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SUNGLO GREENHOUSE FOUNDATION GUIDE
1.
USE QUALITY PRESSURE TREATED WOOD (4” X 6”) AS YOUR FOUNDATION BASE
2. MEASURE TWICE BEFORE CUTTING YOUR WOOD TO INSURE PROPER DIMENSIONS
3. EXCAVATE A SHALLOW FOOTPRINT SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF
THE GREENHOUSE APPROXIAMTELY
6” DEEP. LEVEL THIS AREA OFF WITH ABOUT 1”
TO 2” OF 5/8” CRUSHED ROCK AND PLACE YOUR WOOD FRAME, NARROW SIDE UP,
INTO THE FOOTPRINT. THE WOOD PLATE SHOULD BE ABOUT ½” TO 1” ABOVE GROUND
LEVEL.
4. USING CORNER METAL BRACING/LAG BOLTS/TOE NAILING ETC. BUTT FASTEN THE
WOOD PLATES TOGETHER
MAKING SURE THEY ARE THE CORRECT LENGTHS AND
MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY LEVEL AND SQUARE.
TAMP THE EARTH BACK
TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WOOD FRAME
5. COVER THE INSIDE GRAVEL WITH A VAPOR BARRIER. IE. 6MIL BLACK PLASTIC THEN
COVER
THE PLASTIC WITH MORE 5/8” CRUSHED ROCK. LEVEL & TAMP THE ROCK
DOWN TO ABOUT ½” BELOW THE TOP OF THE WOOD PLATE
6. IF YOU DECIDE ON USING PAVING STONES FOR A PATHWAY MAKE PROVISIONS FOR
THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PAVERS SO THEY SIT NO HIGHER THAN THE TOP OF THE
WOOD FOUNDATION PLATE
NOTE:
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE
OUTSIDE TO OUTSIDE!
AFTER YOUR LOWER RAILS ARE
INSTALLED YOU SHOULD HAVE
A 1” LIP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE GREENHOUSE FRAME.
1000C EN
– 10’ 2” - or - 1000D EX – 12’ 8”
1000
SERIES
7’ 11”
FOUNDATION PLATES MUST BE
ABSOLUTELY LEVEL AND SQUARE
FROM THE INSIDE CORNERS,
MEASURE DIAGONALLY FROM
POINT TO POINT. BOTH MUST
BE EQUAL TO BE SQUARE.
3 ½”
TOP
PLATE
BRING IN YOUR
ELECTRIC SERVICE
ON THE INSIDE EDGE
DEAD CENTER ON
THE BACK WALL OF
THE WOOD BASE
PLATE
FASTEN
CORNERS WITH
ANGLE BRACES &
TOE NAIL OR LAG
THROUGH WITH
GALVANIZED LAG
BOLTS
