ready and waiting - and now the two greenhouses are on the starting blocks all revved up and waiting to go You have done a fantastic amount of work this last year, it's no wonder you are tired out but you should be so proud of yourself. A BIG PAT ON THE BACK IS DUE 👏👏👏👏👏
I sympathise Iv long been in the process of making a polytunnel area from a massively overgrown area of my plot a few 6in dia wild trees were in there 6x3 poly the frames up and sat on the timbers now I'm so close 😂 it feels great doesn't it
Great job on the progress. We used sub base and sand on our patio as we wanted it to be as free draining as possible. If we ever get the funds for the front driveway, i would love to get rid of the crazy pavers that have been concreted in and re use them in the garden. We don't get that many weeds, although we do need to jet hose it and refill it with a bit of sand again to keep the weeds out. I know it isn't relevant to the green house but i like the idea of free draining drives and patios to prevent run off and floods. We have a slight dip in our driveway, which always creates a massive puddle but i have always wanted to drill a drainage hole that i keep forgetting to do, with the many jobs. Anyway, unless you have something invasive growing there like mare/horse tail, i wouldn't bother with the membrane as it will probably make the greenhouse more humid and the slabs will probably get green from the sitting water/ condensation, etc. Weeds will also find a way to grow in the smallest of cracks. We cut the slabs with an angle grinder and a diamond blade on it. This reminded me that we need a replacement one as the one we have got left out in the rain and apparently it no longer works, although it haven't checked it to see if it is fixable. Just looked B&Q and they are selling one for £60, with a 10% off club card holders until the 12th March. Diamond ridge blades are £22. They are a good investment in you are into renovating things or just renovating a house in general. Maybe see if you can borrow one and just buy a replacement blade for them? You also want to water the slab to reduce dust and friction. You'll get there JB! Those scones look yummy too Jess!
Personally I would absolutely use sand or pea gravel on the membrane under the slabs. It will save you so so much fighting with the slabs. They’re so heavy to keep moving over and over, they will snug into place nicely in a loose material and you’re right - to see some shingle between the slabs will look lovely and tidy. Well done though, mate. This is a huge job for one person.
You are doing a beautiful job! Although it’s been such hard work, you know you will reap the benefits for many years. The sense of achievement be there, (once you’ve had a rest of course😊), every time you step inside the finished greenhouse.
JB on Facebook market place, there is a fella in Waterlooville who build and collapses greenkouses. All his refurbished glass is a £1 a sheet. My 2nd hand greenhouse cost me £8 in total, and a few hours of grief 😂
I actually think that might be where I got my last lot of glass from!! Actually he might have been in Fareham 🤔 but those 2.5ft panels are so hard to get hold of! Will have a look thank you!
@@JBNat if you find anywhere decent for 2.5ft panels please share! Just been gifted a greenhouse after mine collapsed in the storms And it's 7ftx7.5ft.. All but the doors are 2.5ft wide panes and I'm struggling!!!
We just finished bases on two greenhouses and just have a centre path of slabs with pea gravel on membrane around the edges. It’ll be covered mostly in staging anyway. Couldn’t that work for you? You’ve done a fab job
I wanted to keep slabs where the staging is for a few reasons discussed in a video coming out later! Yours looks great though. Mine would have been easier if I could lay foundations but still a hell of a lot of work I'm sure!
@@JBNat it’s been a huge project but definitely easier for us to be able to lay a solid base to work off… plus we had help. You’re doing a brilliant job doing this on your own. Hats off to you. Slabs all around will look very smart!
@@JBNat I think I would have had had all slabs if I’d been going for wooden staging here, to stop moisture rising up the legs as easily. You’re nearly there now. It’ll all be worth it! 🤩
just put your slabs where you're having the benches plus the central path and gravel( pea shingle the rest ... that's what I did with mine. it also hives you somewhere for any water to run off to rather than lie on the slabs
Hey JB!! As you helped me out with EDecks, I'll try and return the favour! I slabbed the base for my greenhouse, and attached it directly in the end...watched you with the bricks and couldn't deal with that 😂 Grab some cheap sub base from bnq...you'll probably need about 8 bags and they're about 4 quid each. I found aggregate and stones etc only came in big heavy expensive bags. Then just a few bags of sand and a bag of concrete should be enough to hold the slabs for years! I reckon 50 quid all in and will be solid SF. If you find a good cheap supplier of the shingle let me know please 😂 I'll keep an eye on the comments as I'm no DIYer 😂
If I was allowed to use concrete I absolutely would have done something like this! We're not allowed to use anything permanent so I'm trying to build the most robust unpermanent structure I can 😅 because my greenhouse doesn't have a base either screwing it directly into the slabs would have been a bit funky..
