With the greenhouse up and running successfully I wanted to finish off the guttering and get both gutters feeding into the same water butt. The downpipe kit that comes with the greenhouse is somewhat limited, only allowing you to feed the water straight down or at a slight angle. I checked on-line and found the parts I needed from the greenhouse supplier. Whilst the cost of the elbow joint didn't initially seem too unreasonable, the cost of the pipe was astronomical.
After a bit of shopping around I found suitable replacements from Screwfix at a fraction of the cost and, yes, they do fit the existing parts. It's a little misleading labelling the guttering as 36mm as in truth it's 32mm internal and so a perfect match for the standard 32mm waste pipe.
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| £3.00 per elbow joint... |
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| ...or £3.59 for a pack of 5 |
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| £10.00 per meter... |
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| ...or £3.49 for 3 meters. |
So the guttering is all fixed together now. I may need some wire mesh to stop the leaves falling into it as they do block quite easily. But other than that, the water butt is filling nicely and I'll soon be able to rig up the watering system for the pots in the garden.
Fed up with plant labels washing off or fading in the sun I decided to get a little artistic and make my own engraved labels. The copper ones I'm using are fine but a little slow to mass produce. With some preliminary design work, some scrap Perspex and a laser cutter I had the Mk. 1 versions ready in no time. I've since tweaked the design somewhat and have suitably bright coloured acrylic en-route for the Mk. 2 versions.
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| The Mk. 1 Chilli labels, hot off the laser cutter. |
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