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“Come on Gardman you can do so much better, act on...”

written by irConrad26 on 01/03/2015

Where to start? Lets knock off the Polycarbonate Glazing pack first;
1. No real sweat that the panels did not have their ID as per the instructions, would have helped though.
2. Profile Ends; why are they the same width as the panels they are supposed to 'slide' over? Left to work out that with considerable pressure you can force the thinner side over the panel, un-necessarily difficult! Nice slice cut to the palm of the hand, plenty of 'red stuff' as the End again popped off under hand pressure.
3. GLOVES AND GOGGLES recommended and NO Tools !! required. The googles are to stop the Spring Glazing Clips taking out your eye as you struggle to get them engaged to hold the panels into the frame. NO chance if you wear gloves. The ends of the wire clips push deep into the skin under your finger nails. Both my thumbs and index fingers have dried blood and are painful. I improvised by using a screwdriver with a notch in it to engage the clip behind the metal groove, but not before my thumbs were too painful to do anything other. How about telling us how to fit them!!

THE GREEN HOUSE CONSTRUCTION - NEVER HAVE I EVER USED SUCH TERRIBLE INSTRUCTIONS!!
1. WHY Plastic door base runners. Should be stronger. "ease the slider onto the bottom track" yes, ease it so it doesn't break, what a joke - one broke straight away - NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
2. Glazing Beading - why not put this bunch of knitting on a reel? So it doesn't kink, causing it not fit over the Glazing metal beading on the greenhouse frame.
3. The door seal, - "Note- Stretching can occur whilst fitting". NO stretching WILL occur and forcing the seal by pulling and pushing will try your patients to the limit.
4. Quality of nuts and bolts. So poor and WHY WHY isn't a tool provided to stop the bolt rotating when tightening the nut with the recently added cheap spanner? Why not provide a Box spanner to stop it rotating, it's not rocket science.
5. We are told to tighten all nuts and bolts. Then to mount it onto the Base Assembly and in Section Four of the instructions, told to undo the nuts at the bottom of the greenhouse corners and vertical glazing bars and fit the clips to secure the Base to the greenhouse. THE NUTS AND BOLTS STRIP OUT So cheap!
6. How about angling off some of the inner base sections so the diagonal supports can fit?

There is more, but why should I bother? How many manufactures of greenhouses get repeat customers? I am 60 years young, have had a career in the fire service, worked on farms and can turn my hand to most jobs, but these assembly instructions for the GARDMAN GREENHOUSE with POLYCARBONATE GLAZING has to be the most frustrating job I HAVE DONE FOR YEARS. Even the end caps and door slider stop are cheap. I suggest Gardman management sit down with some novice customers and take heed of what they say. Because if they don't they will soon be out of business with such bad reviews. Over to you Gardman ......