Every structure must be stable and secure, so the following applies to the home garden: Careful anchoring of the greenhouse is a must. This does not require in-depth specialist knowledge, but some special structural features and general laws of statics must be observed.

There are several ways to anchor a greenhouse

Whether you bought it as a ready-made kit or built it yourself piece by piece as a one-of-a-kind item - you should anchor the new greenhouse with particular care. After all, it has to be in exactly the same place every morning as it was left the night before. With the classic concrete foundation achieves the highest level of stability and it can also be built fairly easily and inexpensively on your own. In the case of prefabricated houses, a special fastening set is often included in the scope of delivery, which consists of pillars and eyelets to be embedded in the ground and which can be anchored to the greenhouse with the help of steel cables.

Foundations - easily made by yourself

Basically, most home gardeners choose one of the three following variants to the greenhouse, all of which offer a high level of security. Distinctions are made:

  • Closed foundation slab made of poured concrete;
  • strip foundation for the side walls;
  • Point foundation below the beams;

It should be noted that depending on the size of the new greenhouse building, a building permit may even be required in some federal states. Also the optimal and mostly final site selection is important to consider, since later corrections can hardly be made without great effort. If you intend to use the greenhouse all year round and heat it if necessary, the closed foundation plate is the optimal solution.

Anchor the greenhouse, preferably frost-proof

That is, the depth of the excavation should be between 60 and 80 cm, which is in addition to the desired one stability later also allows the plants below grow in optimal climatic conditions and heating energy is only required in moderation. We recommend using ready-mixed concrete, which is available as dry mortar in all major hardware stores. Mixed with water, the concrete only has to be filled into the prepared excavation pit and, as can be seen from the manufacturer's documentation, has to harden for a few days. The concrete layer should be at least 20 cm thick, the excavated foundation before cementing can also serve as a base be filled with gravel. The anchors required for proper statics, with which the greenhouse frame is screwed after drying, are also placed in the foundation.

Anchor prefab sets to greenhouse

In principle, these kits work in a similar way to a spot foundation, with the exception that the anchors are embedded in the ground a little outside the outer walls. Be used as a connection to the greenhouse several steel cables over the roof laid, which are firmly adjusted on the opposite side. There are also manual re-tensioning devices to ensure that the metal cables lie as tightly as possible on the outer shell of the greenhouse. From a purely aesthetic point of view, however, the concrete foundation described above would certainly be more attractive.

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So that everything fits later when anchoring the greenhouse, this comparatively small foundation should also be staked out exactly with a batter board. The absolute levelness and perpendicularity not only looks good afterwards, but also increases stability and safety.

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