Bulb Frames

[mark smyth]

Rafa, I like it!

[Anthony Darby]

Sandy Leven has some nice bulb frames, but he has joined the ranks of the silent majority, and if the last prompt is anything to go by (re: snowdrops in pots), he would need to be contacted directly.

[David Nicholson]

Rafa, when you have finished building a frame for Luc are you next coming to Devon to build mine or is Gerd first in the queue?

[Rafa]

hahahaha thank you very much my friends for your nice compliments.
If any of yours want to build your own I could e-mail you any advice, although after seeing Jim's "Little Caucasus" it is sure you know very well how to build any gardening project!

[ian mcenery]

Rafa a really great structure but I stop at DIY when it comes to welding  . David when I was looking at frames I considered Access frames these people are in Northampton and advertise regularly on the AGS magazine. All of their Value product are 4Ft deep so you need access on both sides either that or you should be in the zoo. I also considered the Elite  which a 2 ft wide (comes in 6ft and 4ft wide) and will place easily along a boundary. After working out what would make optimal use of space I went for a mixture of Elite frames and some custom ones made by myself. All of these are supported on a wall of concrete blocks made to a height that reduces bending. I bought one of the frames from Two wests who charged £30 for transport. The next time I found another supplier - The Greenhouse Peolple who charged £10 for 2 and provided safety glass as standard.

The Access site is easy to find but here is a picture of the Elite frame in the more expensive powder coated finish

http://www.taylorsgardenbuildings.co.uk/store/customer/product.php?productid=22392#main%20picture

Also The Greenhouse people who no longer seem to offer Elite but have some alternatives

http://www.greenhousepeople.co.uk/cold-frames/

[David Nicholson]

Many thanks Ian, yes I am a bit short in the arm (leg as well if it comes to that!) so a narrower frame would suit me better. I think I need to do some thinking and planning as well. I'm pretty good at thinking, it's the planning and putting it into effect that lets me down

[Rafa]

Really beautiful frames, Alton Traditional is super, but quite expensive if you think in size and just the glasses (double glass, I suppose) are less than a half of the total price of components. Wood is really beautiful, but it is necessary too many cares... and no more cheap than Iron (I talk about Spanish prices). In the other hand Iron is quite cold.

The better to me is Aluminium, but it is very complex to work, you need many special and professional tools and to know specialist suppliers to buy all the pieces.

Welding is not very difficult, is just practice. For this kind of works, is not really necessary a professional weld.