@@JBNat ah mate feel your pain!! Thankfully ours allow small amount of concrete as long as you can prove it can be removed. I still think the sub base and then sand would work to mostly level it all out, just may get a small amount of movement over the years...the bricks and will probably help though to stop moving?
@@JBNat Another vote for cutting the slabs, not raising them all up. Your slabs look to be of modest thickness. A hired tool would likely be cheaper than the shingle. But as a DIYer myself that tool is quite intimidating. However, a basic mini grinder will get you half the way through a slab. Then chip off the rest with a hammer and brick bolster and you should be fine for a gardeners finish. Give it a go on a spare slab - you might save time and money.
Are you married to the idea of slabs? I just bobbed gravel down. Didn’t take too many bags. I tried slabs before and no matter how level I get them after a season they’re all over the joint. And I always end up with stubborn perennials in the cracks between them I can never fully get out. Or at this point is it more that you won’t let the slabs defeat you and it has to be done 😂
Very interesting! I mainly wanted them because I thought that they would give any staging the best support. I have my eye on metal staging which usually has a very small surface area on the feet, so I figured it would work its way through sand or gravel, whereas slabs would distribute its weight properly. 🤔
@@JBNat slabs on one side for the staging, gravel the rest 🤷♂️ i do use some metal shelving but it only sticks around for a month or 2 at the start of the season and I do sometimes put a slab on top of the gravel on each side. It’s not too much of an issue with it being temporary but maybe you’re already on the right path (pun intended) if it’s more of a permanent fixture.
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Great video! It's great that you show us how it really feels, don't be tempted into the social media trap where you're always singing and dancing on screen, if you do that we all feel inadequate because we're all sat looking at our job with our head in hands and wanting to cry! 😂 it feels good to see that things are sometimes a pain in the arse and we are not the only ones! Keep it real for us JB! 😊👌 I love every vid, no matter what the content! Bloody lovely result with the greenhouse! Sweet as a nut! 👌👌
I’m desperate for a glass greenhouse but I would need a preloved one and the nerves of building it are real 😂
You could use a couple of aluminium drinks cans opened out and bent into shape to cover the corners of the wood base
Great suggestion!
Haha I'm pretty sure it must have been frustrating needing to do that, but the time lapse when moving the bricks looked awesome! Getting those slabs to fit (in the middle of the video) sure looked like a giant slide puzzle 🤪At least it looks like you had some nice weather 😎
Hey JB, the greenhouse looks fabulous and like any job worth doing, it always seems to get worse before it gets better but this is a project that is most definitely much better and may I agree it’s bloody huge greenhouse compared to the other one. I think the shingle on the floor idea is a good one slabs are great, but not always ideal. You are so lucky to have all this indoor space to grow in now. PS have missed you over the last week and all of the potty mouth gang. Look forward to seeing you all together again soon. X
It's looking great JB and a lot bigger than the other one. You are almost there, the worse is behind you, it ill be awesome once it's done 😊
Hi JB, your greenhouse looks really good! All tour hatd work has been so worth it. Well done! Tganks for sharing and take care 😊
Well done JB, a great example of perseverance! You know the joy will come and it will be all the sweeter because of the effort you have put in, keep going! ☺
I did my similar size greenhouse at home with membrane then a few inches of sharp builders sand and then a few inches pea shingle. I don’t get any weeds, have excellent drainage and great aesthetics! You can use the slabs to make clean step onto paths at the front of both greenhouses.
Glad to see I’m not the one with naff all growing yet! Been so cold & cloudy & wet.
We built our own greenhouse last year, nearly killed me 😂😂😂. Its super hard work, worth it in the end though, looking great 👍 👌
Well done!
I feel your pain, JB. Today, I dug out a 6ft x 3ft x 2ft deep pond in the freezing Glasgow wind. My lungs and muscles were burning by the end. But the benefits will always out do the pain. Looking good, pal.
Ooh I bet you're still hurting. Great effort!!
Slow and steady wins the race. Your chilli plants will reward you.
You're doing such a good job, Steve will be looking down on you and feeling very proud of what you've done 🥰
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@@JBNat aww I didn't mean to make you sad 😔
Greenhouse tetris! Was yelling at the screen that you needed gravel...glad you heard me. 😊
Could you just put a few bags of sand on the main section for stability of slabs. Then the gaps between the slabs and the bricks add pea shingle to the level you need. Any left over sand mix in with the pea shingle as it will help stabilise it a little. You then don't have to spend a small fortune on extra materials. Plus loads of people this time of year are doing garden refurbishment so you may even be able to get some free. Just wash with wite vinegar and rince well you then have no chance of bringing in any unwanted bugs or disease from someone else's garden.
