Lacewing™ Essential Silver Aluminium Frame Garden Greenhouse with Base (6ft x 6ft)

good value for money and looks good when assembled. You need small fingers to put this together.

This product was not easy to assemble. Parts were missing and the suppliers told me to "source them locally". As the parts were labelled with code numbers, such as F9, it was not possible to know exactly what was needed. The whole structure is very flimsy, it leaks from all four corners, the door slips off its runner, there is no way of fastening the door into any position, open or closed, the window slams shut in the smallest breeze and the window fasteners do not line up with the window so it cannot be fastened shut. Save your money and then buy something more robust...might cost a bit more but I wish I had done so.

To be honest just the instructions to put this together was bewildering. Once you made the door up you start on the frame and this is where the instructions go wrong. I did manage in the end to get it up but problem followed more problems. The window at the top of the greenhouse has no fixings so it it is open the window just flies off. The fixture that holds the window shut has been put on wrong so that the lugs to hold it shut are usless. I have had to tie a brick to the window to hold it in place. Now we come to the door it got rollers on it to make it open easily but the door it to big for the frame and I have had to put it on its runners and leave the bottom free so I can use it. At night or on windy dys I have to put a sack of soil against the door in case it like the window does not fly off never to be seen again.

First the finished product - Once construction is complete, it's very sturdy and will certainly hold up to many years of use. It looks attractive and is very good value for money.Now the construction itself. You certainly need to be rather patient when tackling this. The instructions suggested "at least 30 minutes" for the base section and "at least 30 minutes for the greenhouse itself." It took two of us roughly 15 hours over 4 separate afternoons to finally get it all together.I looked at it as a large-scale Airfix kit and tried to enjoy it, despite the absolutely appalling instructions. Very few words and it seems to contradict itself several times, forcing you to unbolt sections to fit extra bolts as they forget to tell you earlier on that you needed them. If it wasn't for the clearly labelled pieces I don't think the average layman (i.e. me) would have been able to complete this, as there's very little intuitive in the design.So one star for the instructions, but the product itself is very good. You won't complain about the destination, but you'll moan every step of the journey!

I'm used to flat pack furniture and assembling purchasesThe instructions for this greenhouse are the worst I've ever seen.Purchased it some weeks ago and have still not assembled it all..Breakdown needs to be much clearer on where some of the 114 nuts and bolts should goInstructions for base window and door are quite straightforward rest is not .Disappointing for a £200 Purchase

I bought this on Amazon thinking it seemed good value for money. I have built many greenhouses before as well as metal and wooden sheds so I know what I am doing when it comes to assembly.This heap of **** is lying in bits in my garage as it is almost impossible to assemble. The instructions are poor to say the least, they do not show you enough information and there are no close up shots to show you which direction the metal sections should be facing so there is a fair bit of guess work. The acrylic panels are so flimsy that when you pop them in, they just pop themselves out again and ANY level of wind will make assembly almost impossible to achieve.I am putting it down to experience, dropping it off at the local recycling centre and buying myself something that is fit for purpose.If you want a decent greenhouse that you can assemble yourself and be able to use without everything buckling and falling to pieces then avoid this one like the plague.

Took a while to erect, more than the 300 minutes stated in the instructions. I feel that the poly-carbonate panel edges need to be sealed, had a hell of a job to get them to slide into the channels,even though the ground surface (concrete blocks) were level all round. I also had to change the assembly routine with the frame, as following the diagrams left the structure unstable until I put the cross struts up as a temporary measure to make the frame more stable. Otherwise it does the job just.

This greenhouse is a nightmare to put up my husband and son have been at it for two days so far instructions don't make sense all the parts had no numbers or letters on so did not know where they went my advise is don't buy