Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[redtailgal]

Soooo, um, where'd you get that frame?

I think that with some modifications and some vinyl coated wire, that might make an EXCELLENT outdoor playroom for my very very spoiled lizard.

 

[Roll farms]

Harbor Freight, 6x8 greenhouse.

 

[redtailgal]

Kewl! Thanks!

 

[Roll farms]

You might contact a greenhouse supply place and see if you can order just a frame.

 

[redtailgal]

Yeah, Ive been doing some searching online for something similar. I've been considering building one from treated wood, but a metal frame is appealing.

The wind thing is sort of bothering me, though. I dont want a good gust of wind to come along and blow it over, letting Elroy at the mercy of the predators. When considering the frame that you have, would you think it strong/heavy enough to protect a critter? and do you think there would be a way to attach vinyl coated wire to it? I'd need to wire the floor as well.

 

[Remuda1]

Have you decided yet how you will move it?

 

[Roll farms]

RTG, no, this frame isn't 'predator proof'.
Put it this way, I accidently walked into it yesterday (while looking down) and bent one of the braces. W/ just my HEAD.
At a regular walking pace, even. I have a hard head but DANG.

Mind you this was an 'cheap' greenhouse kit, I am SURE there are better ones out there.

(I showed DH the 900$ greenouse I wanted, and he showed me this one on sale at Harbor Freight....so of course we went for the cheaper one, b/c we had to spend all our available cash fixing up his bunny barn. )

And it's very lightweight, not sure how the wind would treat it w/ just a 'bare' frame / wire around it (You could probably drill dinky holes in the frame and zip tie the wire on.) Yesterday was horribly windy here (gusty all day long) and we had to move it outside to work on the floor....it didn't go anywhere.

Now, once the panels are added....it'd probably blow away in a hot minute w/out being very securely anchored.

But this thing will be veryyyy securely anchored.

The floor is framed w/ treated 4x4 (8x6') and covered w/ 3/4" treated plywood. It took everything, and I mean *everything* DH and I had to raise it last night to fix a 'weak' spot (darned warped plywood + DH's perfectionism = lifting floor after it's finished to fix a 'sag') so I don't think it'll go anywhere once it's anchored to that. He's also going to brace the inside w/ wood once we get it 'set' where it's going. And use the remaining treated lumber to make a shelf inside it.

It's going in beside my 'little' chicken house. Then it will be 'braced' to the chicken house. The chicken house withstood the F1 tornado of 2005. The pen beside it (where this is going) was destroyed.

How we're going to move it?

Remuda - I asked that very thing....b/c I'm petrified it'll fall apart once we move it, or tear up the yard, or something....DH says, "That's the least of my worries."

And, have I mentioned that we're setting it on a hill? So one side will have to be lifted / put on blocks. That and the moving it part are 'his' problem.

 

[redtailgal]

Yeah, it doesnt sound like such a great lizard playhouse anymore. Elroy will have to have a smaller one built from wood! (spoiled lizard)

Thanks for the info!

 

[elevan]

Ok, Roll...where's the pics? And don't play dumb...cause you know what I'm talking about

 

[RPC]

Pictures would be nice but I am sure your busy so I just wanted to say CONGRATS you have net your goal. That's got to be a great feeling. I am glad I was not counting on a doeling out of Austin because I would be SOL hahaha.