Its nearly complete mate, and im sure as funds become available you will change the polycarbonate. Looking awesome pal
JB you are so lovely, I know when I play you vlogs that you're going to make me smile. I've taken to calling you the giggling gardener, hope you don't mind.
Re levelling of the greenhouse, sand is your friend along with a plank of wood and a spirit level, good luck with however you do it, hope it's not too taxing.
When my seeds are slow to germinate, I have to try really hard not to go "bandicooting" with a wee twig, trying to see if anything is happening under there. I don't always manage to resist 😄
Hahahaha yeah I have to do this from time to time! Did it for the broad beans yesterday and they are starting to do their thing!
Great to see the greenhouse back on a base and with glass in it. I think you would be better using sand under the slabs as it is easier to get a level than pea gravel.
Great job jb
Well.done
JB you are doing a fantastic job
- the poly tunnel is ready to go it just needs a bit of a tidy, nothing major
- the beds have got their raised boarders in place
- the raised beds are filled and mulched and are ready and waiting
- and now the two greenhouses are on the starting blocks all revved up and waiting to go
You have done a fantastic amount of work this last year, it's no wonder you are tired out but you should be so proud of yourself.
A BIG PAT ON THE BACK IS DUE 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you Carol!! It's getting there slowly but surely isn't it 😁
🐝Thanks for the great video 🌻 im so itchy to get the slabs out and put sand first 🤣
I feel like if I just put sand under these it would wash away and around quite quick with any spilled water? 🤔
I sympathise Iv long been in the process of making a polytunnel area from a massively overgrown area of my plot a few 6in dia wild trees were in there 6x3 poly the frames up and sat on the timbers now I'm so close 😂 it feels great doesn't it
Sand, sand, sand👍
Well done JB. Love the greenhouse on the sleepers
Thanks Emma!
Great job on the progress. We used sub base and sand on our patio as we wanted it to be as free draining as possible. If we ever get the funds for the front driveway, i would love to get rid of the crazy pavers that have been concreted in and re use them in the garden.
We don't get that many weeds, although we do need to jet hose it and refill it with a bit of sand again to keep the weeds out. I know it isn't relevant to the green house but i like the idea of free draining drives and patios to prevent run off and floods. We have a slight dip in our driveway, which always creates a massive puddle but i have always wanted to drill a drainage hole that i keep forgetting to do, with the many jobs.
Anyway, unless you have something invasive growing there like mare/horse tail, i wouldn't bother with the membrane as it will probably make the greenhouse more humid and the slabs will probably get green from the sitting water/ condensation, etc. Weeds will also find a way to grow in the smallest of cracks.
We cut the slabs with an angle grinder and a diamond blade on it. This reminded me that we need a replacement one as the one we have got left out in the rain and apparently it no longer works, although it haven't checked it to see if it is fixable. Just looked B&Q and they are selling one for £60, with a 10% off club card holders until the 12th March. Diamond ridge blades are £22. They are a good investment in you are into renovating things or just renovating a house in general. Maybe see if you can borrow one and just buy a replacement blade for them? You also want to water the slab to reduce dust and friction.
You'll get there JB! Those scones look yummy too Jess!
Thanks so much, loads of useful info and tips in here 😊
Personally I would absolutely use sand or pea gravel on the membrane under the slabs. It will save you so so much fighting with the slabs. They’re so heavy to keep moving over and over, they will snug into place nicely in a loose material and you’re right - to see some shingle between the slabs will look lovely and tidy. Well done though, mate. This is a huge job for one person.
Thank you!
Good for you! It is quite a grind to do something a second time.
I would use less pavers and fill in with the sand or gravel, make a design maybe.
I think I will do this, thank you!
You are doing a beautiful job! Although it’s been such hard work, you know you will reap the benefits for many years. The sense of achievement be there, (once you’ve had a rest of course😊), every time you step inside the finished greenhouse.
nice job it really looks great and you are still your positive self so don't be too hard
Thank you so much!
Well done, It's looking great :-)
Your doing well with your greenhouse we've just brought another greenhouse and getting some tips, also your polytunnel looks brilliant 👍☕️
Woohooo thank you Lorraine! Good luck with your greenhouse 😁
well done JB good job done
Thank you!
It looks really good. Why don't you take the slabs out entirely and just have a pea shingle floor?
A few reasons for that discussed in the video coming out today! But not a bad suggestion.
Well done JB. You are going a great job. Nearly there!
JB on Facebook market place, there is a fella in Waterlooville who build and collapses greenkouses. All his refurbished glass is a £1 a sheet. My 2nd hand greenhouse cost me £8 in total, and a few hours of grief 😂
I actually think that might be where I got my last lot of glass from!! Actually he might have been in Fareham 🤔 but those 2.5ft panels are so hard to get hold of! Will have a look thank you!
