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Greenhouse gone!......

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rockgran Wed 12-Feb-14 22:28:15

I just looked out and our greenhouse has colllapsed in this high wind! It is perspex and the windows were flying about. I,ve had to go out and collect them and weigh down the rest so it doesn't do any more damage. My DH is out and doesn't know yet!

rockgran Thu 13-Feb-14 18:53:13

Oh dear, bikergran - that's sounds expensive. We have been looking for a replacement greenhouse but there aren't many real ones to look at yet - just online. Better wait a couple of weeks I think - after the storms have died down. We'd had our perspex one 11 years so it didn't do too badly as we live on a fairly windy hill.

bikergran Thu 13-Feb-14 20:09:33

oh dear merlotgran has he not felt the draught! we have fences down 6ft ones tut!! and the big post tut! but consider myself very lucky.. lets hope this dratted weather decides to leave us all very soon..

merlotgran Thu 13-Feb-14 20:22:28

We were going to rebuild it this year, bikergran so I suppose it's not a big problem but we can't do anything until this awful weather is over.

DH doesn't go round the front very often - he's more of your back door sort of person but I noticed it as I was reversing out this morning. I haven't said anything yet because he's hobbling around on a scalded foot. He managed to knock over a boiling hot mug of coffee on Monday night!!

We also have to replace two lengths of guttering but I haven't told him about that either!

We'll send for the cavalry when the weather improves.

bikergran Fri 14-Feb-14 13:49:37

merlotgran you sound very much like me! (not telling DH things) I wouldn't have told him about my fencing being down as he moiders! but a kind neighbour came to tell me (more like came to tell me "your fence is down get it sorted before all waifs n strays start shortcutting through again)!!! gosh if DH knew half the things we didn't tell him he would pass out! he is not up to dramas and was bad enough when his greenhouse pane went shock