Green House question

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Glad I missed the 'discussion' on this thread until all of the arguments had been sorted out
Yes .. here in Ireland we seem to take the brunt of the storms ... have you seen what the three or so days in May? I think it was, did to my gateway? Have a look at the two pitch pine posts simply broken off at the base
Because up here where I live is subjected to strong winds, gales, storms etc quite regularly, I bought a Hartley greenhouse (built to last better than, say, an Eden).
The decision was a good one, and it is now over 30 years old and still doing a good job
Following what has been said here, I am no longer going to move to the Isle of Mann for tax purposes

 

Thanks to everyone who has supported me on this thread.

Whis4ey.........you wouldn't gain anything now regarding the tax on the island. The English government and Gordon Brown put pay to that last year! Stitched the island up good and proper! But that's a whole different thread.

Dai, I beg to differ on this subject and will take it no further. Oh! and thanks for the apology.

 

Firstly I'd like to say to Dai that 10mm twinwall polycarb is not really conservatory standard.
Most use triple wall stuff on the roof.

But the other point I'd like to make,( bearing in mind this has not much to do with the original post), polycarb should be OK to use even in windy locations.
Weight in my opinion has little to do with how the glazing stays put in in a greenhouse, its the fact that ordinary ali greenhouses are designed to take the wind from the outside, let the wind into the house and it will explode, whatever the glazing material.

If the wind is blowing against the glazing clips, nothing will stay in place, even safety glass.
The type that use a capping rather than the clips will always be stronger, but its the method of fixing rather than the type of glazing material that is likely to make a difference

Having said that 6mm polycarb does seem a bit puny.

 

That is the major benefit of the Hartley
That and the shape of the greenhouse which 'deflects' the wind better than a rectangular structure
And the glass has plastic around the edges for further protection
Mine has normal fairly light glass and I have had very few problems even though we have even had a tornado here (1998 when part of the roof of the house came off)
What happened then was that the wind blew open the garage door, got into the building and then lifted the roof off the garage and part of the house (flat roof). It took a lot of money and 3 months to replace the roof with a proper pitched roof with every single tile nailed (the normal is only to fix every 2 or 3 rows)
The moral of the story is to always do the best you can afford

 

Thanks for getting involved

Many Thanks for the replys guys and girls.

Been away in Germany till today and i was a little shocked to see 52 replies to my simple question!

I have taken the feedback on board and will save the green house.....

As for my decision on glass or plastic, i will be going down the glass route.

Many Thanks for the replies everybody, when this is done i shall post an other picture of the finished project....

Rant over, thread closed!

 

Update of progress

Hello all,

Started this thread a while ago and finally had a weekend free and was able to get stuck in! Thought i would post some pics of my progress for you. What do you think? I also found a greenhouse heater, i cleaned it down and may be worth restoring for use?

Luke

 

You've made a great start there Luke . would be good if you could get the replacement glass in before the winter sets in ..

Dave

 

I am meassuring up this week and ringing around for a good price.

What normally going on the floor in a green house? at the moment the middle of the house has a concrete pathway but then either side of this is mud.

Also is it advisable to disinfect this green house inside?

Luke

 

Next Question for Greenhouse

I have now ordered my glass and by next weekend it should be water tight.

How do i disinfect? what product do i use?

How deep should i dig down to replace the soil?

What sort of soil do i replace it with?

Thanks

Luke