@@JBNat if you find anywhere decent for 2.5ft panels please share!
Just been gifted a greenhouse after mine collapsed in the storms
And it's 7ftx7.5ft.. All but the doors are 2.5ft wide panes and I'm struggling!!!
Its looking absolutely amazing!!
Congratulations! That's a huge amount of work!
You could hire a chop saw and cut a couple of inches off the slabs so they would fit inside the brick base,,
You're doing great, JB. Well done.
We just finished bases on two greenhouses and just have a centre path of slabs with pea gravel on membrane around the edges. It’ll be covered mostly in staging anyway. Couldn’t that work for you?
You’ve done a fab job
I wanted to keep slabs where the staging is for a few reasons discussed in a video coming out later! Yours looks great though. Mine would have been easier if I could lay foundations but still a hell of a lot of work I'm sure!
@@JBNat it’s been a huge project but definitely easier for us to be able to lay a solid base to work off… plus we had help. You’re doing a brilliant job doing this on your own. Hats off to you. Slabs all around will look very smart!
Thank you so much!
@@JBNat I think I would have had had all slabs if I’d been going for wooden staging here, to stop moisture rising up the legs as easily.
You’re nearly there now. It’ll all be worth it! 🤩
Same no germination on anything my broad beans are on there third sowing but with fresh seed this time😮
Oooh I wonder if you've had some bad seed, good luck!
just put your slabs where you're having the benches plus the central path and gravel( pea shingle the rest ... that's what I did with mine. it also hives you somewhere for any water to run off to rather than lie on the slabs
Yep that is pretty much my plan :)
Just think how nice it will be to not have to worry about the glass being stacked up around the plot. That's a big job nearly ticked off the list.
Yes I can actually get in the hot composter again!!
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Jobs a goodun JB
Hey JB!! As you helped me out with EDecks, I'll try and return the favour!
I slabbed the base for my greenhouse, and attached it directly in the end...watched you with the bricks and couldn't deal with that 😂
Grab some cheap sub base from bnq...you'll probably need about 8 bags and they're about 4 quid each. I found aggregate and stones etc only came in big heavy expensive bags.
Then just a few bags of sand and a bag of concrete should be enough to hold the slabs for years! I reckon 50 quid all in and will be solid SF.
If you find a good cheap supplier of the shingle let me know please 😂
I'll keep an eye on the comments as I'm no DIYer 😂
If I was allowed to use concrete I absolutely would have done something like this! We're not allowed to use anything permanent so I'm trying to build the most robust unpermanent structure I can 😅 because my greenhouse doesn't have a base either screwing it directly into the slabs would have been a bit funky..
@@JBNat ah mate feel your pain!! Thankfully ours allow small amount of concrete as long as you can prove it can be removed.
I still think the sub base and then sand would work to mostly level it all out, just may get a small amount of movement over the years...the bricks and will probably help though to stop moving?
Have I missed something? What happened to part 4 ?? 😊
hahahahaha no I just can't count apparently.... Thanks for letting me know!
Keep at it fella, doing a good job, will pay off very soon 👍
Invest in a couple bags of sand and use long wood to level. Much easier.
Just cut the slabs with a still saw down one side.
Like a disc cutter!?
Usually you can hire a still saw relatively cheaply fo half a day.@@JBNat
@@JBNat Another vote for cutting the slabs, not raising them all up. Your slabs look to be of modest thickness. A hired tool would likely be cheaper than the shingle. But as a DIYer myself that tool is quite intimidating. However, a basic mini grinder will get you half the way through a slab. Then chip off the rest with a hammer and brick bolster and you should be fine for a gardeners finish. Give it a go on a spare slab - you might save time and money.
Are you married to the idea of slabs? I just bobbed gravel down. Didn’t take too many bags. I tried slabs before and no matter how level I get them after a season they’re all over the joint. And I always end up with stubborn perennials in the cracks between them I can never fully get out. Or at this point is it more that you won’t let the slabs defeat you and it has to be done 😂
Very interesting! I mainly wanted them because I thought that they would give any staging the best support. I have my eye on metal staging which usually has a very small surface area on the feet, so I figured it would work its way through sand or gravel, whereas slabs would distribute its weight properly. 🤔
@@JBNat slabs on one side for the staging, gravel the rest 🤷♂️ i do use some metal shelving but it only sticks around for a month or 2 at the start of the season and I do sometimes put a slab on top of the gravel on each side. It’s not too much of an issue with it being temporary but maybe you’re already on the right path (pun intended) if it’s more of a permanent fixture.
You might really be onto something there you know. I do love RUclips comments! Thanks David.
@@JBNat I was also thinking just lose some of the slabs opening up the gaps and grout with pea shingle.
first lol
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