Installing A Halls Popular 86 Greenhouse

[ianwhite]

Most useful video of the Halls Popular 86. Far better than anything else I've seen to date. Many thanks from Scotland😁

[jibjab]

UPDATE: 10 months since I built my Halls greenhouse. It has been excellent this summer. As stated in the comments the instructions are a bit rubbish. Tiny line drawings where you cant really see what you have to do. A bit daunting when you start to assemble it. It is actually not difficult to assemble when you know what you are doing. I used the [crappy] instructions and also this video, and between the two managed to assemble the greenhouse.
The trickiest parts were the door assembly and the roof window.
I fitted mine on railway sleepers as I did not like the look of the base that came with it. Make sure the door rail overhangs the sleeper [or whatever else you use by a 1/4 of an inch or it will not slide properly. Also you have to fit the rubber inserts at the same time you assemble the roof window . They do not tell you this in the instructions [it just means doing the job twice otherwise]. It is the best greenhouse for the money in my opinion. Just need Halls to provide some better instructions.

[brianrussell]

Yes, there has to be a space under the door rail, otherwise the door won't slide. You can accomplish this most easily by sitting the greenhouse sill plates on small strips of wood (we use cedar here) in the following dimensions: 1 1/4" wide by 9/16" thick, as shown in the video. This allows the door to slide easily and keeps the sill plates elsewhere from twisting. Good luck with the glass. (Do the roof first). Brian Russell

[StillAliveAndKicking_]

The sides and roof beam on mine are up. They were easy. It took me several hours to do the door, the instructions are very unclear, the fitting was very tricky. Easy when you know how, hard otherwise. Shame you missed the door assembly and fitting out.

[edmundyarrow]

The video is very useful, but seems to have been done with the assumption that you have assembled these before and this is simply an aid memoir. It would have been more helpful to have close up shots of the corners and also missing is fitting the door hanger

[daverees]

I bought mine 8 years ago, it is still in perfect order.

[jibjab]

3 years on all is still good. The glass went in easy.

[darrencox]

Ive had this greenhouse for a couple of years now and am still quite happy with it, it has been through a few heavy storms and is still standing, lost a few panes of glass but that is to be expected. The only downpoint is the door, the plastic fixings are very flimsy and low standard but i replaced them with some i made myself. It was quite straightforward to put together as well.

[nigeltaylor]

Note 1: The black rubber glazing strip on the opening window only goes up
to the end of the bottom glazing if you add the glazing strip all the way up the bottom bar with window opener holders (8615) will not fit throws it off by few mm of the rubber, suggest adding the glazing and cut the glazing strip to the top of of the bottom glazing then add the bar window holder (8615) at a slight angle to slide in above the bottom glazing...hope this helps a few !!

Note 2: If adding rubber glazing strip in cold months bring inside drop in hot water, leave for approximately for 1 hr this helps the rubber to expand then apply to greenhouse fits like a glove.

[pter]

Have the same. Very good quality, everythink fits perfectly. But. It took me a day to attach the rubber profiles that secure the glass, your looking at some 60 meters of it. Serious pain in the behind.

[clivekennett]

An excellent instructional video. I received my greenhouse yesterday and the photos in the instruction manual are not very clear but in conjunction with this video assembly should be easy.

[necessaryevil]

Hello, I'm about finished with the greenhouse, but the rubber door strips are preventing the door from sliding past the doorway. How can I fix this?

[l]

I have 10 thumbs on my hands and I'm the undisputed king of useless when it comes to DIY but with 2 days work and couple of labourers I'm ready to install the glass in my Halls 6x8. I'm hoping I've done everything right so I can get it finished off tomorrow and get some plants moved in....

It's been a fun project so far although I will say that the instructions could be clearer at times though particularly with regards which way certain pieces face.

Here's hoping I've done it all right...👍😆

[jamescardoness]

The instructions from Halls are useless it is ridiculous when you think how much they charge for their green houses it's a photocopy of a photo copy and nothing more than 18 pages of smudge there are plenty of alternative Greenhouses out there who provide accurate instruction for assembly my advice is buy one of them !

[paulhad]

tooquick, slow would be good, for explaining how it all fits together

[joshuasmith]

But you missed an important step. What do you do when the glass doesn't fit the frame.

[jibjab]

Fit the rubber beading in the window when you assemble it or you will have come back later and do it. It does not show this in the video.

[jibjab]

WELL, FINISHED THE GREENHOUSE [FINALLY[. I AM WRITING IN CAPITALS, NOT TO SHOUT BUT I THINK IT IS EASIER TO READ.
PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OCCUR ON
1] IF YOU ARE USING A NON HALLS BASE [WOOD, BRICK ETC] MAKE SURE THE BOTTOM DOOR SLIDER HAS 1/4 INCH OVERHANG OVER THE EDGE OF THE BASE, OTHERWISE THE DOOR WILL NOT SLIDE. BEST TO FIT THE DOOR BEFORE YOU FIX THE GREENHOUSE TO THE BASE [SO YOU CAN CHECK IF THE DOOR SLIDES SMOOTHLY FIRST]. THE VIDEO DOES NOT REALLY MENTION FITTING THE DOOR AND THIS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE WHOLE GREENHOUSE.
2] THE OPENING ROOF WINDOW NEEDS GLAZING STRIPS FITTING BEFORE THE GLASS GOES IN OTHERWISE THE GLASS JUST RATTLES ABOUT AND YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE WINDOW APART AGAIN. NO MENTION OF THIS EITHER IN THE HALLS INSTRUCTIONS OR IN THIS VIDEO.
I HOPE THESE TIPS MIGHT BE SOME HELP TO SOMEONE. PLEASE MENTION THESE THINGS IF YOU MAKE AN UPDATED VIDEO.
P.S I SEE SOME OF THE DOOR ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED IN PREVIOUS COMMENTS.

[MultiDc]

You really need to up the volume on this video, I'm trying to watch it as I'm erecting the greenhouse as the written instructions are a complete waste of time but cannot here what he's saying.

[Mr_krabz_mcfc]

Top of the door is giving me a nightmare right now ..the instruction pictures it comes with are crap