Re-covered a Greenhouse

Not long ago I was asked to re-cover a Greenhouse. It was originally covered with ‘sand’ coloured Shade Cloth. Most of it was torn and needed to be removed and then replaced. Some of it was still in ok condition though. I bought the same colour cloth to ensure the end result was all the same colour vs looking like ‘patchwork’.

I also replaced some of the timbers that had dry-rot and/or were beyond repair. I like things to last so our customers get ‘long-time value’, which of course saves them time and money. In this case, any timbers that I replaced that had to rest on the ground (or just above), I painted with ‘Diggers Eco In-ground Timber Protecta‘.

I couldn’t buy the Shade Cloth at the width I wanted, so I had to come up with a way to efficiently cover the Greenhouse so that:

I kept the labour costs down
There was minimal cutting of the Shade Cloth
Minimal waste of material

In this blog post I haven’t included the drawings I did when I took the measurements. I have though included a simple graphic I created in Photoshop that allowed me to easily see/ visualise where each piece of cut Shade Cloth needed to go.

Thanks heaps too to a mate of mine who helped finish this job with me. Was good to have an extra set of hands.

Our customer is very happy with our work and the end result. Here is a testimonial they supplied:

“I can thoroughly recommend Jay Daniells. He resurrected an old greenhouse for me, which was not an easy task. He used his tech skills to draw plans and even worked while he was quite unwell to complete the job for me. An excellent job from a conscientious worker!” — Jennell, (Gayndah)

A few pics of the job are below.