Corner/Triangular greenhouses?

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  1. PrideRavyn

    PrideRavyn Apprentice Gardener

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    Because of our oddly shaped garden I am looking for a greenhouse that will fit into an odd size corner in order to make best use of space.

    Does anyone know of anyone who makes/sells these? For the life of me I can't find any, mini patio ones, square ones of every conceivable size and dimension, but no corner ones...surely someone out there makes one?? :skp:
     
  2. Hex

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    Haven`t seen any triangular greenhouses, a tetrahedron shaped greenhouse would be quite trendy :wink:
    If it`s a 60 degree corner angle, a hexagonal greenhouse should fit reasonably well albeit with a bit of a gap in the corner.
     
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    I have a hexagonal one which is brilliant:) Have you also considered designing and building your own?
     
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    If you give us an idea of what you have to work with maybe we can come up with something.. enjoy a good challenge :wink:
     
  5. pauly

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    Sounds like a great project, What direction does the corner face? you may loose a lot of light if your in a corner. Triangles aren't a very space efficient either, more details would be cool.
     
  6. Loofah

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    Another thought on this - have you considered an L-shaped greenhouse for the corner?
     
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    If you did consider designing your own, there are as I'm sure you are aware, a number of companies which supply polycarbonate suitable for greenhouses - builders' merchants (Wickes et.al) but it's not cheap and the price of the glazing bars is a killer. I'm not sure which 'type' of triangle you'd be looking to build (if you chose that route) but anything other than a right-angled triangle and you might have difficulty getting suitably angled glazing bars.
     
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