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Apr 16, 2013 4:59 PM CST
Name: Tom
Southern Maine (Zone 5a)
Garden Ideas: Level 1
A solarium will look GREAT there Dave. The most important thing when building/ putting it together, is to make sure the footing is VERY level. if it isn't you'll have to shim up the bottom PT(pressure treated) plate; or else the glass will NOT go together smoothly. All you need is a transit to make sure everything is level, if you have to, find a friend who has one or rent one. Trust me here, the more level it is, the easier life will be on you putting it together Thumbs up .
Now the solarium will be a little overwhelming at first when you look at the instructions but once you put up a few sections it gets ALOT easier!
Just find some friends with some patience and it will go pretty good. it'll take probably a week for a newbie to put it together.
Make sure to get a solarium with opening awnings for some of the glass panes in the roof, and the fan kit that can go in the "gable" end of the solarium.
I would Dig out some of the earth inside of the solarium and add sand and crushed rock on top of that to keep moisture and mold at bay nodding
Benjamin Franklin’s admonition made over 200 years ago when he said, “Security and freedom are not the same thing… in fact just the opposite. The more security you seek, the less freedom you have. The people with the most security are in jail. That’s why they call it maximum security.”
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