NorthernMonkeyGirl
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Top tips for greenhouse relocation?Is there anything really obvious I should know before attempting to dismantle and move an old greenhouse?
Always start with the roof glass?
Or always finish with the roof glass??
I also think I'm sorted for plant pots for life 
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sean
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Take all the stuff out of it first. HTH.
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Treacodactyl
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Take photos of all the parts, especially any tricky fittings such as door rails.
Label the parts
Wear goggles
Wear cut resistant gloves
Take care
If possible find the instructions for the greenhouse or similar (online?) and follow in reverse?
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
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Sean - that was my plan for tomorrow. Including removing the Mummified Thing With Claws. 
Treacodactyl - good plan. I did find the manufacturer's plate and looked them up - they now do geodesic domes for Grand Designs and the like. No info on normal-shaped things 
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Mustang
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I concur with above advice. When I last moved a very large greenhouse, I put strips of masking tape on all bits, and marked them all up. I took lots and lots and lots of photos - large scale and small scale ones (eg how the corners fit).
Remove glass first. I did roof first, then sides. And then dismantle the metal. Try to get an 11mm (?) socket and use an electric drill for speed. Try to keep the metal frame into as large pieces as possible. For example, can you dismantle it to keep the sides whole? Or half? The less you dismantle, the less mistakes and work to put it back together again!
And get other people to help both dismantling and reconstruction.
One other tip ... get in loads of drinks and nibbles, and a radio to chill out to whilst you arE doing it.
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
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I don't know what machinery we have for moving it - it is likely it will be attempted in one piece (the frame at least). There are tractors, dumper trucks, all kinds of things they might use. The frame is aluminium and seems pretty sturdy.
I need to take a sickle to the surroundings and see how it is attached to the ground!
Will a sharpie write on glass? Or shall I scratch notes into the algae layer
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Annette H
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I am following this post with interest as we have been offered another two greenhouses for free and we are going to see them this morning. The largest is 24ftx10ft.
We were previously given 12ftx10ft, moving it was relatively easy, lots of photos and coloured tape on matching pieces.
Not sure whether we need another greenhouse but it seems too good to put to scrap!
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dpack
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get some proper long cuff gloves for handling glass
a chinagraph pencil or soft wax crayon is the tool for labeling glass and metal
bag all clips etc as you take them off(metal detectors get confused looking for bits around greenhouses )
wd40 spray on all clips,bolts etc at the start helps a lot
take plenty of newspaper for top and bottom padding for staking the glass into several manageable blocks and a blanket or two for stacking/moving the glass
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Nicky cigreen
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are you putting it on hardstanding? we recently put up a new greenhouse and the instructions said to put the glass in before the bracing pieces and before it is secured down, as the weight will change the shape slightly
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Tavascarow
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Buy new glazing clips before you reassemble .
With an old house the clips loose their spring & panes of glass will slip when you put it back together.
New clips can be bought at a good garden centre or online.
Clean the glass before putting it back together.
One piece of grit under the glass & the pane will crack.
When you are setting up the foundation remember Pythagoras so everything is square [3,4,5].
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
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What else would you call glazing clips?
They are plastic, and I'm not having much joy with google.
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Annette H
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We used greenhouse glazing clips from ebay but they are metal. very easy to use.
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