Snow and Greenhouse Roof.....

Just a word of caution,be aware of the amount of snow on the the roof of greenhouses....A couple of years ago when we had heavy snowfall my GH was lovely an cozy with a good 6+ inches on top of it,it then froze and more snow fell...i went in there to potter and heard a crack and looked up to see the roof buckeling under the weight.....through leaving the snow to freeze i couldn't brush it off...thus resulting in having to replace around 16 panes of glass....it could have been alot worse.......So just bare in mind and take care

 

Thanks for the tip Lolimac -
I went down to the greenhouse early evening last night and it was in darkness - then realised it was all the snow on the roof. With working it's dark when I go to work and when I get home so only see the Greenhouse at weekends. The sweet peas were almost lying flat obviously looking for some light. I will take your advice Lolimac and head out soon to remove it before the next snow fall which is expected around lunchtime. Off now to sort it out.

 

Don't forget your hen house roof as well, loli

 

Job done, as about 5" of snow on top! Suppose I'll be doing it later as well, more snow forecast for later too!

 

Thanks for that I have just done mine and only 4" to come off a Polycarbonate roof, but all the same not as strong as glass.

 

all sorted , thanks Loli

 

Good advice. I religiously cleared the snow off my glasshouse roof 2 winters ago until I had to go away for a couple of days. Lots more snow and "timber" the roof collapsed and glasshouse destroyed. It's the 1 in the photo which ain't there anymore

 

Good advice! I've just done mine and removed about 4" ... Although looks like I will be doing it tomorrow morning again as the snow is covering so quick and settling on my GH roof again! :(

 

OMG, better do mine tomorrow, it's nearly falling apart as it is!

 

I'm wondering about brushing the snow off my greenhouse now, think I'll leave it for the time being though.
I put the hens in the greenhouse a couple of days ago and a bit of snow on the roof probably helps to keep it a bit warmer in there.
Also, given my natural clumsiness, if I start sweeping the snow off the greenhouse I'm quite likely to break a pane or two in the process.

 

I cleaned my GH roof earlier and there is about 2" settled back on it again. We have a total of 6" on our table outside!! Madness

 

Blimey, good luck over there you two

 

Cracked my roof opening pane yesterday

It's always the most difficult one to replace that has to be damaged