I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:04:42 +0000, Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants
wrote:

I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations


Electric fence? Automatic sprinklers? Dog patrols?

Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants wrote:
I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations
No regs, but look at the regs for balestrades/banisters etc. About
spacing and so on. Good general idea.

In message , Cap'n Hannibal
Kookypants writes
I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who
will soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally
compatible. Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse.
Are there any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Razor wire - be cruel to be kind


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geoff

Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants wrote:
I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations

I would just clad the bottom part of the greenhouse with plastic sheet.
Corrugated pvc roofing sheet would be cheapest. Clear polycarbonate
would be strongest, while acrylic lies somewhere between the two, but
has the advantage over polycarbonate of being inherently UV resistant.

Colin Bignell

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants wrote:
I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who
will soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally
compatible. Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the
greenhouse. Are there any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations
No regs, but look at the regs for balestrades/banisters etc. About
spacing and so on. Good general idea.

The Only different is if a hand goes though a banister there is no
glass behind them to do further damage. Other wise i agree, don't want
to get a head stuck, It was for the above reasons that if there were and
special requirements for a green house. To precent the hand going
through the fence and glass i an thinking about a 12 inch gap between
the fence and green house.

"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:04:42 +0000, Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants
wrote:

I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations


Electric fence? Automatic sprinklers? Dog patrols?

You forgot the claymores.

dennis@home wrote:


"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:04:42 +0000, Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants
wrote:

I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations


Electric fence? Automatic sprinklers? Dog patrols?

You forgot the claymores.

Unobtainable outside a museum, and rust badly when left in the wet.
Slivers of bamboo easier.

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:19:29 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

dennis@home wrote:


"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:04:42 +0000, Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants
wrote:

I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

Any recommendations


Electric fence? Automatic sprinklers? Dog patrols?

You forgot the claymores.

Unobtainable outside a museum, and rust badly when left in the wet.
Slivers of bamboo easier.


Python

Then there are the rotating knives.

/Python

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:04:42 +0000, Cap'n Hannibal Kookypants
wrote:

I've got a greenhouse (which i want to keep) , and a young son, who will
soon be in the garden, obviously the two are not totally compatible.
Hence I'm looking to build a fence around the greenhouse. Are there
any official guide lines/regs.
i was considering some kind of picket fence about 12 inches from the
greenhouse. so if he does fall again the fence and his arms go through
the fence they do not touch the glass

That won't stop the foot/cricket/golf balls breaking the glass though.
After several smashed panes I acquired a stiff wire mesh fence panel which has
done the job for the side - right up against the aluminium struts.
We are in the process of replacing the glass panels with polycarbonate twinwall
so the fence can go soon.


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Geo